Tracklist
| –Woody Guthrie | Do Re Mi | 2:35 |
| –Leadbelly | Pigmeat Papa | 3:16 |
| –Blind Blake | Police Dog Blues | 2:53 |
| –Sleepy John Estes | Brownsville Blues | 3:08 |
| –Blind Willie Johnson | Dark Was The Night | 3:21 |
| –Leadbelly | On A Monday | 1:50 |
| –Woody Guthrie | Vigilante Man | 3:23 |
| –Skip James | Cherry Ball Blues | 2:51 |
| –Fiddlin' John Carson | Taxes On The Farmer Feeds Them All | 2:52 |
| –Leadbelly | The Bourgeois Blues | 5:35 |
| –Washington Phillips | You Can't Stop A Tattler (Part 1) | 2:53 |
| –Washington Phillips | You Can't Stop A Tattler (Part 2) | 2:48 |
| –Blind Blake | Diddie Wah Diddie | 2:58 |
| –Blind Alfred Reed | How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live | 3:12 |
| –Cannon's Jug Stompers | Viola Lee Blues | 3:08 |
| –Robert Johnson | Cross Road Blues | 2:40 |
| –Leadbelly | Irene | 2:54 |
| –Blind Willie McTell | Statesboro Blues | 2:30 |
| –Charley Patton | Poor Me | 2:58 |
| –Mississippi John Hurt | Candy Man Blues | 2:47 |
| –Bo Carter | Corrine, Corrina | 3:17 |
Versions
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SBLUECD037 | Various | The Roots Of Ry Cooder (21 Original Classic Blues And Roots Songs Which Inspired Ry Cooder) (CD, Comp) | Complete Blues | SBLUECD037 | UK | 2007 |
| KATCD216 | Various | The Roots Of Ry Cooder (21 Original Classic Blues And Roots Songs Which Inspired Ry Cooder) (CD, Comp) | Catfish Records | KATCD216 | UK | 2002 |

