Johnson's "I Believe I'll Dust My Broom" combines lyrics, also identified as " floating verses", from the earlier songs and adds two new verses of his own. The melody that Johnson uses is also found in 1934 recordings of "I Believe I'll Make a Change" by Leroy Carr and Josh White. Says the Good Book tells me, that I got a good gal in the world somewhere Now I'm going to ring up China yeah man, see can I find my good gal over there (2×) Lord acknowledge to my good gal, mama, Lord, that I have done you wrong I believe, I believe I'll go back home (2×)
Some verses are also found in Carl Rafferty's 1933 "Mr.
The Sparks brothers' 1932 recording of "I Believe I'll Make A Change" and Jack Kelly's "Believe I'll Go Back Home" in 1933 both use a similar melody and lyrics. Blues researcher-writer Edward Komara has suggested that Johnson may have begun developing his version as early as 1933. It also has been selected for the Blues Foundation Blues Hall of Fame, the Grammy Hall of Fame, and the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry.Įlements of "Dust My Broom" have been traced back to several earlier blues songs. The song has become a blues standard, with numerous renditions by a variety of musicians. James' slide guitar adaptation of Johnson's triplet figure has been identified as one of the most famous blues guitar riffs and has inspired many rock performers. In 1951, Elmore James recorded the song as "Dust My Broom" and "made it the classic as we know it", according to blues historian Gerard Herzhaft.
Johnson's guitar work features an early use of a boogie rhythm pattern, which is seen as a major innovation, as well as a repeating triplets figure. As with many of his songs, it is based on earlier blues songs, the earliest of which has been identified as "I Believe I'll Make a Change", recorded by the Sparks brothers as " Pinetop and Lindberg" in 1932. It is a solo performance in the Delta blues-style with Johnson's vocal accompanied by his acoustic guitar. " Dust My Broom" is a blues song originally recorded as " I Believe I'll Dust My Broom" by American blues artist Robert Johnson in 1936.
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