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Big Fat Woman

Composer: Traditional


Related

info Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions, Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions, 1998

Others

Blind Boy Fuller, 1938 (as Meat Shakin' Woman)
Leadbelly, 1943
Leadbelly, 1947
Got A Mind To Ramble, Tom Rush, 1963
Tom Rush, Tom Rush, 1972
Truckin' My Blues Away, Blind Boy Fuller, 1977
Feel Like Funkin' It Up, Rebirth Brass Band, 1989
Bourgeois Blues: Golden Classics, Pt. 1, Leadbelly, 1990
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 4 (1937-1938), Blind Boy Fuller, 1992
Bad Avenue, Buddy Scott, 1993
Storyteller Blues, Leadbelly, 1994
Blues Is Nothing But Good News!, Eddie Shaw, 1994
I Got A Big Fat Woman, Chick Willis, 1994
Memorial, Vol. 1-2, Leadbelly, 1995
Folk Music: All That's Folk, Various Artists (Leadbelly), 1996
Where Did You Sleep Last Night? Lead Belly Legacy, Vol. 1, Leadbelly, 1996
In the Shadow of the Gallows Pole, Leadbelly, 1996
Blues, Songs and Ballads (Expanded CD Version), Tom Rush, 1996
Masters of the Country Blues, Leadbelly/Blind Willie McTell, 1996
Leadbelly Masters, Leadbelly, 1998
Louisiana Swamp Blues, Vol. 5, Various Artists (Tabby Thomas), 1998
Giants of the Folk Tradition, Vol. 1, Various Artists (Leadbelly), 1998
44 Blues, Magic Slim & The Teardrops, 199?
Leadbelly Vol 6 1947, Various Artists (Leadbelly), 199?
Steel Blues, Various Artists (Leadbelly), 2000
Shades of Blue, Various Artists (Leadbelly), 2000
Best of Leadbelly, Leadbelly, 2000
Blues Greats: Blues All Time Favorites, Various Artists (Leadbelly), 2001
Essential, Leadbelly, 2001
Essential, Blind Boy Fuller, 2001

Notes

Also occurs as I Got A Big Fat Woman or Got A Big Fat Woman. Part of a wider song family that also includes titles like Meat Shakin' Woman. Characterised by a line similar to "I got a big fat woman, grease shakin' on her bone" or as in the case of Mother McCree's "Big fat woman with the meat shaking on her bones."

Often writing credits are given as Leadbelly but the song pre-dates him.