American Folk Anthology

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Tracklist

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▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1We Shall Not Be Moved
Pete Seeger2:16
2The Big Rock Candy Mountain
arranger:
Elie Siegmeister
cover recording of:
Big Rock Candy Mountain
lyricist and composer:
Harry “Haywire Mac” McClintock (in 1895)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 6696)
Burl Ives42:38
3Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
recording of:
Kisses Sweeter Than Wine (on 1951-06-12)
lyricist:
Paul Campbell (songwriting pseudonym used by The Weavers)
composer:
Joel Newman
The Weavers2:58
4Blue Tail Fly
Lead Belly2:19
5This Land Is Your Land
guitar:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1946)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1946)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 229)
recording of:
This Land Is Your Land (in 1946)
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
Woody Guthrie42:37
6I Gave My Love a Cherry
Josh White2:39
7So Long It's Been Good to Know You
The Weavers3:22
8Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
acoustic guitar:
Lead Belly
recording of:
Where Did You Sleep Last Night (In the Pines)
lyricist, composer and arranger:
Lead Belly
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Folkways Music Publishers Inc.
version of:
In the Pines (Black Girl)
Lead Belly43:03
9House of the Rising Sun
recording of:
House of the Rising Sun
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Beechwood Music Corp., Ole Cantaloupe Music and Sonet Publishing Ltd.
Woody Guthrie2:58
10John Henry
Josh White3:12
11On Top of Old Smokey
The Weavers2:43
12Frog Went a Courting
recording of:
Frog Went A‐Courtin’ (original version)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 16)
Pete Seeger4:21
13Cowboy's Lament (Streets of Laredo)
recording of:
Streets of Laredo (aka “Cowboy’s Lament”)
lyricist, writer and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 23650)
version of:
The Unfortunate Lass (Bad Girl's Lament)
Burl Ives2:27
14Rock Island Line
guitar:
Lead Belly (in 1942-01)
vocals:
Lead Belly (in 1942-01)
arranger:
Huddie William Ledbetter
recorded at:
Asch Records Studio in New York, New York, United States (in 1942-01)
cover recording of:
Rock Island Line (in 1942-01)
lyricist and composer:
Lead Belly
publisher:
Folkways Music Publishers Inc.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 15211)
Lead Belly2:05
15Wanderings
Josh White3:16
16Grand Coulee Dam
guitar:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (on 1944-04-19)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (on 1944-04-19)
recording of:
Grand Coulee Dam (on 1944-04-19)
writer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 16381)
Woody Guthrie2:11
17If I Had a Hammer
banjo and tenor vocals:
Pete Seeger
bass:
Lee Hays
guitar:
Fred Hellerman
alto vocals:
Ronnie Gilbert (American folk singer)
baritone vocals:
Lee Hays and Fred Hellerman
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 1963-05-02 until 1963-05-03)
The Weavers2:00
18Worried Man Blues
Burl Ives2:37
19The Fox
recording of:
The Fox (aka Daddy Fox / A Fox Jumped Up)
lyricist, writer and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 131)
Pete Seeger1:46
20Santy Anno
Odetta1:55
21I Ride an Old Paint
The Almanac Singers52:34
22Along the Colorado Trail
The Weavers3:03
23Mule Skinner Blues
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott5:23
24Darlin' Cory
Burl Ives3:13
25Goodnight Irene
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1944-10-11)
guitar:
Lead Belly (on 1944-10-11)
zither:
Paul Mason Howard (on 1944-10-11)
vocals:
Lead Belly (on 1944-10-11)
recording of:
Goodnight Irene (on 1944-10-11)
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
Lead Belly2:34
▼ CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Alabama Bound
Odetta1:44
2Billy Boy
Burl Ives2:53
3Bring a Little Water Sylvie
The Weavers2:45
4Brown Eyes
Woody Guthrie2:59
5Old Blue
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott2:49
6The Ballad of Rodger Young
Burl Ives3:10
7Jack O'Diamonds
Odetta3:14
8Sometime
Josh White with Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee2:51
9John Hardy
Lead Belly3:15
10Fare You Well Polly
Pete Seeger2:12
11Ezekiel Saw the Wheel
Cisco Houston2:15
12Pastures of Plenty
guitar and harmonica:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1947-04)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1947-04)
recording of:
Pastures of Plenty (in 1947-04)
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
publisher:
Ludlow Music, Inc.
Woody Guthrie2:27
13Lonesome Traveller
The Weavers2:40
14He Lies in the American Land
recording of:
He Lies in an American Land
lyricist:
Andrew Kovaly and Pete Seeger
composer:
Andrew Kovaly
Pete Seeger1:54
15Old Dan Tucker
Burl Ives1:18
16Midnight Special
guitar and lead vocals:
Lead Belly (on 1940-06-15)
vocals:
Willie Johnson (Bass and baritone singer) (on 1940-06-15), William "Highpockets" Langford (on 1940-06-15), Henry Owens (on 1940-06-15) and Orlandus Wilson (on 1940-06-15)
performer:
The Golden Gate Quartet (on 1940-06-15)
arranger:
Lead Belly
recorded at:
Victor Studios (Cherokee (A,B,C,D)) in New York, New York, United States (on 1940-06-15)
recording of:
Midnight Special (on 1940-06-15)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Union Songs AB (publisher)
Lead Belly3:06
17Another Man Done Gone
recording of:
Another Man Done Gone
writer:
Johnny Cash (country music legend), Vera Hall, Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist), John A. Lomax and Ruby Pickens Tartt
Odetta2:12
18Like a Natural Man
Josh White2:52
19Pretty Boy Floyd
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott3:02
20Ox Driver's Song
Pete Seeger1:54
21Bury Me Beneath the Weeping Willow
Woody Guthrie & Cisco Houston2:46
22Go Tell Aunt Rhody
Burl Ives1:14
23Erie Canal
Burl Ives1:40
24Glory, Glory
Odetta2:13
25Wasn't That a Time?
The Weavers2:58