Leadbelly (film) For a while, she takes care of him until the police arrive, breaking up a party. Leadbelly and an old man escape via a train and Leadbelly buys a twelve-string acoustic guitar from the old man. Seeking work, he takes a job picking cotton. He soon leaves on a train to Silver City where he meets Blind Lemon and they start playing shows together. At one show, a drunken man tells Leadbelly to keep playing, and threatens him. Leadbelly responds by smashing his guitar onto him and is arrested. He escapes from jail and leads a normal life until he
When Jones' Ale was New drink and dye his old face,<br> When Jones's ale was new, my boys, when Jones's ale was new.<br> In the Copper Family version, "The Jovial Tradesmen" from rural Sussex: The first to come in was the ploughman with sweat all on his brow,<br> Up with the lark at the break of day he guides the speedy plough.<br> He drives his team, how they do toil<br> O'er hill and valley to turn the soil,<br> When Jones's ale was new, my boys, when Jones's ale was new.<br> (The Copper Family version also includes verses introducing a blacksmith and a scytheman, both important