Hand Me Down My Walking Cane

"Hand Me Down My Walking Cane" is a song written by African-American James A. Bland in 1880.[1] It has acquired the status of a folk song, and is cataloged as Roud Folk Song Index No. 11,733.

Recordings

The song has been recorded many times, in a variety of styles including country, cajun, jazz, mountain, bluegrass, rock and roll, and acoustic and electric blues. Recordings by artists having Wikipedia articles include:

Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers with Riley Puckett (1926)
Kelly Harrell (1926), Victor 20103
Earl Johnson (1927) (unreleased)
Ernest V. Stoneman (1927) Edison Record 11481
Karl Radlach and His Orchestra (directed by Bernie Cummins) (1930)
Cléoma Breaux (1937), Decca 17059
Jerry Lee Lewis (1956), Sun Records
Bing Crosby included the song in a medley on his album 101 Gang Songs (1961)
Vern Williams and Ray Parks (1966), The Cabale, Berkeley, CA
Norman Blake, Whiskey Before Breakfast (1976)
The Knitters, Poor Little Critter on the Road (1985)
On The Skillet Lickers Vol. 1 (1926–27), Document Records[2]
Robert Earl Keen, Gravitational Forces (2001), Lost Highway Records
Michael Knott (2003), Spring 2003 Tour CD #2, independent
Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers (2005)
Junior Wells and Pistol Pete (bluesman), Chicago Blues Jam Vol. 5 (DVD) (2005)
Charlie Byrd and the Charlie Byrd Ensemble (2008), Great Chefs. Great Music
Jack Rose and the Black Twig Pickers (2009), Jack Rose and the Black Twig Pickers, Klang Industries
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
Tex Morton
Carson Robison

The 1945 song "Look on Yonder Wall" includes the line "Look on yonder wall, hand me down my walkin' cane".
"Please Don't Bury Me", on John Prine's 1973 album Sweet Revenge, has the line "Hand me down my walking cane / It's a sin to tell a lie", which also references the 1936 song "It's a Sin to Tell a Lie"
The opening line of the 1976 song "The Rubberband Man" from the album "Happiness Is Being with the Spinners" is "Hand me down my walking cane / Hand me down my hat" (lyrics Linda Creed, music Thom Bell).
The 1985 Dire Straits song "Walk of Life" includes the lyric "Here comes Johnny, gonna tell you the story / Hand me down my walkin' shoes".
Bob Dylan sings the line "Hand Me Down My Walking Cane" in his song "Ain't Talkin'" on his 2006 album Modern Times.

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