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Released on Folkways Records, also This Land Is Your Land, Two Good Men and Come Back Baby (Dave Van Ronk)
Written by Lead Belly, also Cotton Fields (Creedence Clearwater Revival), Hangman Jury (Aerosmith) and Cotton Fields (Udo Jürgens)
Part of Woody Guthrie Sings Folk Songs, also Oregon Trail, What Did the Deep Sea Say? and Jackhammer Blues
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Lead Belly wrote 53 songs on fono
Lead Belly first appears on fono in 1953, 9 years before this song
Credits
All 7 credits
- Written by
- Lead Belly
- Performed by
- Cisco Houston, Lead Belly, Sonny Terry and Woody Guthrie
- Released on
- Folkways Records
- Written by
- Lead Belly
- Performed by
- Cisco Houston, Lead Belly, Sonny Terry and Woody Guthrie
- Released on
- Folkways Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Lead Belly
Same label: Folkways Records
Same release: Woody Guthrie Sings Folk Songs
Same writer: Lead Belly
Same label: Folkways Records
Same release: Woody Guthrie Sings Folk Songs
Same writer: Lead Belly
Same label: Folkways Records
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz We Shall Be Free was performed by Cisco Houston
We Shall Be Free was performed by Cisco Houston
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz We Shall Be Free was performed by Lead Belly
We Shall Be Free was performed by Lead Belly
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz We Shall Be Free was performed by Sonny Terry
We Shall Be Free was performed by Sonny Terry
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz We Shall Be Free was performed by Woody Guthrie
We Shall Be Free was performed by Woody Guthrie
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz We Shall Be Free was written by Lead Belly
We Shall Be Free was written by Lead Belly
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz We Shall Be Free is part of the release Woody Guthrie Sings Folk Songs
We Shall Be Free is part of the release Woody Guthrie Sings Folk Songs
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Folkways Records is the label of the song We Shall Be Free
Folkways Records is the label of the song We Shall Be Free
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz We Shall Be Free was released on 1962