Yellow Dog Rag
First recording and first release by Prince's Band (July 21, 1916 / September 1916)
- Written by
- W.C. Handy
- Publication date
- 1914
- Language
- English
- Comments
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The "Yazoo-Delta Railroad" appears in a number of blues songs as the "Yellow Dog Railroad". According to W.C. Handy, locals assigned the words "Yellow Dog" to the letters Y.D. on the freight trains that they saw.
In 1919, Handy republished this song as "Yellow Dog Blues", under which name it achieved moderate success. - Licensing
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