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Alberta/
("Alberta, Let Your Hair Hang Down" also titled "Alberta" is a different song)
"Alberta" by Leadbelly (Alberta III) is a different song so is "Alberta" by Bo Chatmon also Clapton (Alberta I)
Old-time; Blues/jazz song
ARTIST: Big Bill Broozy- learned from his uncle; No date given. Appears on Big Bill Broozy Sings Folk Songs, Smithsonian/Folkways SF 40023, LP (1989), trk# 7
Listen: Big Bill Broonzy
CATEGORY: Blues and Jazz Songs DATE: Early 1900s; Recorded 1956 released on Big Bill Broozy Sings Folk Songs, Smithsonian/Folkways SF 40023, LP (1989), trk# 7
RECORDING INFO: As "Alberta" [Me II-AB37]: Broonzy, Big Bill. Sings Folk Songs, Smithsonian/Folkways SF 40023, LP (1989), trk# 7; Leadbelly. Leadbelly; The Library of Congress Recordings, Elektra EKL 301/2, LP (1965), E.01 [1933-42]; Williams, Robert Pete. Oster, Harry / Living Country Blues, Minerva, Sof (1969), p419/#198A [1960/02/21]
As "Corrine Corrina" Bo Chatmon November 1928; "Sweet Alberta" Jackson Blue Boys December 1928; Two Bad Boys 1929; "Alberta Blues" Mississippi Sheiks; Clayon McMichen and Hugh Cross 1929; Ashley and Abernathy 1931; "Where You Been So Long Corrine" Milton Brown 1934; cajun music pioneer Leo Soileau 1935, Bob Wills 1940, Red Nichols, Art Tatum, Muddy Waters, Albert Ammons, Mississippi John Hurt, Jimmy Witherspoon, Merle Haggard, Floyd Cramer, Freddy Fender, Asleep at the Wheel, the Texas Wanderers and the Tennessee Drifters, Big Joe Turner, Bill Haley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ernest Stoneman, Phil Spector, Bobby Vinton, Bob Dylan, Taj Mahal, Steppenwolf, Lawrence Welk, Eric Clapton and George Winston.
As "Corrina Blues" [Me II-AB37]: Jefferson, Blind Lemon. King of the Country Blues, Yazoo 1069, Cas (1988), trk# 9 (first recorded in 1926).
As "Corrina/Corena" [Me II-AB37]:
Ashley and Abernathey. Going Down The Valley; Vocal & Instrumental Music from the South, New World NW 236, LP (1977), trk# 12 [1931/12/02];
Baker, Mickey. Blues and Jazz, Kicking Mule KM 142, LP (1976), trk# 1;
Blue Sky Boys. Presenting The Blue Sky Boys, JEMF 104, LP (1965), trk# 1; Brewer, Jim. Jim Brewer, Philo 1003, LP (1974), trk# B.01
Brown, Milton; & his (Musical) Brownies. Western Swing. Historic Recordings..., Old-Timey LP 105, LP (1966), trk# 11 [1935/08/08] (Where You Been So Long, Corrine)
Clements, Vassar. Crossing the Catskills, Rounder 0016, LP (1972), trk# B.01
Clements, Vassar. Fiddler Magazine, Fiddler Mag., Ser, 7/4, p10b(2000) [1972]
Dylan, Bob. Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, Columbia CS 8786, LP (1963), trk# B.05
Frazier, Nathan; and Frank Patterson. Altamont: Black Stringband Music from the Library of Congress, Rounder 0238, LP (1989), trk# A.06 [1942/03]
Haley, Bill; and his Comets. Bill Haley's Chicks, Decca DL 8821, LP (1959), trk# B.04
Henderson, Charles. Oster, Harry / Living Country Blues, Minerva, Sof (1969), p419/#198B [1960/10/10]
Howard, Clint;, Doc Watson & Fred Price. Old-Time Music at Clarence Ashley's, Part 2, Folkways FA 2359, LP (1963), trk# 14 [1962/04]
Hurt, Mississippi John. Mississippi John Hurt Today, Vanguard VSD 79220, LP (1966), trk# 6
Hurt, Mississippi John. Grossman, Stefan; Stephen Calt, Hal Grossman / Country Blues Songb, Oak, Sof (1973), p195 (Corrinne, Corrinna)
