Slumberin' on the Cumberland

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Slumberin' on the Cumberland
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Studio album by
Released1979
Genre Bluegrass
Length33:57
Label Flying Fish
John Hartford chronology
Headin' Down into the Mystery Below
(1978)
Slumberin' on the Cumberland
(1979)
You and Me at Home
(1980)

Slumberin' on the Cumberland is an album by American musician John Hartford, released in 1979 (see 1979 in music). [1]

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Track listing

  1. "Slumberin' on the Cumberland" (Hartford-Benny Martin)
  2. "Greenback Dollar/Careless Love" (Traditional)
  3. "Love in Vain" (Robert Johnson)
  4. "If I Can Stay Away Long Enough" (Martin)
  5. "Hillman (Martin)
  6. "Southern Moon" (Alton Delmore)
  7. "I Can Read Between the Lines in Your Letters" (Martin)
  8. "Blue Writin' on White Paper (Martin)
  9. "First Fall of Snow" (Pat Burton)
  10. "Fiddle Faddle" (Burton)
  11. "Go Fall Asleep Now" (Hartford)

Personnel

Production

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References

  1. 1 2 "Slumberin' on the Cumberland > Review". Allmusic . Retrieved July 2, 2011.