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Released on Rounder, also Dance Me to the End of Love (Madeleine Peyroux), Down to the River to Pray (Alison Krauss) and I Ain't Got No Home (Woody Guthrie)
Written by Lester Flatt, also My Cabin in Caroline (Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs), We’ll Meet Again Sweetheart (Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs) and Don't Get Above Your Raisin' (Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs)
Part of The Bluegrass Album, Volume 4, also Cheyenne and Head Over Heels
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Lester Flatt wrote 5 of The Bluegrass Album Band’s top 10 songs
Lester Flatt wrote 31 songs on fono
Lester Flatt’s most frequent co-writer is Earl Scruggs (14 songs together)
Lester Flatt first appears on fono in 1947, 38 years before this song
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- Written by
- Lester Flatt
- Released on
- Rounder
- Written by
- Lester Flatt
- Released on
- Rounder
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Same writer: Lester Flatt
Same label: Rounder
Same release: The Bluegrass Album, Volume 4
Same writer: Lester Flatt
Same label: Rounder
Same release: The Bluegrass Album, Volume 4
Same writer: Lester Flatt
Same label: Rounder
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1MusicBrainz The Old Home Town was written by Lester Flatt
The Old Home Town was written by Lester Flatt
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2MusicBrainz The Old Home Town is part of the release The Bluegrass Album, Volume 4
The Old Home Town is part of the release The Bluegrass Album, Volume 4
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3MusicBrainz Rounder is the label of the song The Old Home Town
Rounder is the label of the song The Old Home Town
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4MusicBrainz The Old Home Town was released on 1985-09-25
The Old Home Town was released on 1985-09-25
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026