What connects this song
Credits it shares with other songs, each from a cited source. Tap a number or a name.
Released on Smithsonian Folkways, also Ship in the Sky (Woody Guthrie), Hobo’s Lullaby (Woody Guthrie) and Better World A‐Comin’ (Woody Guthrie)
Part of Classic African-American Ballads, also The Race of the Jim Lee and Katy Adam (Jazz Gillum) and Stewball (Willie Dixon)
Credits
All 3 credits
- Performed by
- Lead Belly
- Released on
- Smithsonian Folkways
- Performed by
- Lead Belly
- Released on
- Smithsonian Folkways
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same label: Smithsonian Folkways
Same release: Classic African-American Ballads
Same label: Smithsonian Folkways
Same release: Classic African-American Ballads
Same label: Smithsonian Folkways
Elsewhere
Sources (4)
Every fact on this page comes from one of these sources.
1MusicBrainz John Hardy was performed by Lead Belly
2MusicBrainz John Hardy is part of the release Classic African-American Ballads
John Hardy is part of the release Classic African-American Ballads
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Smithsonian Folkways is the label of the song John Hardy
Smithsonian Folkways is the label of the song John Hardy
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz John Hardy was released on 2006