As far as I know, there have been two books of Leadbelly songs published, both by Oak Publications. You will find the indexes of those books in this thread. I have the Leadbelly Songbook and I'm glad to furnish words and music for any of the songs in the book. 12-stringer posted the index to the Leadbelly guitar book, and may be able to help with the songs in that book.
But "25-cent dude" isn't in either of those books. Does anyone know of a really good source of lyrics for Lead Belly songs?

-Joe-

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Thread #103890   Message #2124069
Posted By: 12-stringer
12-Aug-07 - 12:45 AM
Thread Name: Songbook Indexing: Oak Publications
Subject: Index: The Leadbelly Songbook (Oak)

The Leadbelly Songbook
edited by Moses Asch and Alan Lomax
(c) 1962, Oak Publications
illustrated; lead sheets and chords, no tablature

Ain't It a Shame (To Go Fishing on a Sunday), 27
Ain't You Glad, 82
Alabama Bound, 75
Army Life, 66
Backwater Blues, 22
Black Betty, 84
Black Girl, 37
Boll Weevil, 23
Borrow Love and Go, 42
Bourgeois Blues, 24
Bring Me a Little Water, Sylvie, 60
Can't You Line 'Em, 86
Christmas is a-Coming, 61
Come Along All You Cowboys, 43
Corn Bread Rough, 29
Cotton Song (Cotton Fields), 39
Cow Cow Yicky Yicky Yea, 47
DeKalb Blues, 34
Didn't Old John, 25
Don't Sleep Too Long, 85
Duncan and Brady, 74
Easy Rider, 89
Fannin Street, 32
Gallis Pole, 52
Go Down, Old Hannah, 50
Good Morning Blues, 64
Green Corn, 58
Grey Goose, 88
Ha Ha This-A-Way, 29
Ham and Eggs, 55
Happy Birthday, 30
Haul Away Joe, 77
Hitler Song, 68
House of the Rising Sun, 57 (nb, this is not "In New Orleans," Leadbelly's better-known version of "Rising Sun")
In the Evening, 94
Irene, 93
Jailhouse Blues, 63
Jean Harlow, 87
Jim Crow Blues, 91
John Henry, 31
Julie Ann Johnson, 67
Keep Your Hands Off Her, 48
Leavin' Blues, 20
Little Children's Blues, 83
Little Sally Walker, 92
Look Away in the Heaven, 35
Looky Looky Yonder, 19
Meeting at the Building, 44
Midnight Special, 71
More Yet, 65
National Defense Blues, 73
Old Man, Will Your Dog Catch a Rabbit?, 49
Old Riley, 38
On a Monday, 79
Pick a Bale of Cotton, 56
Pigmeat, 78
Poor Howard, 21
Pretty Flower, 36
Red Bird, 90
Rock Island Line, 80
Salty Dog, 41
Shorty George, 69
Skip to My Lou, 53
Stewball, 72
T B Blues, 62
Take This Hammer, 45
There's a Man Goin' Round Takin' Names, 28
They Hung Him on a Cross, 40
Titanic, 26
We Shall Be Free, 76
We Shall Walk Through the Valley, 59
Whoa, Buck (expurgated version), 46
Yellow Gal, 54
You Can't Lose-a Me, Cholly, 51

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Thread #103890   Message #2124073
Posted By: 12-stringer
12-Aug-07 - 01:04 AM
Thread Name: Songbook Indexing: Oak Publications
Subject: Index: Folksinger's Guide to the 12-String Guitar

A Folksinger's Guide to the 12-String Guitar as Played by Leadbelly
by Julius Lester and Pete Seeger (internal evidence suggests that the book was written by Lester)
no copyright date or notice
Tablature only (no music), with lyrics; songs marked * are not from the Leadbelly repertoire but are presented as "Other Approaches" to the 12-string

Alabama Bound, 17
*Bells of Rhymney, 73
Black Girl [In the Pines], 21
Bottle Up and Go, 57
Cotton Song [Cotton Fields], 12
Duncan and Brady, 37
Easy Rider, 39
Fannin Street, 58
*Freight Train, 77
Gallis Pole, 61
Grey Goose, 18
Hitler Song, 31
In New Orleans (House of the Rising Sun), 49 [a frequently requested piece of tab on the 'Cat, and here it is, but NB that Lester tabs just the first half of the guitar break, without mentioning that fact!]
John Hardy, 43
John Henry, 53
Julie Ann Johnson, 15
Midnight Special, 33
National Defense Blues, 29
Poor Howard, 67
Red Bird, 14
Relax Your Mind, 41
Roberta [in G], 45
Roberta [in F, guitar tab only], 48
Salty Dog, 35
Skip to My Lou, 9
So Easy When You Know How, 68
T B Blues, 65
There's a Man Goin' Round Takin' Names, 11
They Hung Him on a Cross, 25
*The Water is Wide, 74
We Shall Be Free, 13