American Favorite Ballads, Vols. 1-5

~ Release by Pete Seeger (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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1▼Digital Media: Volume 1
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1John Henry
banjo:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
vocals:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
recording of:
John Henry
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Sonet Publishing Ltd.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 790)
4:31
2Shenandoah
banjo:
Pete Seeger (in 1958)
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
Shenandoah (in 1958)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 324)
1:50
3Blue‐Tailed Fly (Jimmie Crack Corn)
12 string guitar:
Pete Seeger (in 1958)
vocals:
Pete Seeger (in 1958)
recording of:
Blue Tail Fly (“Jimmy Crack Corn”) (in 1958)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 1274)
2:35
4Black Girl
12 string guitar:
Pete Seeger (in 1958)
vocals:
Pete Seeger (in 1958)
recording of:
In the Pines (Black Girl) (in 1958)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3421)
2:34
5Skip to My Lou
banjo:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
vocals:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
recording of:
Skip to My Lou (the original American folk song) (in 1957)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3593)
3:12
6The Big Rock Candy Mountain
banjo:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
Big Rock Candy Mountain (in 1957)
lyricist and composer:
Harry “Haywire Mac” McClintock (in 1895)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 6696)
33:09
7Clementine
banjo:
Pete Seeger (in 1959)
vocals:
Pete Seeger (in 1959)
recording of:
Oh My Darling, Clementine (in 1959)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
writer:
Percy Montrose (composer)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 9611)
33:06
8Yankee Doodle
banjo:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
vocals:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
recording of:
Yankee Doodle (in 1957)
anthem of:
Connecticut, United States
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4501)
1:41
9Home on the Range
12 string guitar:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
vocals:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
recording of:
Home on the Range (in 1957)
anthem of:
Kansas, United States
publisher:
Alfred Music (publisher of sheet music for music education)
lyricist:
Brewster Higley (from 1871 until 1873)
composer:
Daniel Kelley (in 1873)
arranger:
Mark Hayes (American composer and arranger, predominantly of Christian choral music)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3599)
is based on:
My Home in the West
revision of:
My Home in the West
1:52
10John Brown’s Body
12 string guitar:
Pete Seeger (in 1959)
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
John Brown’s Body (Glory, Glory, Hallelujah) (in 1959)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 771)
3:00
11Goodnight, Irene
guitar:
Pete Seeger (in 1959)
vocals:
Pete Seeger (in 1959)
recording of:
Goodnight Irene (in 1959)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ledbetter and John A. Lomax
publisher:
Lodlow Music, Spencer Music Corp., TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc. and Tyler Music Ltd.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 11681)
translated version of:
Godnatt Irene
3:44
12Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
banjo:
Pete Seeger (in 1959)
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (in 1959)
lyricist and composer:
Wallace Willis (in 1862)
publisher:
E.C. Music (UK work publisher for Eric Clapton), Throat Music and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 5435)
2:37
13Oh, Susanna
banjo:
Pete Seeger (in 1958)
vocals:
Pete Seeger (in 1958)
recording of:
Oh! Susanna (in 1958)
orchestrator:
Herbert Spencer (Production music composer)
lyricist and composer:
Stephen Foster (composer)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 11745)
1:18
14Wayfaring Stranger
vocals:
Pete Seeger (in 1954)
recording of:
Wayfaring Stranger (in 1954)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3339)
1:16
15Oh, Mary, Don’t You Weep
banjo:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
Mary Don’t You Weep (pre-civil war spiritual) (in 1957)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
The Master Book of American Folk Song (number: 1338) and Roud Folk Song Index (number: 11823)
2:31
16Down in the Valley
banjo:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
vocals:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
recording of:
Down in the Valley (in 1957)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 943)
3:46
17The Wabash Cannon Ball
banjo:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
vocals:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
recording of:
Wabash Cannonball (in 1957)
composer:
A.P. Carter and William Kindt
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI))
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4228)
3:05
18On Top of Old Smoky
banjo:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
vocals:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
recording of:
