Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms explained

Rollin' in My Sweet Baby's Arms
Type:	single
Artist:	Buck Owens
Album:	Ruby
B-Side:	Corn Liquor
Released:	August 1971
Genre:	Country, bluegrass, country rock
Length:	2:19
Label:	Capitol
Producer:	Buck Owens
Prev Title:	Ruby (Are You Mad)
Prev Year:	1971
Next Title:	I'll Still Be Waiting for You
Next Year:	1972

"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]}

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]

Versions

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

Chart performance

Buck Owens

Chart (1971)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	2
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

Leon Russell (as Hank Wilson)

Chart (1973)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[7]	74
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	57
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[8]	78
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	30

Maury Finney

Notes and References

1. Logsdon, Guy. The Whorehouse Bells Are Ringing and Other Songs Cowboys Sing, pp. 154 ff. 1995 reprint of UIP (Champaign), 1989. Accessed 13 Jan 2014.
2. Cray, Ed. The Erotic Muse: American Bawdy Songs 2nd ed., p. 173 ff. UIP (Champaign), 1999. Accessed 13 Jan 2014.
3. A separate development produced the children's rhymes "Miss Lucy had a baby" and "Miss Susie had a steamboat".
4. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=buck-owens-p1755/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}} Buck Owens singles ]. . 24 March 2011.
5. Web site: RPM Country Singles for November 13, 1971 . . 24 March 2011.
6. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. 2008. 144. 978-0-89820-177-2.
7. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 262.
8. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

   . Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 . Joel Whitburn . 2013 . Record Research . 732.