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From the Music CD
v. 1. Down in the valley
Mary, don't you weep
The blue tail fly
Yankee doodle
Cielito lindo
Buffalo gal
The Wabash cannonball
So long, it's been good to know you
The wagoner's lad
Big Rock Candy Mountain
The wreck of the old '97
On top of Old Smokey
I ride an old paint
Frankie and Johnny
Old Dan Tucker
Skip to my Lou
Home on the range
v. 2. Oh, Susanna
The riddle song
Beautiful city
Sally Ann
House of rising sun
Shenandoah
Midnight special
Careless love
Hard traveling
Poor boy
Black girl
Alabama bound
Stagolee
Black is the color
Go tell Aunt Rhody
The water is wide
The fox
The keeper
v. 3. John Brown's body
The girl I left behind
Oh, Mary don't you weep
St. Louis blues
Swanee River
Camp town races
Swing low sweet chariot
Good night Irene
My good man
Clementine
Dink's song
The new river train
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Wimoweh
The farmer's curst wife
When I first came to this land
v. 4. Banks of the Ohio
You are my sunshine
Ballad of the boll weevil
Where the old Allegheny and Monongahela flow
Oh how he lied
Froggie went a-courtin'
Johnny has gone for a soldier
Go down Moses
America the beautiful
Hole in the bucket
The Erie Canal
Monsieur banjo
No more auction block
What shall we do with a drunken sailor?
Gee but I want to go home
Sweet Betsy from Pike
All my trials
v. 5. Red River Valley
Foggy dew
Molly Malone
Ida Red
Talking blues
Lolly too dum
Riflemen of Bennington
Summertime
I've been working on the railroad
Hallelujah I'm a bum
Farther along
Ain't it a shame
Leatherwing bat
St. James Infirmary
T. B. Blues.
From the Music CD
v. 1. John Henry (4:28)
Shenandoah (1:47)
Blue-tailed fly (Jimmy crack corn) / D. Emmett (2:31)
Black girl / arr. H. Ledbetter (2:29)
Skip to my Lou (3:08)
The big rock candy mountain / H. McClintock (3:05)
Clementine / P. Montrose (3:02)
Yankee Doodle (1:36)
Home on the range / B. Higley ; D.E. Kelley (1:48)
John Brown's body (2:56)
Goodnight, Irene / H. Ledbetter ; adapted by J.L. Lomax (3:39)
Swing low, sweet chariot / W. Willis ; M. Willis (2:33)
Oh, Susanna / S. Foster (1:13)
Wayfaring stranger (1:11)
Oh, Mary, don't you weep (2:27)
Down in the valley (3:41)
The Wabash cannonball (3:01)
On top of Old Smoky (2:14)
Frankie and Johnny (4:24)
I ride an old paint (3:20)
The wreck of the old 97 / H. Whitter ; C.W. Noell ; F.J. Lewey (1:49)
Wagoner's lad (1:22)
Old Dan Tucker / D. Emmett (2:11)
I've been working on the railroad (1:23)
Cielito Lindo / Q. Mendoza y Cortez (2:30)
So long, it's been good to know you (dusty old dust) / W. Guthrie (3:19)
America the beautiful / K.L. Bates ; S.A. Ward (1:35)
This land is your land / W. Guthrie (2:50).
v. 2. Barbara Allen (2:48)
Young man who wouldn't hoe corn (1:34)
Midnight special (3:02)
House of the rising sun (2:30)
Careless love (3:04)
Oh, what a beautiful city (3:24)
Poor boy (2:13)
Sally Ann (1:28)
The riddle song (2:23)
Go tell aunt Rhody (3:11)
The water is wide (3:31)
The fox (2:02)
The keeper and the doe (2:10)
Pretty Polly (3:35)
Jesse James (4:25)
Stagolee (2:10)
Black is the color of my true love's hair (2:27)
Camptown races (1:27)
Blow that man down (2:00)
Froggie went a courtin' (2:48)
I had a rooster (barnyard song) (3:51)
Putting on the style (2:45)
The farmer's curst wife (2:47)
Hard travelin' (2:40)
Alabama bound (2:17)
Wimoweh (2:57)
Dink's song (2:37).
v. 3. Gypsy Davy (5:03)
Deep blue sea (2:16)
New river train (3:00)
St. James hospital (2:58)
E-ri-e Canal (3:21)
St. Louis blues / W.C. Handy (2:22)
Boll weevil (3:56)
The girl I left behind (1:11)
When I first came to this land / trans. by Oscar Brand (2:40)
The Titanic (3:47)
El-a-noy (1:46)
Lady of Carlysle (3:23)
My good man (2:39)
Golden vanity (3:56)
Ain't it a shame (1:47)
Swanee River / Stephen Foster (3:01)
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child (4:31)
The boys from County Mayo (2:21)
No Irish need apply / John F. Poole (1:56)
Paddy works on the railroad (2:26)
Arkansas traveler (2:39)
When I was single (1:17)
Wond'rous love / Alex Means (1:37)
Ground hog (3:47)
Old Blue (2:18)
She'll be comin' round the mountain (1:51)
Erie Canal / Thomas S. Allen (2:38).
v. 4. Banks of the Ohio (3:32)
You are my sunshine / J.H. Davis ; C. Mitchell (1:46)
Hallelujah, I'm a bum (1:40)
The foggy dew (1:59)
Molly Malone (2:22)
Old maid's song (1:40)
Oh how he lied (1:43)
Where the old Allegheny and the Monongahela flow (2:44)
Leatherwing bat (3:11)
Johnny has gone for a soldier (2:29)
Farther along (2:34)
Go down, Moses (2:57)
All my trials (3:07)
Monsieur Banjo (2:13)
No more auction block (1:58)
Hole in the bucket (2:22)
What shall we do with the drunken sailor (2:18)
Army life / G. Rice (2:08)
Blue mountain lake (2:47)
Lady Margaret (2:56)
John Hardy (3:36)
Johnson (2:54)
John Riley (2:24)
Washer lad (1:12)
Talking blues / C. Bouchillion (2:05)
Lolly too dum (3:37)
T.B. blues / J. Rodgers (4:04)
Summertime / G. Gershwin ; I. Gershwin ; D.B. Heyward (3:45).
v. 5. Trail to Mexico (2:45)
Red River Valley (2:05)
Old Joe Clark (3:53)
St. James infirmary (2:30)
Green County bachelor (2:32)
Ox driver's song (1:52)
Buffalo gals (2:18)
Joe Bowers (2:56)
Texian boys (1:26)
My sweetheart is a mule in the mines (:25)
Johnny Gray (1:51)
Cowboy yodel (:51)
Sioux Indians (3:38)
Ida Red (1:53)
Holler (1:15)
Cumberland Gap (1:18)
Wake up, Jacob (:17)
Sweet Betsy from Pike / John A. Stone (3:24)
Buffalo skinners (2:42)
Whiskey, rye whiskey (2:14)
Stewball (4:51)
Whoopie ti-yi-yo, get along, little dogies (1:27)
Strawberry roan / Curly Fletcher (5:01)
Jay Gould's Daughter (2:37)
Play-party (1:22)
I never will marry / arr. Texas Gladden (2:02)
Riflemen of Bennington /John Allison (2:10)
Kingdom coming (year of jubilo) / Henry Clay Work (2:32)
Cumberland Mountain bear chase / Uncle Dave Macon ; Pete Seeger (3:35).
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