On Top of Old Smoky
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Union Songs AB (publisher)
2:19
19Frankie and Johnny
guitar:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
vocals:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
recording of:
Frankie and Johnny (traditional song, version of “Frankie and Albert”) (in 1957)
publisher:
Hughie Cannon (in 1904) and Carl Sandburg (in 1927)
lyricist, writer and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 254)
is based on:
You’re My Baby
4:28
20I Ride an Old Paint
12 string guitar:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
Old Paint (in 1957)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 915)
33:25
21The Wreck of the Old 97
banjo:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
Wreck of the Old 97 (in 1957)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (publisher)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 777)
1:53
22Wagoner’s Lad
banjo:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
Wagoner’s Lad (in 1957)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 414)
1:25
23Old Dan Tucker
banjo:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
vocals:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
recording of:
Old Dan Tucker (in 1957)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 390)
2:14
24I’ve Been Working on the Railroad
12 string guitar:
Pete Seeger (in 1962)
vocals:
Pete Seeger (in 1962)
recording of:
I’ve Been Working on the Railroad (in 1962)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 12606)
translated version of:
線路はつづくよどこまでも
1:27
25Cielito lindo
banjo:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
vocals:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
recording of:
Cielito lindo (in 1957)
lyricist and composer:
Quirino Mendoza y Cortés
2:35
26So Long, It’s Been Good to Know You (Dusty Old Dust)
banjo:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
So Long, It’s Been Good to Know Yuh (in 1957)
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
3:22
27America the Beautiful
guitar:
Pete Seeger (in 1961)
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
America the Beautiful (in 1961)
lyricist:
Katharine Lee Bates
composer:
Samuel Augustus Ward
1:39
28This Land Is Your Land
banjo:
Pete Seeger (in 1958)
vocals:
Pete Seeger
cover recording of:
This Land Is Your Land (in 1958)
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1940)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 16378)
is based on:
When the World's on Fire
2:50
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1Barbara Allen
vocals:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
recording of:
Barbara Allen (in 1957)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 54) and Child Ballads (number: 84)
4:33
2Young Man Who Wouldn’t Hoe Corn
banjo:
Pete Seeger (in 1954)
vocals:
Pete Seeger (in 1954)
recording of:
A Lazy Farmer Boy (in 1954)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 438)
1:15
3Midnight Special
banjo:
Pete Seeger (in 1958)
vocals:
Pete Seeger (in 1958)
recording of:
Midnight Special (in 1958)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Union Songs AB (publisher)
2:54
4House of the Rising Sun
banjo:
Pete Seeger (in 1958)
performer:
Pete Seeger (in 1958)
recording of:
House of the Rising Sun (in 1958)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Beechwood Music Corp., Ole Cantaloupe Music and Sonet Publishing Ltd.
2:36
5Careless Love
banjo:
Pete Seeger (in 1958)
vocals:
Pete Seeger (in 1958)
recording of:
Careless Love (in 1958)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
3:08
6Oh, What a Beautiful City
banjo:
Pete Seeger (in 1958)
vocals:
Pete Seeger (in 1958)
recording of:
Oh! What a Beautiful City (Twelve Gates to the City) (in 1958)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) and Reverend Gary Davis
translated version of:
תריסר שערים
2:58
7Poor Boy
12 string guitar:
Pete Seeger (in 1958)
vocals:
Pete Seeger (in 1958)
recording of:
Who’s Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet? (in 1958)
additional lyricist and additional composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:19
8Sally Ann
banjo:
Pete Seeger (in 1958)
vocals:
Pete Seeger (in 1958)
recording of:
Sally Ann (in 1958)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
1:33
9The Riddle Song
banjo:
Pete Seeger (in 1958)
vocals:
Pete Seeger (in 1958)
recording of:
The Riddle Song (aka “I Gave My Love a Cherry”) (in 1958)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 330)
is based on:
I Gave My Love a Diamond
2:28
10Go Tell Aunt Rhody
recording of:
Go Tell Aunt Rhody
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3346)
3:17
11The Water Is Wide
recording of:
The Water Is Wide
lyricist:
Pete Seeger
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
3:36
12The Fox
recording of:
The Fox (aka Daddy Fox / A Fox Jumped Up)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 131)
1:49
13The Keeper and the Doe
2:14
14Pretty Polly
recording of:
Pretty Polly
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 15)
3:36
15Jesse James
recording of:
Jesse James
publisher:
Billy Gashade (in 1882)
lyricist:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
4:31
16Stagolee
recording of:
