Poor Boy Blues

Written by: [Traditional]
Composition date: June 16, 1927
Language: English
Comments: Aka "Poor Boy, Long Ways from Home"
Traditional blues song of unknown origin. There is great variation in the melody and lyrical content as performed by different artists. However, there is often a core verse containing some variation of the line "I'm a poor boy a long way from home." The song is often associated with a slide guitar accompaniment.
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Poor Boy Blues written by [Traditional] English

Title	Performer	Release date	Info
Poor Boy Blues	Sam Butler [US2]	1926
Poor Boy a Long Ways from Home	Barbecue Bob	October 10, 1927
Poor Boy, Long Ways from Home	Banjo Joe - Guitar Acc. - Blind Blake [US]	January 1928
Poor Boy Blues	Ramblin' Thomas	1929
Poor Boy	Gordon Heath et Lee Payant	1955
Poor Boy	Howlin' Wolf	January 1958
Po' Boy Blues	John Dudley	1960
When a Man's a Long Way from Home	Leadbelly	1960	Released more than 10 years after its recording
Po' Boy	The Raftsmen	1961	Unverified
Poor Boy from Home	Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee	1962
Poor Boy	Gene Pitney & The Newcastle Trio	1962
Poor Boy	Jim Glaser and The American Folk Trio	1962
Poor Boy Long Ways from Home	Bukka White	1963
Poor Boy	Mark Spoelstra	1963
Poor Boy	John Jackson	1966
Poor Boy, Long Way from Home	Fred McDowell	1967
Poor Boy, a Long Ways from Home	Mississippi John Hurt	1972
Poor Boy	John Lee Ziegler	1981
Poor Boy	Johnny Woods - R.L. Burnside	1984
Po' Boy	Art Rosenbaum	1985
Long Haired Doney / Poor Boy Long Way from Home	R.L. Burnside & The Sound Machine	1991	Medley Live
Poor Boy Long Way from Home	Arthur Weston	1997	Released more than 10 years after its recording
Poor Boy Long Ways from Home	Ken Hamm	1998
Poor Boy	Percy Strother	1998
Po' Boy	Oiling Boiling Rhythm'n Blues Band featuring Blues Mama Brown Sugar Dixon	January 29, 1999
Poor Boy Blues	David Johansen and The Harry Smiths	March 28, 2000
Poor Boy	Neal Black & The Healers	2000
Poor Boy a Long Ways from Home	Guy Forsyth	2000	Unverified
Poor Boy Long Ways from Home	Black Twig Pickers	June 4, 2001
A Long Way from Home	Devil in a Woodpile	March 8, 2005
Poor Boy Blues	Geoff Muldaur	October 24, 2006	Live
Poor Boy	Big George Brock	2006
Po' Boy	Swamp Train	2012
Poor Boy	Adam Gussow	February 2014
Poor Boy Long Way from Home	Jeff Buckley	March 11, 2016
Poor Boy Blues	Arlen Roth with Jimmy Vivino (Jimmy Vivino, Arlen Roth)	2016	Unverified
Poor Boy, Long Ways from Home	Eden & John's East River String Band	2018
Poor Boy	John Clifton	April 19, 2019
Poor Boy a Long Way from Home	The Black Keys	May 14, 2021

Poor Boy Blues written by [Traditional] instrumental

	Title	Performer	Release date
i	Poor Boy Long Ways from Home	John Fahey	1964
i	Poor Boy, Long Ways from Home	Backwards Sam Firk	1968
i	Poor Boy Long Way from Home	Terry Lees & Mel Hayes	November 18, 2014

Poor Boy (A Long Way from Home) written by Kris Dollimore English

		Title	Performer	Release date	Info
		Poor Boy (A Long Way from Home)	Kris Dollimore	June 1, 2015	First release

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