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I played for Lil Green for two years as her guitar player. I wrote some songs for her, like "My Mellow Man," "Country Boy," "Give Your Mama One Smile" and some more that I fixed up for her. I wasn't really writing them songs - I just hummed the tune until Henry, the piano player, and the bass player Ransom Knowling, could find the right chords to fit the tune. I hummed to them, then she would sing the words that I'd wrote down for her." - Big Bill Broonzy. This first volume of Lil Green's complete recorded output features her initial four RCA Bluebird sessions which resulted in 20 recordings. Among these were her memorable career songs "Romance In The Dark" and "Why Don't You Do Right?," both of which sold sufficiently well to be worthy of reissue.