American Favorite Ballads, Vols. 1-5

Original Release Date:  April 21, 2009

Track Listing

• 1. John Henry [I'm Gonna Die with a Hammer in My Hand] [John Henry Blues]
• 2. Shenandoah [the Rolling River] [the Wide Missouri]
• 3. Blue-Tailed Fly (Jimmie Crack Corn)
• 4. Black Girl [in the Pines] [Where Did You Sleep Last Night?]
• 5. Skip to My Lou
• 6. The Big Rock Candy Mountain
• 7. Clementine [Darling Clementine] [My Darling Clementine] [Oh, My Darling
• 8. Yankee Doodle
• 9. Home on the Range
• 10. John Brown's Body
• 11. Goodnight, Irene [Irene, Goodnight]
• 12. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
• 13. Oh, Susanna
• 14. Wayfaring Stranger [the Wayfaring Pilgrim] [I'm a Poor Wayfaring Strang
• 15. Oh, Mary, Don't You Weep [Mary, Don't You Weep]
• 16. Down in the Valley [Birmingham Jail] [Little Willie] [Bird in a Cage]
• 17. The Wabash Cannon Ball
• 18. On Top of Old Smoky
• 19. Frankie and Johnny [Frankie] [Frankie and Albert] [Frankie Baker] [Litt
• 20. I Ride an Old Paint
• 21. The Wreck of the Old 97
• 22. Wagoner's Lad [My Horses Ain't Hungry] [Drunken Hiccups] [Lovin' Nancy]
• 23. Old Dan Tucker
• 24. I've Been Working on the Railroad [Someone's in the Kitchen with Dinah]
• 25. Cielito Lindo
• 26. So Long, It's Been Good to Know You (Dusty Old Dust)
• 27. America the Beautiful
• 28. This Land Is Your Land [#]
• 29. Barbara Allen [Barb'ry Ellen] [Barbara Ellen]
• 30. Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn [A Lazy Farmer Boy] [Lazy Man] [the You
• 31. Midnight Special
• 32. House of the Rising Sun [Rising Sun Blues] [Rounder's Luck]
• 33. Careless Love [Careless Blues] [Loveless Love] [Reckless Love]
• 34. Oh, What a Beautiful City [Twelve Gates to the City]
• 35. Poor Boy [Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot (Or Feet)?] [Green V
• 36. Sally Ann [Sandy Land]
• 37. The Riddle Song [I Gave My Love a Cherry] [Captain Walker's Courtship]
• 38. Go Tell Aunt Rhody [the Old Gray Goose] [the Old Grey Goose Is Dead] [G
• 39. The Water Is Wide [Waly, Waly] [the Brisk Young Lover] [Down in the Meadow]
• 40. The Fox [the Fox and His Wife] [the Fox and the Grey Goose] [Old Miss Flipp
• 41. The Keeper and the Doe [the Keeper] [Hey Down, Hoe Down]
• 42. Pretty Polly [the Gosport Tragedy] [the Cruel Ship's Carpenter] [the Sh
• 43. Jesse James [the Death of Jesse James] [the Life and Death of Jesse Jam
• 44. Stagolee [Stackolee] [Stagger Lee] [Stack Lee]
• 45. Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair [Black, Black, Black]
• 46. Camptown Races [Gwine to Run All Night]
• 47. Blow the Man Down
• 48. Froggie Went a Courtin' [the Frog and Mouse] [the Frog He Would a Wooin
• 49. I Had a Rooster (Barnyard Song) [the Barnyard Song] [My Little Rooster]
• 50. Putting on the Style
• 51. The Farmer's Curst Wife [the Farmer's Old Wife] [the Devil and the Farmer's
• 52. Hard Travelin'
• 53. Alabama Bound [Don't You Leave Me Here]
• 54. Wimoweh [the Lion Sleeps Tonight]
• 55. Dink's Song [Dink's Blues] [Nora's Dove] [Fare Thee Well]
• 56. Gypsy Davy [Raggle-Taggle Gypsies] [the Gypsy Laddie] [Whistling Gypsy]
• 57. Deep Blue Sea
• 58. New River Train [Darlin'] [I'll Be on That New Road Someday] [Green Riv
• 59. St. James Hospital [the Unfortunate Rake] [Gambler's Blues] [Streets o
• 60. E-Ri-E Canal [Erie Canal] [the E-Ri-E Was Rising] [the Canal Boat Song]
• 61. St. Louis Blues
• 62. Boll Weevil [Boll Weevil Song] [Boll Weevil Blues] [Mississippi Boweavi
• 63. The Girl I Left Behind [Brighton Camp] [Regimental Song of the 7th Infantry
• 64. When I First Came to This Land
• 65. The Titanic [When That Great Ship Went Down] [the Sinking of the Titanic] [
• 66. El-A-Noy [Illinois] [the Plains of Illinois] [the State of Illinois] [S
• 67. Lady of Carlysle [in Carlysle There Lived a Lady] [the Bold Lieutenant]
• 68. My Good Man [My Good Old Man] [Three Nights Drunk] [Four Nights Drunk]
• 69. Golden Vanity [the Lowlands Low] [the Lonesome Sea Ballad] [the Sweet T
