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Thread #37033 Message #518144
Posted By: toadfrog
30-Jul-01 - 11:52 PM
Thread Name: Leadbelly's Real Name
Subject: RE: Lead Belly's Real Name
Let's see. I have a very old recording of Pete Seeger, in which he pronounced it "Hew-die." But Leadbelly sang:
If anybody ask you, who composed this song, Tell 'em its Hud-die Ledbetter, he's done been here and gone Just lookin' for a home . . .