Old Blue (song)
# Old Blue (song)

"Old Blue" (also known as "Old Dog Blue") is an old folk song, believed to have originated from the minstrel shows of the late 19th century. A 1928 version by Jim Jackson, entitled "Old Dog Blue", appears on the Anthology of American Folk Music album. Since this early recording, a number of covers and variations of this song have been recorded. In his 1985 play, Fences, August Wilson uses Jim Jackson's version as a leitmotif, and the play's central character (who had a dog named Blue as a boy) says his father originated the song.

## Various versions

* Joan Baez, Joan Baez, Vol. 2 (1961)
* The Byrds, Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde (1969)
* Furry Lewis, Shake 'Em On Down (1961)
* Guy Carawan, Songs with Guy Carawan (1950)
* Ramblin' Jack Elliott, I Stand Alone (2006)
* David Wiffen, David Wiffen At The Bunkhouse Coffeehouse, Vancouver BC (1965)
* Johnny Duncan, Vintage Rock Nº 23 - EPs Collectors "Johnny Duncan's Tennessee Song Bag" (1957)
* Cisco Houston, Songs to Grow On, Vol. 3: This Land Is My Land (1951)
* Bill Staines, One More River (1998)
* Anne Hills, Never Grow Up (1998)
* The Dillards, Live!!!! Almost!!! (1964)
* Bob Gibson and Bob Camp, Bob Gibson and Bob Camp at The Gate of Horn (1961)
* Sam Hinton, Whoever Shall Have Some Good Peanuts (2006)
* Pete Seeger, American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 3 (1957)
* Lonnie Pitchford, The Harry Smith Connection: A Live Tribute To The Anthology Of American Folk Music (1998)
* Dave Van Ronk, Somebody Else, Not Me (1980)
* JJ Cale, Guitar Man (1996)
* Georgia Ruth, Week of Pines (2013)
* Appears on Disney Children's Favorite Songs 2 (1979) as a children's song.
* Emerson, Lake & Palmer; Greg Lake in live versions performances of "Take a Pebble" (1971)
* Ian & Sylvia
* Charlie Parr, I Ain't Dead Yet (2016)
* Peter, Paul & Mary, In Concert (1964), as "Blue"
* Frankie Laine, Balladeer (1959)
* Shawn Phillips, Shawn (1966)
