The Folkways Years, 1944-1961

~ Release by Cisco Houston (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Tracks 3, 4, 5, 12, 15, 17, 19 & 25 previously released.
Cover photo: Cisco Houston, photographer unknown.
Back cover photo: Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston around 1944, photographer unknown.
Photographs courtesy of Harold Leventhal.
℗© 1994 Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings

Annotation last modified on 2021-02-10 06:28 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1I Ain't Got No Home
guitar:
Cisco Houston
vocals:
Cisco Houston
cover recording of:
I Ain’t Got No Home
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1938)
1:47
2Hard Traveling
guitar:
Cisco Houston
vocals:
Cisco Houston
cover recording of:
Hard Travelin’
writer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
1:30
3Rambling, Gambling Man
guitar:
Cisco Houston
vocals:
Cisco Houston
recording of:
Rambling, Gambling Man
lyricist and composer:
Cisco Houston
is based on:
Roving Gambler
2:37
4Hobo Bill
2:16
5There's a Better World a-Comin'
2:02
6The Strawberry Roan
3:15
7The Great American Bum
1:46
8The Intoxicated Rat
2:06
9The Cat Came Back
cover recording of:
The Cat Came Back
writer:
Harry S. Miller (in 1893)
2:17
10The Frozen Logger
2:12
11Pat Works on the Railroad
2:14
12Dark as a Dungeon
2:36
13Diamond Joe
2:27
14The Girl in the Wood
3:03
15Ship in the Sky
1:50
16The Fox
1:56
17What Did the Deep Blue Sea Say
2:40
18Saint James Infirmary
3:04
19Born 100,000 Years Ago
1:10
20Pie in the Sky
3:12
21Mysteries of a Hobo's Life
1:14
22900 Miles
3:37
23Great July Jones
2:26
24A Picture From Life's Other Side
2:56
25Farmer's Lament
2:16
26The Killer
4:41
27I Ride an Old Paint
2:00
28Zebra Dun
2:50
29Passing Through
2:35