Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie

Written by: Elizabeth Cotten
Language: English
ISWC: T-700.049.741-8 BMI, ISWC, JASRAC
Comments: aka "This Life I'm Living"

One old women Lord in this town
Keeps a-telling her lies on me
Wish to my soul that old women would die
Keep a-telling her lies on me
Oh babe it ain't no lie (x3)
Know this life I'm living is very high
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Versions

Title	Performer	Release date	Info
Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie	Elizabeth Cotten	1958	First release
Freight Train / Wilson Rag / Baby It Ain't No Lie	Jackie Washington [US]	December 1962	Medley
Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie	The Charles River Valley Boys	1962
This Life I'm Living	Carolyn Hester	1963
This Life I'm Living	Anita Carter	February 1964
(Oh Babe) It Ain't No Lie	Judy Bright	1964
Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie	The Allen-Ward Trio	July 1965
Babe, It Ain't No Lie	Davy Graham	1968
Oh Babe, It Ain't No Lie	Stefan Grossman	1976
Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie	Grateful Dead	April 1981	Live
Oh Babe, It Ain't No Lie	Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band	December 1988	Live
Ain't No Lie	His Name Is Alive	February 2, 1998
Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie	Lightnin' Wells	1998
Oh Babe, It Ain't No Lie	Whip	2004
Oh Babe, It Ain't No Lie	OCS	May 30, 2005	Unverified
Oh Babe, It Ain't No Lie	Les Shelleys	2010
Babe It Ain't No Lie	Frankie & Jimmy	2018
Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie	Gillian Welch & David Rawlings	July 10, 2020
Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie	Sue Foley	March 29, 2024	Unverified