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Alberta/ Oh Alberta
("Alberta, Let Your Hair Hang Down" also titled "Alberta" is a different song)
"Alberta" by Broozy (Alberta II) is a different song so is "Alberta" by Bo Chatmon also Clapton (Alberta I)
Old-time; standard 12 bar country blues
ARTIST: Leadbelly- AKA Huddie Ledbetter. Leadbelly; The Library of Congress Recordings, Elektra EKL 301/2, LP (1965), E.01; Bluebird, New York City, June 15, 1940.
Listen: Leadbelly- Bluebird, New York City, June 15, 1940.
YOU TUBE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9GFgmnU4Ig
CATEGORY: Blues and Jazz Songs DATE: Early 1900s; Recorded June 15, 1940 Leadbelly.
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
OTHER NAMES: Oh Alberta
RELATED TO: Roberta;
SOURCES: Folk Index; "Corrine Corrina, Bo Chatmon, and the Excluded Middle" by
Christopher A. Waterman; Roots of Bob Dylan: "Corrina, Corrina"
NOTES: Leadbelly's most well known version of "Alberta" was made for Bluebird, New York City, June 15, 1940. Lead Belly recorded the song "Alberta" four times. One of these was recorded in New York on January 23, 1935 (for ARC Records, which did not issue it), and a similar version was recorded in New York on June 15, 1940 (included on Leadbelly: Complete Recorded Works, vol. 1, 1 April 1939 to 15 June 1940). Another version, recorded in Wilton, Connecticut, on January 20, 1935, included the lyrics "Take me, Alberta, take me down in your rocking chair" and is included on Gwine Dig a Hole to Put the Devil In (Rounder Records, Library of Congress Recordings, vol. 2). Lead Belly's fourth recorded version survives on recording disc BC-122 of the Mary Elizabeth Barnicle–Tillman Cadle Collection at East Tennessee State University, recorded near the date of June 15, 1948, with which several related discs are labeled.
The song is not the same song as the song "Alberta" 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. Big Bill Broonzy also has a songs titled "Alberta," which is a different song. See Alberta I and Aberta II.
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- Leadbelly; Bluebird, New York City, June 15, 1940
Listen: Leadbelly
[12 string guitar intro]
Oh Alberta oh Alberta, don't you hear me calling you,
Yes Alberta you can call me what you want 'for I'll go to judge you.
Oh Alberta oh Alberta, will you tell me where did you stay last night?
Whne you didn't come home till a little bit before daylight.
Oh Alberta oh Alberta, tell me what in the hell you mean
The way you stick it all on me beats all I ever seen.
You's a brown skin woman, You's a brown skin woman
You'll make a preacher lay his bible down,
And a jet-black woman will make a jack rabbit hug a hound.
Oh Alberta oh Alberta, will you tell me what in the hell you mean
The way you've been actin' you been drinking *Benedict tea
Oh Alberta oh Alberta, don't you hear me callin' you,
You know it's three time seven, do what you want to do.
*Benedictine (unclear)
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