• 70. Ain't It a Shame [Ain't Dat a Shame] [Bill Bailey, Ain't That a Shame]
• 71. Swanee River [Way Down Upon the Swanee River]
• 72. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child [Motherless Child]
• 73. The Boys from County Mayo [Shamrock]
• 74. No Irish Need Apply
• 75. Paddy Works on the Railroad [Fillimeeooreay] [Pat Works on the Railway]
• 76. Arkansas Traveler [Arkansaw Traveler] [the Original Arkansas Traveler]
• 77. When I Was Single [When I Was Single, My Pockets Would Jingle] [I Wish
• 78. Wond'rous Love
• 79. Ground Hog [Groun' Hog] [Old Ground Hog]
• 80. Old Blue [Go on Blue] [Old Dog Blue]
• 81. She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain
• 82. Erie Canal [My Gal Sal] [Low Bridge] [Everybody Down] [Fifteen Miles on
• 83. Banks of the Ohio [the Banks of the O. B. D.] [Down Beside the Ohio] [D
• 84. You Are My Sunshine
• 85. Hallelujah, I'm a Bum [Hallelujah, Bum Again] [Hallelujah on the Bum]
• 86. The Foggy Dew [the Foggy, Foggy Dew] [the Bugaboo]
• 87. Molly Malone [in Dublin's Fair City]
• 88. Old Maid's Song [Take Me out of Pity] [Don't Let Me Die an Old Maid] [t
• 89. Oh, How He Lied [the Deceiver] [He Told Her He Loved Her] [the Villain
• 90. Where the Old Allegheny and the Monongahela Flow
• 91. Leatherwing Bat [the Bird Song] [the Birds' Courting Song] [the Birds'
• 92. Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier [Shule Aroon] [Shule Agrah] [Buttermilk H
• 93. Farther Along
• 94. Go Down, Moses
• 95. All My Trials
• 96. Monsieur Banjo [Michie Banjo] [Mister Banjo] [Mister Banjo - Look at th
• 97. No More Auction Block [Many Thousand Go]
• 98. Hole in the Bucket [the Bucket Song] [Jug Hot en Loch, Der] [Leiwer Hei
• 99. What Shall We Do with the Drunken Sailor [the Drunken Sailor] (Early in
• 100. Army Life [Gee, But I Want to Go Home] [I Don't Want No More Army]
• 101. Blue Mountain Lake [the Bells of Long Lake] [Come All Ye Good Fellers]
• 102. Lady Margaret [Lady Margaret and Sweet William] [Fair Margaret and Swee
• 103. John Hardy [Johnny Hard] [John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man] [Johnn
• 104. Johnson [the Three Butchers] [the Two Butchers] [Young Butcher Boy]
• 105. John Riley [Pretty Fair Maid] [the Broken Token] [as I Walked out Some
• 106. Washer Lad [Four Pence a Day]
• 107. Talking Blues [the Original Talking Blues]
• 108. Lolly Too Dum [the Fit Comes on Me Now] [I Must and I Will Get Married
• 109. T. B. Blues
• 110. Summertime [Summertime an' the Livin' Is Easy]
• 111. Trail to Mexico [Following the Cow Trail]
• 112. Red River Valley
• 113. Old Joe Clark [Joe Clarke] [Ole Joe Clark]
• 114. St. James Infirmary [the Unfortunate Rake] [St. James Hospital] [Gamble
• 115. Green County Bachelor [Starving to Death on My Government Claim] [Lane
• 116. Ox Driver's Song [Ox Driving Song-Pop My Whip]
• 117. Buffalo Gals
• 118. Joe Bowers [the Disappointment of Joe Bowers] [When I Struck Muskoka]
• 119. Texian Boys
• 120. My Sweetheart Is a Mule in the Mines
• 121. Johnny Gray [Peter Gray] [Ballad of Peter Gray] [Blow Ye Winds of Morni
• 122. Cowboy Yodel
• 123. Sioux Indians
• 124. Ida Red
• 125. Holler
• 126. Cumberland Gap
• 127. Wake Up, Jacob [Cowboy's Gettin'-Up Holler] [Morning Grub Holler]
• 128. Sweet Betsy from Pike [Betsy from Pike]
• 129. Buffalo Skinners [the Buffalo Range] [the Range of the Buffalo] [Boggy
• 130. Whiskey, Rye Whiskey [Jack O'Diamonds] [Clinch Mountain]
• 131. Stewball [Skewball] [Molly and Tenbrooks] [Stuball]
• 132. Whoopie Ti-Yi-Yo, Get Along, Little Dogies [Git Along, Little Dogies]
• 133. Strawberry Roan [#]
• 134. Jay Gould's Daughter [Kassie Jones]
• 135. Play-Party
• 136. I Never Will Marry [the Damsel's Lament] [Down by the Sea-Shore] [One D
• 137. Riflemen of Bennington [the Bennington Riflemen]
• 138. Kingdom Coming (Year of Jubilo) [the Year of Jubilo] [Jubilo] [Lincoln'
• 139. Cumberland Mountain Bear Chase [Bear Hunt] [Bear Chase]

