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Grant: Good night, Irene, good night
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Irene Campbell died a few weeks ago. She was in her 90s and had retired from teaching in the Marshall School system. I talked to her by phone a couple of years ago. I had been asked to invite her to a celebration at Angola State Prison where her famous uncle, Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter had spent some time. When Irene was a little girl her uncle composed a song for her called "Good Night, Irene." Public radio selected it as one of the top 100 songs of the 20th century. I have a record of Leadbelly singing that song. His original version varied some from the version that was popularized after his death.
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