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Released on Smithsonian Folkways, also Ship in the Sky, Hobo’s Lullaby and Better World A‐Comin’
Part of The Asch Recordings, Volume 1: This Land Is Your Land, also Hobo’s Lullaby, Car Song and Jarama Valley
Written by Fred Hellerman, also Come Away Melinda (Uriah Heep), I’m Just a Country Boy (Don Williams) and Gotta Travel On (Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Woody Guthrie wrote 130 songs on fono
Woody Guthrie’s most frequent co-writer is Billy Bragg (30 songs together)
Woody Guthrie first appears on fono in 1940, 57 years before this song
Fred Hellerman first appears on fono in 1960, 37 years before this song
Credits
All 5 credits
- Written by
- Fred Hellerman and Woody Guthrie
- Performed by
- Woody Guthrie
- Released on
- Smithsonian Folkways
- Written by
- Fred Hellerman and Woody Guthrie
- Performed by
- Woody Guthrie
- Released on
- Smithsonian Folkways
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Fred Hellerman
Same label: Smithsonian Folkways
Same release: The Asch Recordings, Volume 1: This Land Is Your Land
Same writer: Fred Hellerman
Same release: The Asch Recordings, Volume 1: This Land Is Your Land
Same writer: Fred Hellerman
Same label: Smithsonian Folkways
Same release: The Asch Recordings, Volume 1: This Land Is Your Land
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Sinking of the Reuben James was performed by Woody Guthrie
Sinking of the Reuben James was performed by Woody Guthrie
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Sinking of the Reuben James was written by Fred Hellerman
Sinking of the Reuben James was written by Fred Hellerman
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Sinking of the Reuben James was written by Woody Guthrie
Sinking of the Reuben James was written by Woody Guthrie
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4MusicBrainz Sinking of the Reuben James is part of the release The Asch Recordings, Volume 1: This Land Is Your Land
Sinking of the Reuben James is part of the release The Asch Recordings, Volume 1: This Land Is Your Land
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Smithsonian Folkways is the label of the song Sinking of the Reuben James
Smithsonian Folkways is the label of the song Sinking of the Reuben James
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6MusicBrainz Sinking of the Reuben James was released on 1997
Sinking of the Reuben James was released on 1997
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026