Credits

• Stephen Foster: Composer
• George Gershwin: Composer
• Jimmie Davis: Composer
• Uncle Dave Macon: Composer
• Oscar Brand: Composer, Translation
• Woody Guthrie: Composer
• John Jacob Niles: Arranger
• Pete Seeger: Banjo, Guitar, Composer, Vocals, Guitar (12 String), Liner Notes
• W.C. Handy: Composer
• George Wright: Composer
• Daniel Decatur Emmett: Composer
• Moses Asch: Original Engineering
• Ira Gershwin: Composer
• Ronnie Gilbert: Composer
• Lee Hays: Composer
• Fred Hellerman: Composer
• Huddie Ledbetter: Arranger, Composer
• John A. Lomax: Arranger, Adaptation
• Jeff Place: Liner Notes, Compilation, Compilation Producer, Archivist, Introduction, Annotation
• Ronnie Simpkins: Audio Supervisor
• Henry Clay Work: Composer
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Arranger
• Guy Logsdon: Liner Notes, Compilation, Compilation Producer, Introduction, Annotation
• Pete Reiniger: Mastering, Sound Supervision
• Henry Whitter: Composer
• David Gahr: Photography, Cover Photo
• Mary Monseur: Production Coordination
• Carla Borden: Editing, Editorial Assistant
• DuBose Heyward: Composer
• Peter Seitel: Editing, Editorial Assistant
• Solomon Linda: Composer
• Katherine Lee Bates: Composer
• Curley Fletcher: Composer
• Stephanie Smith: Archivist
• Marion Hicks: Arranger
• D.A. Sonneborn: Production Supervisor
• Texas Gladden: Arranger
• Cortez: Composer
• Judy Barlas: Coordination
• Jacob Love: Editing, Editorial Assistant
• Julia Ward Howe: Composer
• Norman van der Sluys: Assistant, Audio Engineer
• Brewster M. Higley: Composer
• Charles W. Noell: Composer
• Amy Schriefer: Program Assistant
• Daniel Sheehy: Production Supervisor
• Kristen Fernekes: Production Coordination
• W. Willis: Composer
• S. a. Ward: Composer
• P. Montrose: Composer
• M. Willis: Composer
• John F. Poole: Composer
• H. McClintock: Composer
• G. Rice: Composer
• F. J. Lewey: Composer
• D. E. Kelley: Composer
• C. Bouchillion: Composer
• B. Higley: Composer
• Alexander Means: Composer
• K. L. Bates: Composer
• John Allison: Composer
• Thomas S. Allen: Composer
• C. Mitchell: Composer
• Q. Mendoza: Composer
• S. Foster: Composer
• John Stone: Composer
• J. Rodgers: Composer
• D. Emmett: Composer