Stagger Lee (“Stackolee” etc., traditional)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4183)
2:15
17Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair
recording of:
Black Is the Colour (of My True Love’s Hair)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3103)
2:31
18Camptown Races
recording of:
Camptown Races
lyricist and composer:
Stephen Foster (composer)
1:33
19Blow the Man Down
recording of:
Blow the Man Down
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 2624)
2:06
20Froggie Went a Courtin'
recording of:
Frog Went A‐Courtin’ (original version)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 16)
4:28
21I Had a Rooster (Barnyard Song)
recording of:
I Had a Rooster
writer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
3:57
22Putting on the Style
2:49
23The Farmer’s Curst Wife
2:52
24Hard Travelin'
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
Hard Travelin’
writer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
2:47
25Alabama Bound
recording of:
I’m Alabama Bound
composer:
Robert Hoffman (Wrote "I'm Alabama Bound") (in 1909)
2:22
26Wimoweh
cover recording of:
Wimoweh
lyricist and arranger:
Paul Campbell (songwriting pseudonym used by The Weavers)
composer:
Solomon Linda
version of:
Mbube
1:50
27Dink’s Song
banjo:
Pete Seeger
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
Dink’s Song
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 10057)
2:37
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1Gypsy Davy
banjo:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
vocals:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
recording of:
The Raggle Taggle Gypsy (aka The Raggle Taggle Gypsies O / The Gypsy Laddie / Black Jack Davy / Seven Yellow Gypsies) (in 1957)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Mews Music
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 1) and Child Ballads (number: 200)
5:00
2Deep Blue Sea
banjo:
Pete Seeger (in 1954)
vocals:
Pete Seeger (in 1954)
recording of:
Deep Blue Sea (traditional) (in 1954)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3119)
2:14
3New River Train
banjo:
Pete Seeger
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
New River Train
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4568)
2:59
4St. James Hospital
banjo:
Pete Seeger
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
St. James Infirmary
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:56
5E‐ri‐e Canal
recording of:
The Erie Canal
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 6598)
3:21
6St. Louis Blues
recording of:
St. Louis Blues
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy (in 1913)
publisher:
Handy Bros. Music Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
Reuter & Reuter Förlags AB
2:23
7Boll Weevil
recording of:
Boll Weevil (traditional)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
3:52
8The Girl I Left Behind
recording of:
The Girl I Left Behind
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
1:11
9When I First Came to This Land
banjo:
Pete Seeger
vocals:
Pete Seeger
cover recording of:
When I First Came to This Land
lyricist:
Oscar Brand
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:41
10The Titanic
recording of:
The Titanic (aka "It Was Sad When That Great Ship Went Down")
publisher:
William & Versey Smith (in 1927)
writer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (from 1915 until 1916)
3:43
11El‐a‐noy
1:49
12Lady of Carlysle
3:19
13My Good Man
2:39
14Golden Vanity
recording of:
Golden Vanity
publisher:
Peter Kennedy (co-author Classic Ballads of Britain and Ireland), Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) and Samuel Pepys (in 1682)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 122) and Child Ballads (number: 286)
3:51
15Ain’t It a Shame
1:48
16Swanee River
3:02
17Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
recording of:
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 10072)
4:32
18The Boys From County Mayo
2:24
19No Irish Need Apply
recording of:
No Irish Need Apply
lyricist and composer:
Pete Seeger
1:55
20Paddy Works on the Railroad
2:26
21Arkansas Traveler
recording of:
The Arkansas Traveler (former Arkansas state song)
lyricist:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) and Colonel Sanford C. “Sandy” Faulkner
2:41
22When I Was Single
recording of:
When I Was Single
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
1:17
23Wond'rous Love
recording of:
Wondrous Love
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) and Brooks Williams (acoustic guitarist & singer‐songwriter)
publisher:
Red Guitar Blue Music (publisher, do not use for releases)
part of:
The Sacred Harp, 1991 Edition (number: 159) and Roud Folk Song Index (number: 5089)
1:38
24Ground Hog
recording of:
Ground Hog
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
3:49
25Old Blue
recording of:
Old Blue
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4313)
2:22
26She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain
recording of:
She’ll Be Coming ’round the Mountain
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4204)
1:57
27Erie Canal
recording of:
Low Bridge, Everybody Down (or Fifteen Years on the Erie Canal)
lyricist and composer:
Thomas S. Allen (Vaudeville composer) (in 1905)
2:34
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