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Nobody's Business
Roud Folksong Index (S345977)

1 of approx 33 results
First Line

Nobody's business, nobody's business

Roud No

17344 [Search for 17344 in the current indexes]

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JSP JSP77138 ('Riley Puckett: Selected Sides')

Performer

Puckett, Riley

Place

USA : Georgia : Atlanta

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Date collected

1935 (8 Aug)

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X7865

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Nobody's Business [traditional Ballad Index Entry]
Roud Folksong Index (S512992)

2 of approx 33 results
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17344 [Search for 17344 in the current indexes]

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Traditional Ballad Index (online) RcNobBu1

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Online index

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X10951

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Nobody's Business
Roud Folksong Index (S306884)

3 of approx 33 results
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It's nobody's business, nobody's business

Roud No

17344 [Search for 17344 in the current indexes]

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JSP JSP 7761 ('Appalachian Stomp Down')

Performer

Arthur, Emry

Place

USA ; / (Indiana : Indianapolis)

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Date collected

1928 (20 Jun)

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X6064

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It's Nobody's Business But My Own
Roud Folksong Index (S240001)

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17344 [Search for 17344 in the current indexes]

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Meade, Country Music Sources (2002) p.499

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USA

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Written by Will E. Skidmore / Walker (1919)

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X6909

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Nobody's Business
Roud Folksong Index (S372731)

5 of approx 33 results
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That's where my money goes, buy my baby clothes

Roud No

17344 [Search for 17344 in the current indexes]

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Gusto GT7-2205-2 ('20 Original King Recordings')

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Mainer, J.E. & his Mountaineers

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USA

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X8335

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Ain't Nobody's Business
Roud Folksong Index (S313194)

6 of approx 33 results
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Sometimes I ramble, get drunk anf gamble

Roud No

17344 [Search for 17344 in the current indexes]

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County 543 ('Red Hot Breakdown')

Performer

John, Earl & his Clodhoppers

Place

USA : Georgia

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Date collected

1927 (21 Feb)

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X7084

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Nobody's Business
Roud Folksong Index (S400925)

7 of approx 33 results
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It's nobody's business, nobody's business

Roud No

17344 [Search for 17344 in the current indexes]

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JSP 77186 ('Clarence Ashley: Country Music Pioneer')

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Arthur, Emry

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USA : Kentucky : Wayne County / (Indiana : Indianapolis)

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Date collected

1928 (25 Jun)

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X8837

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Ain't Nobody's Business
Roud Folksong Index (S227312)

8 of approx 33 results
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Sometimes I ramble, get drunk and gamble

Roud No

17344 [Search for 17344 in the current indexes]

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Yazoo 2040 ('My Rough and Rowdy Ways 2')

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Johnson, Earl & his Dixie Entertainers

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USA : Georgia

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X6092

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Ain't Nobody's Business
Roud Folksong Index (S372730)

9 of approx 33 results
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Sometimes I ramble. get drunk and gamble

Roud No

17344 [Search for 17344 in the current indexes]

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JSP 77171 ('Country Fiddle')

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Johnson, Earl & his Dixie Entertainers

Place

USA : (Georgia : Atlanta)

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Date collected

1927 (21 Feb)

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X8333

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Nobody's Business
Roud Folksong Index (S262865)

10 of approx 33 results
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Roud No

17344 [Search for 17344 in the current indexes]

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Library of Congress recording 3188 B3

Performer

Fike, Gilbert

Place

USA : Arkansas : Little Rock

Collector

Robertson, Sidney

Date collected

1936

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X7721

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Tain't Nobody's Bizness But My Own
Roud Folksong Index (S282270)

11 of approx 33 results
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Baby, you oughta tole me

Roud No

17344 [Search for 17344 in the current indexes]

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Odum: Journal of American Folklore 24 (1911) p.275

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USA

Collector

Odum, Howard W.

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Printed : Journal / Serial

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X9448

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