American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 2

~ Release by Pete Seeger (see all versions of this release, 4 available)

Annotation

Copyright: © 2003 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
℗ 2003 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Annotation last modified on 2026-01-06 15:02 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1Barbara Allen
vocals:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
recording of:
Barbara Allen (in 1957)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 54) and Child Ballads (number: 84)
2:51
2Young Man Who Wouldn’t Hoe Corn
banjo:
Pete Seeger (in 1954)
vocals:
Pete Seeger (in 1954)
recording of:
A Lazy Farmer Boy (in 1954)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 438)
1:37
3Midnight Special
banjo:
Pete Seeger (in 1958)
vocals:
Pete Seeger (in 1958)
recording of:
Midnight Special (in 1958)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Union Songs AB (publisher)
3:06
4House of the Rising Sun
banjo:
Pete Seeger (in 1958)
performer:
Pete Seeger (in 1958)
recording of:
House of the Rising Sun (in 1958)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Beechwood Music Corp., Ole Cantaloupe Music and Sonet Publishing Ltd.
2:33
5Careless Love
banjo:
Pete Seeger (in 1958)
vocals:
Pete Seeger (in 1958)
recording of:
Careless Love (in 1958)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
3:06
6Oh, What a Beautiful City
banjo:
Pete Seeger (in 1958)
vocals:
Pete Seeger (in 1958)
recording of:
Oh! What a Beautiful City (Twelve Gates to the City) (in 1958)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) and Reverend Gary Davis
translated version of:
תריסר שערים
3:28
7Poor Boy
12 string guitar:
Pete Seeger (in 1958)
vocals:
Pete Seeger (in 1958)
recording of:
Who’s Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet? (in 1958)
additional lyricist and additional composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:17
8Sally Ann
banjo:
Pete Seeger (in 1958)
vocals:
Pete Seeger (in 1958)
recording of:
Sally Ann (in 1958)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
1:31
9The Riddle Song
banjo:
Pete Seeger (in 1958)
vocals:
Pete Seeger (in 1958)
recording of:
The Riddle Song (aka “I Gave My Love a Cherry”) (in 1958)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 330)
is based on:
I Gave My Love a Diamond
2:27
10Go Tell Aunt Rhody
recording of:
Go Tell Aunt Rhody
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3346)
3:15
11The Water Is Wide
recording of:
The Water Is Wide
lyricist:
Pete Seeger
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
3:34
12The Fox
recording of:
The Fox (aka Daddy Fox / A Fox Jumped Up)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 131)
2:06
13The Keeper and the Doe
2:12
14Pretty Polly
recording of:
Pretty Polly
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 15)
3:38
15Jesse James
recording of:
Jesse James
publisher:
Billy Gashade (in 1882)
lyricist:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
4:28
16Stagolee
recording of:
Stagger Lee (“Stackolee” etc., traditional)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4183)
2:13
17Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Hair
recording of:
Black Is the Colour (of My True Love’s Hair)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3103)
2:31
18Camptown Races
recording of:
Camptown Races
lyricist and composer:
Stephen Foster (composer)
1:31
19Blow the Man Down
recording of:
Blow the Man Down
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 2624)
2:04
20Froggie Went a Courtin’
recording of:
Frog Went A‐Courtin’ (original version)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 16)
2:51
21I Had a Rooster (Barnyard Song)
recording of:
I Had a Rooster
writer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
3:55
22Putting on the Style
2:49
23The Farmer’s Curst Wife
2:50
24Hard Travelin’
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
Hard Travelin’
writer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
2:44
25Alabama Bound
recording of:
I’m Alabama Bound
composer:
Robert Hoffman (Wrote "I'm Alabama Bound") (in 1909)
2:20
26Wimoweh
cover recording of:
Wimoweh
lyricist and arranger:
Paul Campbell (songwriting pseudonym used by The Weavers)
composer:
Solomon Linda
version of:
Mbube
3:02
27Dink’s Song
banjo:
Pete Seeger
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
Dink’s Song
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 10057)
2:37