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Goodnight, Irene

song by Lead Belly

Also known as: “Good Night Irene”

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discussed in biography

In Lead Belly: Death and legacy
…six months his song “Goodnight, Irene” became a million-record hit for the singing group the Weavers; along with other many other of his songs, among them “The Midnight Special” and “Rock Island Line,” it became a standard.
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recording by the Weavers

In the Weavers
…song “Tzena, Tzena, Tzena,” “Good Night Irene” (by Leadbelly), “So Long, It’s Been Good to Know You” (Guthrie), “Kisses Sweeter than Wine” (Hellerman), and such Seeger-Hays compositions as “If I Had a Hammer” and “Lonesome Traveler.” An acclaimed documentary film, Wasn’t That a Time, chronicled their 1980 reunion concert…
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