Blue Tail Fly 57th in 1944

Written by: [Traditional]
Language: English
Comments: Also known as "Jimmy Crack Corn". Roud number 1274.
It is an American song that first became popular during the rise of blackface minstrelsy in the 1840s through performances by the "Virginia Minstrels". It regained currency as a folk song in the 1940s at the beginning of the American folk music revival and has since become a popular children's song.
The term "Blue Tail Fly" likely refers to "tabanus atratus," a black horsefly with a blue sheen on the abdomen.
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Versions

Title	Performer	Release date	Info
The Blue Tail Fly	Burl Ives	March 1944	First release
The Blue Tail Fly	Bradley Kincaid	January 1947
Blue Tail Fly	Eddy Howard and His Orchestra	May 1947
Blue Tail Fly	Billy Wilson and the Blue Rangers	1947	Unverified
Blue Tail Fly	Andrews Sisters - Burl Ives with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra	July 1948
Blue Tail Fly	Homer and Jethro	September 1948
Jim Crack Corn	Pete Seeger	1953
Blue Tail Fly	Leadbelly	1954
Blue Tail Fly	Big Bill Broonzy	1954
Blue Tail Fly	Milt Okun	1957
Blue Tail Fly	Bill Hayes	1958
The Blue Tail Fly	Mitch Miller and The Gang	1959
Blue Tail Fly	Edie Adams – Orchestra under the direction of Henry Mancini	1959
Blue Tail Fly	Edie Adams	1959	Unverified
The Blue Tail Fly	Denis Gibbons	1960
The Blue-Tail Fly	Yodelin' Slim Clark	1961
Blue Tail Fly	Johnny Mann Singers	1962
Blue Tail Fly	Frank Saunders	1963
Blue Tail Fly	The Sandpipers & The Golden Orchestra	1964
Blue Tail Fly	The Do-Re-Mi Kids	1964
Blue Tail Fly	The Jim Glaser Singers	1964
The Blue-Tail Fly	Joana [DE]	1968
Blue Tail Fly	The Richard Wolfe Children's Chorus	1969
Jim Crack Corn	Mike and Peggy Seeger	1977
Jimmy Crack Corn	Graham McCarthy	1978
Blue-Tail Fly	97th Regimental String Band	1991
Jim Crack Corn	Mike Seeger	September 15, 1998
The Blue Tailed Fly	Bobby Horton	January 7, 1999
De Blue Tail Fly	2nd South Carolina String Band	2002
Jimmy Crack Corn	Dan Gellert	2004
Blue Tail Fly	Camptown Shakers	September 27, 2006
The Blue-Tail Fly	Diane Taraz	August 1, 2012
The Blue Tail Fly	Bee Culture	August 22, 2015

Blue Tail Fly written by [Traditional] instrumental

	Title	Performer	Release date	Info
i	Bluetail Fly	Alan Black	1959
i	Blue Tail Fly	Richard Maltby & His Orchestra	1960
i	Blue Tail Fly	The Harold Land Quintet	1963
i	The Blue Tail Fly	Henry Jerome and His Orchestra	1963
i	Black Magic	Dan the Banjo Man	1974
i	Journey Through America	Louis Clark conducting The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra	April 1983	Medley
i	Blue Tail Fly	Mike Seeger	1991
i	Blue Tailed Fly	Wayne Erbsen	1993
i	The Blue Tail Fly	Bruce Molsky & Big Hoedown	June 16, 1998
i	Blue Wing Fly	Bruce Greene - Don Pedi	2005
i	Blue Tail Fly	Judy Cook	September 22, 2009

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		Shticks and Stones	Allan Sherman	1962	First release

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		Jimmy Drinks Corn	Homer & Jethro	October 1964	First recording in July 1964 First release

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		La mouche à la queue bleue	Claude François	1976	First release

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
	i	Beatnik Fly	Johnny and The Hurricanes	1960	First release Hit song
	i	Beatnik Fly	André Brasseur	1986	Unverified

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		Ponnytwist	Smaklösa	2003

Blue Tail Fly written by Bob Bogle, Don Wilson instrumental The Ventures version

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
	i	Blue Tail Fly	The Ventures	May 19, 1962	First release