Old Blue

DESCRIPTION: "I had a dog and his name was Blue...." The singer tells how Blue aided him in 'possum hunting, then goes on to describe Blue's death and burial.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1913
KEYWORDS: dog death burial hunting
FOUND IN: US(SE,So)
REFERENCES (11 citations):
Randolph 295, "Old Blue" (1 text plus a fragment, 1 tune)
Rainey/Pinkston-SongsOfTheOzarkFolk, p. 63, "Old Blue" (1 text)
Brown/Belden/Hudson-FrankCBrownCollectionNCFolklore3 220, "Old Blue" (1 text)
Hudson-FolksongsOfMississippi 74, pp. 201-202, "Old Blue" (1 text)
Lomax/Lomax-FolkSongUSA 7, "Old Blue" (1 text, 1 tune)
Lomax/Lomax-OurSingingCountry, pp. 111-112, "Old Blue" (1 text, 1 tune)
Lomax-FolkSongsOfNorthAmerica 157, "Blue" (1 text, 1 tune)
Botkin-TreasuryOfSouthernFolklore, p. 738, "Old Blue" (1 text, 1 tune)
Cray-AshGrove, pp. 11-12, "Old Blue" (1 text, 1 tune)
Silber/Silber-FolksingersWordbook, p. 396, "Old Blue" (1 text)
DT, OLDBLUE
Roud #4313
RECORDINGS:
Jim Jackson, "Old Dog Blue" (Victor 21387B, 1928; on AAFM2) (Vocalion 1146, 1928)
Pete Seeger, "Old Blue" (on PeteSeeger09, PeteSeegerCD02)
Art Thieme, "The Split Dog" [combines song and tall-tale] (on Thieme01)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Deep Blue Sea (II)" (floating lyrics)
File: R295

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