Philadelphia Lawyer (song)
- Philadelphia Lawyer (song)
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title=Philadelphia Lawyer
comment=Reno Blues
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writer=Woody Guthrie
composer=
lyricist=
published=
written=1937
language=English
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original_artist=Woody Guthrie
recorded_by=Woody Guthrie, Rosalie Sorrels, Merle Haggard, Ramblin' Jack Elliot
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Philadelphia Lawyer is a Woody Guthrie song about a divorce lawyer from Philadelphia who is shot by a jealous husband. [Woody Guthrie Lyrics [http://www.woodyguthrie.org/Lyrics/Philadelphia_Lawyer.htm] ] It is a folksong version of a lawyer joke. It is also known by the title "Reno Blues".
Recordings
* Ramblin' Jack Elliot on "Hard Travellin' " 1989
* Tennessee Ernie Ford on "Sixteen Tons" 1960
* Flatt and Scruggs, "1959-1963" (5-vol. CD Set, Bear Family)
* Merle Haggard as "Reno Blues" on "Like Never Before" 2003
* (various artists): "Hillbilly Honeymoon" (Maddox Brothers and Rose) (Acrobat Music, 2004)
* Maddox Brothers and Rose "America's Most Colorful Hillbilly Band, v.1" (Arhoolie Records, 1976/1993)
* Bonnie Owens on "Hi-Fi to Cry By" (Capitol Records, 1969)
* Rosalie Sorrels on "Songs of Idaho and Utah" Folkways Records 1961
References
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