Milk Cow Blues

For the Willie Nelson album, see Milk Cow Blues (album).
"Milk Cow Blues"
Single by Kokomo Arnold
B-side"Old Original Kokomo Blues"
ReleasedOctober 1934 (1934-10)
RecordedSeptember 10, 1934
GenreBlues
Length3:07
LabelDecca
Songwriter(s)Kokomo Arnold
Kokomo Arnold singles chronology
"Gitfiddle Jim"
(1934) 		"Milk Cow Blues"
(1934) 		"Back to the Woods"
(1934)

"Milk Cow Blues" is a blues song written and originally recorded by Kokomo Arnold in September 1934. In 1935 and 1936, he recorded four sequels designated "Milk Cow Blues No. 2" through No. 5. The song made Arnold a star, and was widely adapted by artists in the blues, Western swing and rock idioms.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Dixon, Robert M. W.; Godrich, John; Rye, Howard (1997). Blues and Gospel Records 1890-194 (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-816239-1.
  2. ^ Boyd, Jean A.; Kelly, Patrick (2012). The Many Faces of Milk Cow Blues. Vol. 12. Clarendon Press. pp. 17–35. ISBN 978-0-19-816239-1.
  3. ^ Wald, Elijah (2004). Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues. New York City: Amistad. p. 134. ISBN 978-0-06-052427-2.