Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms

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"Rollin' in My Sweet Baby's Arms"
Single by Buck Owens
from the album Ruby
B-side "Corn Liquor"
ReleasedAugust 1971
Genre Country, bluegrass, country rock
Length2:19
Label Capitol
Songwriter(s) trad.
Producer(s) Buck Owens
Buck Owens singles chronology
"Ruby (Are You Mad)"
(1971)
"Rollin' in My Sweet Baby's Arms"
(1971)
"I'll Still Be Waiting for You"
(1972)

"Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms" is an American traditional song. It seems to have developed from lyrics in the cowboy song "My Lula Gal", [1] itself a development of bawdy British and Appalachian songs generally known as "Bang Bang Rosie" or "Bang Away Lulu. [2] [3]

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The Flatt & Scruggs version was first released as a single by Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys, on December 14, 1951. Buck Owens released his cover version "Rollin' in My Sweet Baby's Arms" in August 1971 as the second single from his album Ruby. The song peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. [4] It also reached number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada. [5]

Versions

Chart performance

Buck Owens

Chart (1971)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles2
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1

Leon Russell (as Hank Wilson)

Chart (1973)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [7] 74
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles57
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [8] 78
Canadian RPM Country Tracks30

Maury Finney

Chart (1976)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles76

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