Recorded between May 23 and June 7, 1938 in Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, Washington D.C. Digital mastering by the Library of Congress.
Collected Piano Music published by the Smithsonian Institution Press and Hal Leonard Publishing Company.
Special thanks to David Francis, Dina Fleming, Joe Hickerson and Mike Donaldson at the Library of Congress; Butch Thompson; H. Melvin Swift, Jr.; Hattie Holloway, Jake Guralnick, Lawrence Gushee and Mike Montgomery.
? © 1993 Rounder Records Corp., One Camp Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02140 USA.
Printed in Canada.
Manufactured in USA.
1. The Murder Ballad (Part 1) (4:05)
2. The Murder Ballad (Part 2): "Now Let Me Tell You..." (4:17)
3. The Murder Ballad (Part 3): "I Know You've Got My Man..." (4:29)
4. The Murder Ballad (Part 4): "They Brought That Gal To The Prison Gate..." (4:19)
5. The Murder Ballad (Part 5): "Gal, When I Get Through, You'll Think I'm A Man..." (4:15)
6. The Murder Ballad (Part 6): "Ask My Sister, Please Don't Be Like Me..." (4:29)
7. The Murder Ballad (Part 7): "Goodbye To The World: I Know I'm Gone..." (4:32)
8. Fickle Fay Creep (3:17)
9. Jungle Blues (3:43)
10. King Porter Stomp (No. 2) (2:57)
11. Sweet Peter (3:04)
12. Hyena Stomp (3:32)
13. Wolverine Blues (Begun) (3:45)
14. Wolverine Blues (Concluded) (4:04)
15. State And Madison (3:48)
16. The Pearls (Begun) (3:28)
17. The Pearls (Concluded) (3:35)
18. Bert Williams (3:41)















