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Released on Smithsonian Folkways, also Ship in the Sky, Hobo’s Lullaby and Better World A‐Comin’
Engineered by Moses Asch, also 1913 Massacre, Worried Man Blues and Buffalo Skinners
Part of The Asch Recordings, Volume 4: Buffalo Skinners, also I Ride an Old Paint, Buffalo Gals and Go Tell Aunt Rhody
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Woody Guthrie wrote 130 songs on fono
Moses Asch engineered 36 songs on fono
Woody Guthrie’s most frequent co-writer is Billy Bragg (30 songs together)
Woody Guthrie first appears on fono in 1940, 59 years before this song
Credits
All 5 credits
- Written by
- Woody Guthrie
- Performed by
- Woody Guthrie
- Engineered by
- Moses Asch
- Released on
- Smithsonian Folkways
- Written by
- Woody Guthrie
- Performed by
- Woody Guthrie
- Engineered by
- Moses Asch
- Released on
- Smithsonian Folkways
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same engineer: Moses Asch
Same label: Smithsonian Folkways
Same release: The Asch Recordings, Volume 4: Buffalo Skinners
Same engineer: Moses Asch
Same label: Smithsonian Folkways
Same release: The Asch Recordings, Volume 4: Buffalo Skinners
Same engineer: Moses Asch
Same label: Smithsonian Folkways
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Billy the Kid was performed by Woody Guthrie
Billy the Kid was performed by Woody Guthrie
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Billy the Kid was written by Woody Guthrie
Billy the Kid was written by Woody Guthrie
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Billy the Kid is part of the release The Asch Recordings, Volume 4: Buffalo Skinners
Billy the Kid is part of the release The Asch Recordings, Volume 4: Buffalo Skinners
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Smithsonian Folkways is the label of the song Billy the Kid
Smithsonian Folkways is the label of the song Billy the Kid
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Billy the Kid was engineered by Moses Asch
Billy the Kid was engineered by Moses Asch
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Billy the Kid was released on 1999-08-17
Billy the Kid was released on 1999-08-17
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026