Take this hammer - Leadbelly

Huddie William Ledbetter, better known as blues legend Leadbelly sings and plays working song "Take this hammer".

I've put this online for educational benefit of wider audience, not for personal profit.

[fransdielis]

Genius, difficult life, covered by so many

[OverallBuddies]

Thank you so much for sharing this so people can know and remember this great artist and song!

[donutjunkieyolo]

Wer ist auch hier weil er dieses Lied in Musik dran hatte ?

[coravisser]

Incredible good and so beautifull the way he played everything.

[Ellenslife]

One of the greatest blues artists to ever live. He wrote this song during true hard times.

[signalenergie]

The work songs of the slaves gave us the music of Elvis, the Beatles and all who came afterwards. Let's face it.

[ФилиппОстапенко-мй]

Талантливо..как минимум...
Эпохально....

[charliesideshow]

Tell them captains I'm not going to use that hammer anymore! Humanity!

[Magicglasses]

this is one of the three songs u can see him play live, along with 'pick a bail of cotton, and the grey goose

[lesliemarsh]

The 1st song i learned to play on guitar many many years back

[brasero]

Leadbelly, blind Willie Johnson, Skip James, Robert Johnson...

[nataliehidalgo]

I learned it “I don’t want no cold iron shackles… I want to be free I want to be free.

[OrangeAlienStatus]

gives motivation to a welder draggin up on a job lol

[Desky_vr]

In the class the students said to put this song everybody was smiling

[Mondarín-Records]

_whah_ sounds like starcraft 1 zergling death fx

[antigonemcdermott]

If you're interested in listening to a genuine musical genius sing this song, listen to a rendition of the song done by Odetta.

[samsfog]

young people's chorus of new york city

[wesh]

We're no strangers to love
You know the rules and so do I
A full commitment's what I'm thinking of
You wouldn't get this from any other guy
I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta make you understand
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it
Inside we both know what's been going on
We know the game and we're gonna play it
And if you ask me how I'm feeling
Don't tell me you're too blind to see
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Never gonna give, never gonna give
(Give you up)
We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching but you're too shy to say it
Inside we both know what's been going on
We know the game and we're gonna play it
I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta make you understand
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye

[mvx]

Riech ich dein Aroma, lieg ich gleich im Koma | Kaufdex - Lustige Spr

[delphinazizumbo]

ALL American music comes back to Leadbelly and Blind Lemon Jefferson
any further and you're at WC Handy and Stephen Foster
still you go to African rhythms and Irish/Scottish lyrics
that's the Key to understanding American music right there