American Folk Anthology

~ Release by Pete Seeger (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1CD: American Ballads
#TitleRatingLength
1Pretty Polly
3:37
2The Three Butchers
2:50
3John Henry
recording of:
John Henry
4:30
4The Titanic Disaster
3:42
5Fair Margaret and Sweet William
recording of:
Fair Margaret and Sweet William
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Child Ballads (number: 74), Roud Folk Song Index (number: 253) and Roud Folk Song Index (number: 253)
2:53
6John Hardy
3:31
7The Golden Vanity
3:48
8Gypsy Davy
4:59
9The Farmer's Curst Wife
2:49
10Down in Carlisle
3:19
11St. James Hospital
2:55
12Jesse James
4:27
13Barbara Allen
2:51
14Sioux Indians
3:42
15Texian Boys
1:30
16Hold the Fort
recording of:
Hold the Fort (traditional labor song)
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 1774)
version of:
Hold the Fort
2:26
17Groud Hog
2:38
18The Derby Ram
2:23
2CD: American Favourite Ballads
#TitleRatingLength
1Down in the Valley
3:45
2Mary Don't You Weep
2:31
3The Blue Tail Fly
2:35
4Yankee Doodle
1:39
5Cielito Lindo
recording of:
Cielito lindo
lyricist and composer:
Quirino Mendoza y Cortés
2:34
6Wabash Cannonball
3:04
7So Long It's Been Good to Know You
3:22
8Skip to My Lou
3:10
9The Wagoner's Lad
1:26
10The Wreck of the Old '97
1:54
11Old Dan Tucker
2:16
12I Ride an Old Paint
3:24
13Frankie and Johnnie
4:26
14On Top of Old Smokey
2:18
15The Big Rock Candy Mountain
banjo:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
Big Rock Candy Mountain (in 1957)
lyricist and composer:
Harry “Haywire Mac” McClintock (in 1895)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 6696)
33:07
16Home on the Range
12 string guitar:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
vocals:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
recording of:
Home on the Range (in 1957)
anthem of:
Kansas, United States
publisher:
Alfred Music (publisher of sheet music for music education)
lyricist:
Brewster Higley (from 1871 until 1873)
composer:
Daniel Kelley (in 1873)
arranger:
Mark Hayes (American composer and arranger, predominantly of Christian choral music)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3599)
is based on:
My Home in the West
revision of:
My Home in the West
1:52
17Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
3:00
18She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain
1:54
3CD: American Industrial Ballads
#TitleRatingLength
1Peg and Awl
2:22
2The Blind Fiddler
1:13
3Buffalo Skinners
2:36
4Eight Hour Day
1:01
5Hard Times in the Mill
2:16
6Roll Down the Line
3:07
7Hayseed Like Me
cover recording of:
A Hayseed Like Me
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
1:14
8The Farmer Is the Man
1:42
9Come All You Hardy Miners
2:01
10He Lies in the American Land1:56
11Casey Jones
2:13
12Let Them Wear Their Watches Fine
3:42
13Cotton Mill Colic
1:41
14Seven Cent Cotton & Forty Cent Meat
1:59
15Mill Mother's Lament
1:37
16Fare Ye Well Old Ely Branch
2:11
17Beans, Bacon and Gravy
2:47
18The Death of Harry Simms
2:07
19Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues
1:06
20Ballad of Barney Graham
1:43
21My Children Are Seven in Number
3:47
22Raggedy
2:26
23Pittsburgh Town
1:26
24Sixty Per Cent
1:01