The Collection

~ Release by Lonnie Donegan (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Rock Island Line
recording of:
Rock Island Line
lyricist and composer:
Lead Belly
publisher:
Folkways Music Publishers Inc.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 15211)
3:24
2Lost John
cover recording of:
Lost John
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Lonnie Donegan
publisher:
Exile Publishing Ltd., Shalon Music and Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group)
2:42
3Nobody's Child
cover recording of:
Nobody’s Child
writer:
Cy Coben and Mel Foree
publisher:
Delmore Music Company and Sony/ATV Milene Music
4:57
4Bring a Little Water Sylvie
cover recording of:
Bring Me a Little Water, Sylvie
writer:
Huddie William Ledbetter and Paul Campbell (songwriting pseudonym used by The Weavers)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 11654)
42:28
5Frankie & Johnny
cover recording of:
Frankie and Johnny (traditional song, version of "Frankie and Albert")
publisher:
Carl Sandburg (in 1927)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 254)
is based on:
You’re My Baby
version of:
Frankie and Albert (traditional song without the lyrics from "You’re My Baby", first published 1904)
5:23
6Cumberland Gap
2:00
7Mule Skinner Blues
4:44
8Putting on the Style
cover recording of:
Puttin’ on the Style
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
3:37
9My Dixie Darling
cover recording of:
My Dixie Darlin’
3:04
10Ham 'n' Eggs
3:20
11Grand Coulee Dam
cover recording of:
Grand Coulee Dam
writer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 16381)
2:40
12Times Are Getting Hard Boys
2:44
13Long Summer Day
4:17
14Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour?
2:47
15Whoa Buck
2:11
16Battle of New Orleans
recording of:
The Battle of New Orleans
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Driftwood
publisher:
Warden Music Company Inc.
part of:
Grammy Award: Song of the Year nominees (number: 1960 winner)
is based on:
The 8th of January
3:09
17Fancy Talking Tinker
2:27
18Miss Otis Regrets
2:41
19Talking Guitar Blues
2:01
20My Old Man's a Dustman
3:24
21Have a Drink on Me
cover recording of:
Have a Drink on Me
composer:
Peter Buchanan, Lonnie Donegan, Lead Belly and Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist)
2:51
22Keep on the Sunny Side
2:42
23Pick a Bale of Cotton
recording of:
Pick a Bale of Cotton
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Union Songs AB (publisher)
2:35
24This Train
recording of:
This Train (original gospel song)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 6702)
2:29