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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. 1, also Blue‐Tailed Fly (Jimmie Crack Corn), Down in the Valley and Skip to My Lou
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, 32 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
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Same writer: [traditional]
Same label: Folkways Records
Same release: American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 1
Same writer: [traditional]
Same label: Folkways Records
Same release: American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 1
Same writer: [traditional]
Same label: Folkways Records
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Old Dan Tucker was performed by Pete Seeger
Old Dan Tucker was performed by Pete Seeger
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Old Dan Tucker was written by [traditional]
Old Dan Tucker was written by [traditional]
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Old Dan Tucker is part of the release American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 1
Old Dan Tucker is part of the release American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 1
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Folkways Records is the label of the song Old Dan Tucker
Folkways Records is the label of the song Old Dan Tucker
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Old Dan Tucker was released on 1957