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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 Folkways Records, also This Land Is Your Land (Woody Guthrie), Two Good Men (Woody Guthrie) and Come Back Baby (Dave Van Ronk)
Part of American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 3, also When I First Came to This Land, The Girl I Left Behind and Dink’s Song
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
[traditional] wrote 2823 songs on fono, the 3rd most of any writer
[traditional] wrote 7 of Pete Seeger’s top 10 songs
[traditional]’s most frequent co-writer is Johannes Brahms (29 songs together)
[traditional] first appears on fono in 1925, 34 years before this song
Credits
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- Written by
- [traditional]
- Performed by
- Pete Seeger
- Released on
- Folkways Records
- Written by
- [traditional]
- Performed by
- Pete Seeger
- Released on
- Folkways Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: [traditional]
Same label: Folkways Records
Same release: American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 3
Same writer: [traditional]
Same label: Folkways Records
Same release: American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 3
Same writer: [traditional]
Same label: Folkways Records
Elsewhere
Sources (5)
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1MusicBrainz John Brown’s Body was performed by Pete Seeger
John Brown’s Body was performed by Pete Seeger
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz John Brown’s Body was written by [traditional]
John Brown’s Body was written by [traditional]
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz John Brown’s Body is part of the release American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 3
John Brown’s Body is part of the release American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 3
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Folkways Records is the label of the song John Brown’s Body
Folkways Records is the label of the song John Brown’s Body
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz John Brown’s Body was released on 1959