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Down in the Valley", also known as "Birmingham Jail", is a traditional American folk song. [1] It has been recorded by many artists and is included in the Songs of Expanding America recordings in Burl Ives' six-album set Historical America in Song.
** 2nd. Commercial Recording Session** [Same Day] [Meade - Earliest Report of Lyric 1910The Tune Commonly Associated with this Song appears as the first part...
Roy Drusky album release in the 60's of this classic song
"Songs my father taught me to love"Lew Dite with his "baby" Martin.THE WORDS & CHORDS TO THIS SONG ATwww.youtube.com/LDsongscreen
Birmingham Jail Lyrics: Down in the valley / Valley so low / Late in the evenin' / Hear the train blow / Hear the train blow, love / Hear the train blow / Late in the evenin' / Hear the...
"Down in the Valley" is an American folk song in 3/4 waltz time. Folklorists John and Alan Lomax consider it a "jailhouse song" because they found it common in prisons, and many versions refer to a specific jail and a loved one on the outside.
Most of the first recorded versions of this song were called "Birmingham Jail", based off the paragraph of lyrics referring to the jail in Birmingham, Alabama.