Lipscomb, Mance. Mance Lipscomb, Vol. 6, Arhoolie 1069, LP (1974), trk# 6
Lynn, Frank (ed.) / Songs for Swinging Housemothers, Fearon, Sof (1963/1961), p254;
Leisy, James F. (ed.) / Hootenanny Tonight!, Gold Medal Books, sof (1964), p127;
Lomax, Alan / Folksongs of North America, Doubleday Dolphin, Sof (1975/1960), p587/#312 [1930s];
Leisy, James F. (ed.) / Folk Song Abecedary, Bonanza, Bk (1966), p 66;
Martin, Bogen & Armstrong. Barnyard Dance, Rounder 2003, LP (1972), trk# 3
Martin, Carl. Crow Jane Blues, Testament TCD 6006, CD (1997), trk# 2 [1966/05/31]
Molsky, Bruce; and Bob Carlin. Take Me as I Am, Marimac 9023, Cas (1989), trk# 9
Montgomery, Chris. Folk Favorites, Clodhopper, Cas (1989), trk# 1
Poston, Mutt; and the Farm Hands. Hoe Down! Vol. 7. Fiddlin' Mutt Poston and the Farm Hands, Rural Rhythm RRFT 157, LP (197?), trk# A.01
Spoelstra, Mark. Sing Out Reprints, Sing Out, Sof (1959), 8, p11
Stoneman, Ernest V. ("Pop"). Pop Stoneman Memorial Album, MGM SE 4588, LP (1969), trk# A.03 (I Love Corrina)
Traum, Happy. Traum, Happy / Blues Bag, Consolidated Music, Sof (1968), p55
Watson, Doc and Merle. Then and Now, Poppy 0598, LP (1973), trk# B.03
Watson, Doc; Clint Howard and Fred Price. Old Timey Concert, Vanguard 107/8, Cas (1987/1967), trk# B.08
Wills, Bob; and the Texas Playboys. 31st Street Blues, Longhorn KK-011, LP (1981/1940s), trk# B.05 [1940/04/15]
Wills, Bob; and the Texas Playboys. Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 2. Best of the Tiffanys., Edsel ED 322, LP (1984), trk# B.04
Wiseman, Mac. 20 Old-Time Country Favorites, Rural Rhythm RHY-258, CD (1997/1966), trk# 10
SOURCES: Folk Index; "Corrine Corrina, Bo Chatmon, and the Excluded Middle" by
Christopher A. Waterman; Roots of Bob Dylan: "Corrina, Corrina"
NOTES: Big Bill Broonzy recorded "Alberta" in 1956 near the end of his career, sadly he would die of cancer two years later in 1958. He learned Alberta from his Uncle whose wife was name Alberta.
The song is not the same song as the song "Alberta III" by Leadbelly or "Alberta Alberta," another name for the song "Corrine Corinna" usually attributed to Bo Chatman of the Mississippi Shieks and was copyrighted by him and J.W. Williams in 1931. Eric Clapton scored a recent hit under the Alberta title when his version of the Corinne Corrina song was included on his 1992 Unplugged CD.
Leadbelly's song "Roberta" is more similar to the song "Alberta" or "Alberta Alberta," another name for the song "Corrine Corinna" usually attributed to Bo Chatman.
ALBERTA- BIG BILL BROONZY
Listen: Big Bill Broonzy
Alberta, Alberta, oh, Alberta
Alberta, Alberta, oh, Alberta
I've been gambling all night
And I've lost all of my money
So ride, Alberta, ride
Ride, Alberta, ride
Ride, ride to me
I don't care what time of night
As long as you just treat me right
Baby, and ride, ride to me
Ride, Alberta, ride
Ride, ride to me
Saddle up your pony baby
Put everything you got on it,
Baby, just ride, ride to me.
Ride, Alberta, ride
Ride, ride to me
I don't care what time of night
Long as you just treat me right
Baby, and ride, Alberta, ride
Oh, ride, Alberta, ride
Ride, ride to me
You don't need no saddle, baby
You don't need no gun
Baby, just ride, ride to me
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