Various Artists

A Short Cut To The Grave (Gin, Justice, Jail & Judgement 1924-1942)

Release date 2014

Tracklist

1
Four Eleven Forty Four
3:02
3:02
2
Numbers on the Brain
3:03
3:03
3
Coon Can Blues
2:47
2:47
4
Skin Game Blues
3:06
3:06
5
Georgia Skin
2:57
2:57
6
Snitchin' Gambler Blues
3:23
3:23
7
Policy Blues
3:10
3:10
8
Alley Crap Game
3:03
3:03
9
Gambler's Blues
3:09
3:09
10
Poker Woman Blues
2:43
2:43
11
Bad Luck Dice
3:16
3:16
12
Hitting the Numbers
3:01
3:01
13
Dice's Blues
2:51
2:51
14
Policy Blues
2:52
2:52
15
Policy Dream Blues (You Better Get on It)
2:48
2:48
16
Policy Blues
3:11
3:11
17
Policy Wheel Blues
2:57
2:57
18
I’m a Gamblin’ Woman
3:11
3:11
19
Coon Can Shorty
2:55
2:55
20
Gambling Man
2:48
2:48
21
Drunken Gambler
2:40
2:40
22
Policy Writer’s Blues
2:41
2:41
23
Number Runner’s Blues
2:45
2:45
24
Good Gamblin'
3:08
3:08
25
Roaming Gambler
2:46
2:46
26
Booze & Blues
3:11
3:11
27
Corn Liquor Blues
2:58
2:58
28
Dope Head Blues
3:19
3:19
29
Cocaine Blues
3:25
3:25
30
Dead Drunk Blues
3:07
3:07
31
Bootlegging Blues
2:57
2:57
32
Canned Heat Blues
3:38
3:38
33
Don’t Drink It in Here
2:52
2:52
34
Whiskey Moan Blues
2:45
2:45
35
Whiskey Drinkin’ Blues
3:14
3:14
36
Me and My Whiskey
3:09
3:09
37
Cocaine Habit Blues
2:50
2:50
38
Papa Wants to Knock a Jug
2:32
2:32
39
Corn Whiskey Blues
2:54
2:54
40
Barrel Of Whiskey Blues
2:54
2:54
41
Devil’s Island Gin
3:02
3:02
42
Drinking Blues
2:57
2:57
43
Bad Liquor Blues
2:48
2:48
44
Drunken Woman Blues
2:49
2:49
45
Bootleggin' Ain't Good No More
3:08
3:08
46
Blackberry Wine
2:49
2:49
47
Haven’t Seen No Whiskey
3:23
3:23
48
Good Gin Blues
2:23
2:23
49
Beer Drinking Woman
2:59
2:59
50
Blues That Made Me Drunk
3:00
3:00
51
New Prison Blues
3:17
3:17
52
Ninety Nine Year Blues
3:05
3:05
53
The Jail House Blues
2:32
2:32
54
Jailhouse Fire Blues
2:31
2:31
55
The Escaped Convict
2:57
2:57
56
Penitentiary Bound Blues
3:04
3:04
57
Hangman’s Blues
3:24
3:24
58
Judge Harsh Blues
3:00
3:00
59
Penitentiary
3:26
3:26
60
Prison Bound Blues
3:29
3:29
61
My Crime Blues
2:49
2:49
62
Police Sergeant Blues
3:03
3:03
63
Whiskey Selling Woman
3:12
3:12
64
Robbin’ and Stealin’ Blues
2:44
2:44
65
He’s in the Jailhouse Now
3:13
3:13
66
Buggy Jail House Blues
2:44
2:44
67
Big House Blues
3:04
3:04
68
Joliet Bound
3:09
3:09
69
High Sheriff
3:12
3:12
70
Chain Gang Blues
3:04
3:04
71
Jailhouse Blues
2:59
2:59
72
Parchman Farm Blues
2:39
2:39
73
Jailhouse Blues
2:57
2:57
74
Angola Blues
2:54
2:54
75
County Jail Blues
2:54
2:54
76
See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
2:54
2:54
77
My Daddy’s Coffin Blues
3:10
3:10
78
Burying Ground Blues
2:47
2:47
79
Death Bell Blues
3:12
3:12
80
Down in the Cemetery
3:13
3:13
81
Dying Pickpocket Blues
2:50
2:50
82
Prayer of Death, Part 2
2:51
2:51
83
Suicide Blues
2:35
2:35
84
Dying Mercy Blues
3:10
3:10
85
Laying in the Graveyard
3:03
3:03
86
Death Cell Blues
3:08
3:08
87
Dead and Gone Mother
3:01
3:01
88
Graveyard Blues (Dead and Gone Blues)
3:13
3:13
89
Death Letter Blues
3:01
3:01
90
Six Cold Feet in the Ground
3:04
3:04
91
Graveyard Blues
2:35
2:35
92
Crying Mother Blues
2:39
2:39
93
When the Breath Bids the Body Goodbye
3:02
3:02
94
Death of the Gambler
2:39
2:39
95
Gonna Kill My Baby
3:06
3:06
96
Bone Yard Blues
2:15
2:15
97
Strange Place Blues
2:52
2:52
98
Death of Walter Barnes
2:57
2:57
99
A Short Cut to the Grave
2:49
2:49
100
Death Valley Blues
3:14
3:14

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