A Short Cut To The Grave (Gin, Justice, Jail & Judgement 1924-1942)

Album by Various Artists

Blues

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Four-Eleven-Forty Four
    3:02
  2. 2.
    Numbers on the Brain
    3:03
  3. 3.
    Coon Can Blues
    2:47
  4. 4.
    Skin Game Blues
    3:06
  5. 5.
    Georgia Skin
    2:57
  6. 6.
    Snitchin’ Gambler Blues
    3:23
  7. 7.
    Policy Blues
    3:10
  8. 8.
    Alley Crap Game
    3:03
  9. 9.
    Gambler’s Blues
    3:09
  10. 10.
    Poker Woman Blues
    2:43
  11. 11.
    Bad Luck Dice
    3:16
  12. 12.
    Hitting the Numbers
    3:01
  13. 13.
    Dices Blues
    2:51
  14. 14.
    Policy Blues
    2:52
  15. 15.
    Policy Dream Blues (You Better Get on It)
    2:48
  16. 16.
    Policy Blues
    3:11
  17. 17.
    Policy Wheel Blues
    2:57
  18. 18.
    I’m a Gamblin’ Woman
    3:11
  19. 19.
    Coon Can Shorty
    2:55
  20. 20.
    Gambling Man
    2:48
  21. 21.
    Drunken Gambler
    2:40
  22. 22.
    Policy Writer’s Blues
    2:41
  23. 23.
    Number Runner’s Blues
    2:45
  24. 24.
    Good Gamblin’
    3:08
  25. 25.
    Roaming Gambler
    2:46

Disc 2

  1. 1.
    Booze and Blues
    3:11
  2. 2.
    Corn Liquor Blues
    2:58
  3. 3.
    Dope Head Blues
    3:19
  4. 4.
    Cocaine Blues
    3:25
  5. 5.
    Dead Drunk Blues
    3:07
  6. 6.
    Bootlegging Blues
    2:57
  7. 7.
    Canned Heat Blues
    3:38
  8. 8.
    Don’t Drink It in Here
    2:52
  9. 9.
    Whiskey Moan Blues
    2:45
  10. 10.
    Whiskey Drinkin’ Blues
    3:14
  11. 11.
    Me and My Whiskey
    3:09
  12. 12.
    Cocaine Habit Blues
    2:50
  13. 13.
    Papa Wants to Knock a Jug
    2:32
  14. 14.
    Corn Whiskey Blues
    2:54
  15. 15.
    Barrel of Whiskey Blues
    2:54
  16. 16.
    Devil’s Island Gin
    3:02
  17. 17.
    Drinking Blues
    2:57
  18. 18.
    Bad Liquor Blues
    2:48
  19. 19.
    Drunken Woman Blues
    2:49
  20. 20.
    Bootleggin’ Ain’t Good No More
    3:08
  21. 21.
    Blackberry Wine
    2:49
  22. 22.
    Haven’t Seen No Whiskey
    3:23
  23. 23.
    Good Gin Blues
    2:23
  24. 24.
    Beer Drinking Woman
    2:59
  25. 25.
    Blues That Made Me Drunk
    3:00

Disc 3

  1. 1.
    New Prison Blues
    3:17
  2. 2.
    Ninety Nine Year Blues
    3:05
  3. 3.
    The Jail House Blues
    2:32
  4. 4.
    Jailhouse Fire Blues
    2:31
  5. 5.
    The Escaped Convict
    2:57
  6. 6.
    Penitentiary Bound Blues
    3:04
  7. 7.
    Hangman’s Blues
    3:24
  8. 8.
    Judge Harsh Blues
    3:00
  9. 9.
    Penitentiary
    3:26
  10. 10.
    Prison Bound Blues
    3:29
  11. 11.
    My Crime Blues
    2:49
  12. 12.
    Police Sergeant Blues
    3:03
  13. 13.
    Whiskey Selling Woman
    3:12
  14. 14.
    Robbin’ and Stealin’ Blues
    2:44
  15. 15.
    He’s in the Jailhouse Now
    3:13
  16. 16.
    Buggy Jail House Blues
    2:44
  17. 17.
    Big House Blues
    3:04
  18. 18.
    Joliet Bound
    3:09
  19. 19.
    High Sheriff Blues
    3:12
  20. 20.
    Chain Gang Blues
    3:04
  21. 21.
    Jailhouse Blues
    2:59
  22. 22.
    Parchman Farm Blues
    2:39
  23. 23.
    Jailhouse Blues
    2:57
  24. 24.
    Angola Blues
    2:54
  25. 25.
    County Jail Blues
    2:54

Disc 4

  1. 1.
    See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
    2:54
  2. 2.
    My Daddy’s Coffin Blues
    3:10
  3. 3.
    Burying Ground Blues
    2:47
  4. 4.
    Death Bell Blues
    3:12
  5. 5.
    Down in the Cemetery
    3:13
  6. 6.
    Dying Pickpocket Blues
    2:50
  7. 7.
    Prayer of Death Part 2
    2:51
  8. 8.
    Suicide Blues
    2:35
  9. 9.
    Dying Mercy Blues
    3:10
  10. 10.
    Laying in the Graveyard
    3:03
  11. 11.
    Death Cell Blues
    3:08
  12. 12.
    Dead and Gone Mother
    3:01
  13. 13.
    Graveyard Blues (Dead and Gone Blues)
    3:13
  14. 14.
    Death Letter Blues
    3:01
  15. 15.
    Six Cold Feet in the Ground
    3:04
  16. 16.
    Graveyard Blues
    2:35
  17. 17.
    Crying Mother Blues
    2:39
  18. 18.
    When the Breath Bids the Body Goodbye
    3:02
  19. 19.
    Death of the Gambler
    2:39
  20. 20.
    Gonna Kill My Baby
    3:06
  21. 21.
    Bone Yard Blues
    2:15
  22. 22.
    Strange Place Blues
    2:52
  23. 23.
    Death of Walter Barnes
    2:57
  24. 24.
    A Short Cut to the Grave
    2:49
  25. 25.
    Death Valley Blues
    3:14

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