Eight Classic Albums

~ Release by Burl Ives (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

As listed on the back:

  • Tracks 1.1-1.14 from Burl Ives Sings....For Fun - 1956
  • Tracks 1.15-1.26 from Australian Folksongs - 1958
  • Tracks 2.1-2.14 from Burl Ives Sings Little White Duck and Other Children's Favorites - 1959
  • Tracks 2.15-2.26 from The Versatile Burl Ives - 1961
  • Tracks 3.1-3.12 from Songs of the West - 1961
  • Tracks 3.13-3.24 from It’s Just a Funny Way of Laughin’ - 1962
  • Tracks 4.1-4.12 from Burl Country Style - 1962
  • Tracks 4.13-4.24 from Sunshine in My Soul - 1962
Annotation last modified on 2017-02-05 07:26 UTC.

Tracklist

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▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1The Fox
arranger:
Burl Ives
2:09
2The Three Jolly Huntsmen
arranger:
Burl Ives
2:51
3The Erie Canal
1:37
4My Good Old Man
3:11
5Old Dan Tucker
1:15
6Wooly Boogie Bee
1:42
7Blue Tail Fly
arranger:
Elie Siegmeister
2:02
8The Boll Weevil
1:35
9Let's Go Hunting
2:29
10Goober Peas
2:30
11Aunt Rhody
1:13
12Killigrew’s Soiree
3:14
13Big 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)
2:39
14I’m Goin’ Down the Road
2:32
15Wild Rover No More
2:20
16Click Go the Shears
4:25
17The Wild Colonial Boy
2:21
18A Nautical Yarn
2:02
19Across the Western Plains I Must Wander
2:05
20Waltzing Matilda
2:22
21Oh! The Springtime, It Brings on the Shearing
1:43
22The Station Cook
1:43
23The Dying Stockman
3:48
24Botany Bay
3:22
25The Old Bullock Dray
2:53
26The Stockman’s Last Bed
2:32
▼ CD 2
#TitleRatingLength
1The Little White Duck
2:29
2The Little Engine That Could
2:40
3Mr. Froggie Went A-Courtin’
arranger:
Burl Ives and Tony Mottola
3:05
4The Donut Song
arranger:
Elie Siegmeister
2:55
5Two Little Owls
1:48
6Fooba Wooba John
recording of:
Fooba Wooba John
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
1:07
7The Grey Goose
3:01
8The Whale
1:32
9Buckeye Jim
1:32
10The Sow Took the Measles
1:48
11The Goat and the Train
arranger:
Burl Ives
1:20
12Mr. Rabbit
arranger:
Burl Ives
1:37
13The Tailor and the Mouse
1:15
14Mother Goose Songs
6:04
15Mocking Bird Hill
recording of:
Mockin’ Bird Hill
lyricist and composer:
Vaughn Horton (from 1929 until 1930)
publisher:
Southern Music Publ. Co. Ltd.
2:34
16The Long Black Veil
recording of:
The Long Black Veil
lyricist and composer:
Danny Dill and Marijohn Wilkin
strings arranger:
Mick Harvey
publisher:
Cedarwood Music, Cedarwood Pub. Co., Inc. and PolyGram Music Publishing
43:00
17Delia
2:56
18Forty Hour Week
2:31
19I Walk the Line
cover recording of:
I Walk the Line
lyricist and composer:
John R. Cash (country music legend) (in 1956)
publisher:
Aberbach (London) (Publisher), Carlin Music Corporation, Hill and Range Songs, Inc., Hill and Range Southwind Mus S A (BMI-affiliated) and House of Cash, Inc. (BMI-affiliated, publisher for works of Johnny Cash)
42:41
20Royal Telephone
3:31
21Shanghied
2:07
22Lenora, Let Your Hair Hang Down
recording of:
Lenora, Let Your Hair Hang Down
3:01
23A Little Bitty Tear
cover recording of:
A Little Bitty Tear
lyricist and composer:
Hank Cochran (Nashville singer and songwriter)
2:03
24Oh, My Side
2:47
25Mama Don’t Want No Peas an’ Rice an’ Cocoanut Oil
3:06
26The Almighty Dollar Bill
3:26
▼ CD 3
#TitleRatingLength
1Home on the Range
2:26
2When the Bloom Is on the Sage
2:10
3Cool Water
3:55
4Empty Saddles
2:39
5Mexicali Rose
2:25
6The Oregon Trail
2:31
7The Last Round-Up
recording of:
The Last Roundup
lyricist and composer:
Billy Hill (US songwriter)
publisher:
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc. (in 1933)
4:02
8O Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
2:19
9Cowboy’s Dream
2:58
10Tumbling Tumbleweeds
2:14
11My Adobe Hacienda
2:28
12Jingle Jangle Jingle
2:14
13Funny Way of Laughin’
recording of:
Funny Way of Laughin’
lyricist and composer:
Hank Cochran (Nashville singer and songwriter)
2:39
14Sixteen Fathoms Down
2:14
15Brooklyn Bridge
2:26
16Ninety Nine Years
2:13
17Thumbin’ Johnny Brown
2:33
18I Ain’t Comin’ Home Tonight
2:26
19What You Gonna Do, Leroy
2:34
20In Foggy Old London
2:06
21That’s All I Can Remember
2:59
22Mother Wouldn’t Do That
2:28
23Poor Little Jimmie
2:21
24Call Me Mr. In-Between
2:40
▼ CD 4
#TitleRatingLength
1Mary Ann Regrets
recording of:
Mary Ann Regrets
lyricist and composer:
Harlan Howard
publisher:
Sony/ATV Tree Publishing
3:34
2Curry Road
2:14
3The Moon Is High
2:44
4How Do You Fall Out of Love
3:09
5Busted
2:11
6Poor Boy in a Rich Man’s Town
2:18
7The Same Old Hurt
2:31
8I’m the Boss
2:05
9The Blizzard
3:18
10She Didn’t Let the Ink Dry on the Paper
2:25
11Green Turtle
2:05
12Holding Hands for Joe
2:28
13Sunshine in My Soul
2:21
14Where He Leads Me
4:25
15Will There Be Any Stars
2:15
16Blessed Assurance
2:40
17We’re Marching to Zion
2:00
18Standing on the Promises
1:57
19Beulah Land
2:01
20When They Ring Those Golden Bells
4:22
21Leaning on the Everlasting Arms
1:49
22Let the Lower Lights Be Burning
2:16
23Bring Them In
2:02
24Fairest Lord Jesus
2:09