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Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms

1971 single by Buck Owens From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms
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"Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms" is an American traditional song. It seems to have developed from lyrics in the cowboy song "My Lula Gal",[1] itself a development of bawdy British and Appalachian songs generally known as "Bang Bang Rosie" or "Bang Away Lulu."[2][3]

Quick facts "Rollin' in My Sweet Baby's Arms", Single by Buck Owens ...

The Flatt & Scruggs version was first released as a single by Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys, on December 14, 1951. Buck Owens released his cover version "Rollin' in My Sweet Baby's Arms" in August 1971 as the second single from his album Ruby. The song peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.[4] It also reached number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.[5]

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Versions

  • The earliest recorded version is that of Buster Carter and Preston Young, 1931, with Posey Rorer on fiddle.[citation needed]
  • Maury Finney's 1976 version peaked at No. 76 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.[6]

Chart performance

Buck Owens

More information Chart (1971), Peak position ...

Leon Russell (as Hank Wilson)

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Maury Finney

More information Chart (1976), Peak position ...
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