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Written by [traditional], also Greensleeves (John Coltrane), Milk Cow Blues (Aerosmith) and Banana Boat Song (Day‐O) (Harry Belafonte)
Released on Smithsonian Folkways, also Ship in the Sky (Woody Guthrie), Hobo’s Lullaby (Woody Guthrie) and Better World A‐Comin’ (Woody Guthrie)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
[traditional] wrote 2823 songs on fono, the 3rd most of any writer
[traditional]’s most frequent co-writer is Johannes Brahms (29 songs together)
[traditional] first appears on fono in 1925, 27 years before this song
Credits
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- Written by
- [traditional]
- Performed by
- Bascom Lamar Lunsford
- Released on
- Smithsonian Folkways
- Written by
- [traditional]
- Performed by
- Bascom Lamar Lunsford
- Released on
- Smithsonian Folkways
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Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: [traditional]
Same label: Smithsonian Folkways
Same writer: [traditional]
Same label: Smithsonian Folkways
Same writer: [traditional]
Same label: Smithsonian Folkways
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground was performed by Bascom Lamar Lunsford
I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground was performed by Bascom Lamar Lunsford
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground was written by [traditional]
I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground was written by [traditional]
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3MusicBrainz I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground is part of the release Ballads, Banjo Tunes, and Sacred Songs of Western North Carolina
I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground is part of the release Ballads, Banjo Tunes, and Sacred Songs of Western North Carolina
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Smithsonian Folkways is the label of the song I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground
Smithsonian Folkways is the label of the song I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground
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5MusicBrainz I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground was released on 1952
I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground was released on 1952
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026