. It was actually cobbled together by Woody Guthrie out of One Dime and a chorus he probably borrowed from Leadbelly.
The
Hey, hey, hey, hey chorus features on Leadbelly's
See See Rider. This was taken up by Sonny Terry
Sonny's lyrics reveal indebtedness to Leadbelly, with the tag line 'Hey, hey, hey, hey'.
https://weeniecampbell.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=11366.msg100326#msg100326
Chris Barber may have got
New York Town Blues from Sonny, who had sung it with Woody Guthrie. Just a possibility, but Chris did try to learn from real bluesmen, and at least once booked Sonny and Brownie to tour with his band. And the singing on
New York Town Blues is how the band sound when they copy Sonny and Brownie.
