title: Old Blue (song)
text: # Old Blue (song)
  
  "Old Blue" (also known as "Old Dog Blue") is an old folk song, believed to have originated from the minstrel shows of the late 19th century. A 1928 version by Jim Jackson, entitled "Old Dog Blue", appears on the Anthology of American Folk Music album. Since this early recording, a number of covers and variations of this song have been recorded. In his 1985 play, Fences, August Wilson uses Jim Jackson's version as a leitmotif, and the play's central character (who had a dog named Blue as a boy) says his father originated the song.
  
  ## Various versions
  
  * Joan Baez, Joan Baez, Vol. 2 (1961)
  * The Byrds, Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde (1969)
  * Furry Lewis, Shake 'Em On Down (1961)
  * Guy Carawan, Songs with Guy Carawan (1950)
  * Ramblin' Jack Elliott, I Stand Alone (2006)
  * David Wiffen, David Wiffen At The Bunkhouse Coffeehouse, Vancouver BC (1965)
  * Johnny Duncan, Vintage Rock Nº 23 - EPs Collectors "Johnny Duncan's Tennessee Song Bag" (1957)
  * Cisco Houston, Songs to Grow On, Vol. 3: This Land Is My Land (1951)
  * Bill Staines, One More River (1998)
  * Anne Hills, Never Grow Up (1998)
  * The Dillards, Live!!!! Almost!!! (1964)
  * Bob Gibson and Bob Camp, Bob Gibson and Bob Camp at The Gate of Horn (1961)
  * Sam Hinton, Whoever Shall Have Some Good Peanuts (2006)
  * Pete Seeger, American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 3 (1957)
  * Lonnie Pitchford, The Harry Smith Connection: A Live Tribute To The Anthology Of American Folk Music (1998)
  * Dave Van Ronk, Somebody Else, Not Me (1980)
  * JJ Cale, Guitar Man (1996)
  * Georgia Ruth, Week of Pines (2013)
  * Appears on Disney Children's Favorite Songs 2 (1979) as a children's song.
  * Emerson, Lake & Palmer; Greg Lake in live versions performances of "Take a Pebble" (1971)
  * Ian & Sylvia
  * Charlie Parr, I Ain't Dead Yet (2016)
  * Peter, Paul & Mary, In Concert (1964), as "Blue"
  * Frankie Laine, Balladeer (1959)
  * Shawn Phillips, Shawn (1966)
  