Cripple Creek / Jimmie Strothers, banjo Christmas Eve / Murphy Gribble, banjo ; John Lusk, fiddle ; Albert York, guitar Washboard rhythm / Theopolis Stokes, washboard Soldier's joy ; Old Joe / Nashville Washboard Band Arkansas traveler / Sid Hemphill, fiddle, vocals ; Lucius Smith, banjo ; Will Head, bass drum ; Alec Askew, guitar Black bayou ; Banty rooster / Blind Pete, fiddle, vocals; George Ryan, guitar Poontang little, poontang small / Jimmie Strothers, guitar Give the fiddler a dram ; Eighth of January / Gribble, Lusk, York Introduction of band The eighth of January ; Skillet good and greasy / Hemphill, Smith, Head, Askew Devil's dream / Hemphill, 10-note quills, with snare and bass drums
John Henry / Hemphill, Smith, Head, Askew
Steel-laying holler / John "Black Sampson" Gibson
Track-lining song / Gibson
New careless love / Sonny Terry, vocals, harmonica
Red Cross store / Brownie McGhee, vocals, guitar ; Terry, harmonica
How long blues / McGhee ; Lead Belly, vocals, guitar, Terry, vocals, harmonica.