About This Song
About "I Went up on the Mountain (Wnyc - Folk Songs of America, Recorded 2/6/1941, Pt. 4)" by Lead Belly
A spiritual ascent, 'I Went up on the Mountain' finds Lead Belly reaching for transcendence. The guitar climbs with him, each note a step toward light. Yet his voice carries the gravity of the valley below. It's a fragile, human striving—calm devotion wrestling with earthly weight.