Track listing

1. "Champagne Charlie" (Public Domain) – 2:52
2. "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" (Sidney Clare
   Sidney Clare
   Sidney Clare was an American comedian, dancer and composer. His best known songs include "On the Good Ship Lollipop" , "You’re My Thrill" , and "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" .In 1929, Clare wrote his...
   
   , Sam Stept
   Sam H. Stept
   Samuel Howard Stept was an American songwriter who wrote for Broadway, Hollywood and the big bands. He became known simply as Sam Stept or Sam H. Stept — he almost never used his full middle name.-Family:Born in Odessa, Russia, Stept came to the U.S. at the age of three and grew up in...
   
   ) – 2:52
3. "Sweet Sue, Just You" (Will Harris, Victor Young
   Victor Young
   Victor Young was an American composer, arranger, violinist and conductor. He was born in Chicago.-Biography:...
   
   ) – 2:41
4. "The One Rose (That's Left in My Heart)" (Del Lyon, Lani McIntire) – 4:32
5. "Alabama Jubilee" (George L. Cobb
   George L. Cobb
   George Linus Cobb was a prolific composer best known for ragtime, including both instrumental compositions and ragtime songs, although he did produce other works including marches and waltzes. Jack Yellen was a frequent lyricist for the songs.Entering Syracuse University in 1905, his first...
   
   , Jack Yellen
   Jack Yellen
   Jack Selig Yellen was an American lyricist and screenwriter.-Life and career:Born in Poland, Yellen emigrated with his family to the United States when he was five years old. The oldest of seven children, he was raised in Buffalo, New York and began writing songs in high school...
   
   ) – 1:42

1. "Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now)
   Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now)
   "Big Bad Bill " is a song with music by Milton Ager and lyrics by Jack Yellen, written in 1924. The song became a vocal hit for Margaret Young accompanied by Rube Bloom, and an instrumental hit for the Don Clark Orchestra...
   
   " (Milton Ager
   Milton Ager
   Milton Ager was an American composer.Ager was born in Chicago, Illinois, the sixth of nine children. Leaving school with only three years of formal high-school education, he taught himself to play the piano and embarked on a career as a musician. After spending time as an accompanist to silent...
   
   , Jack Yellen
   Jack Yellen
   Jack Selig Yellen was an American lyricist and screenwriter.-Life and career:Born in Poland, Yellen emigrated with his family to the United States when he was five years old. The oldest of seven children, he was raised in Buffalo, New York and began writing songs in high school...
   
   ) – 3:15
2. "Yearning (Just for You)" (Joe Burke
   Joe Burke (composer)
   Joseph A. Burke was an American composer and pianist. He was born in Philadelphia and died in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the Philadelphia Conservatory of Music and started as a pianist accompanying silent movies and an arranger in a music publishing firm. It was during this time...
   
   , Benny Davis
   Benny Davis
   Benny Davis was a vaudeville performer and writer of popular songs. He composed the classic 1926 standard "Baby Face" with Harry Akst.-Life and career:...
   
   ) – 2:48
3. "If Someone Would Only Love Me" (Jelly Roll Morton
   Jelly Roll Morton
   Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe , known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton, was an American ragtime and early jazz pianist, bandleader and composer....
   
   ) – 3:31
4. "I Hate a Man Like You" (Morton) – 3:41
5. "T.B. Blues" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 3:56

Personnel

• Leon Redbone – vocals, guitar
• Ken Whiteley – banjo, washboard
• Eddie Davis – drums
• George Marge – ocarina
• Leon McAuliffe – pedal steel guitar
• Eurreal Montgomery – piano
• Sammy Price – piano
• Jonathan Dorn – tuba
• Dennis Drury – trombone
• Tom Evans – clarinet
• Chris Whiteley – trumpet
• Vince Giordano – tuba, sax
• Julien Barber – violin
• Selwart Clarke – viola
• Kathryn Kienke – violin
• Regis Landiorio – violin
• Kermit Moore – cello
• William S. Fischer – strings

• Joel Dorn – producer
• Kathy Tufaro – assistant producer
• Hal Willner
  Hal Willner
  Hal Willner is an American music producer working in recording, films, TV and live events. He is best known for assembling tribute albums and events featuring a wide variety of artists and musical styles...
  
  – associate producer
• John Cabalka – art direction