Ballads, Banjo Tunes and Sacred Songs of Western North Carolina

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This "Minstrel of the Appalachians" performed hundreds of traditional songs and tunes that he learned from family members, neighbors, and other residents of western North Carolina. The breadth of Lunsford’s huge repertoire is represented, including ballads, folk songs, spirituals, 19th-century popular songs, and banjo and fiddle tunes. All tracks were recorded by Brunswick Records in the 1920s or the Library of Congress in 1949. Includes Old Mountain Dew, an original composition which found its way into both oral tradition and popular culture, Swing Low, and To the Pines, To the Pines. 55 minutes. "[Hits] faster and sweeter than a jug of corn liquor." — New York Post

Track Listing

101	Swannanoa Tunnel	Bascom Lamar Lunsford	3:38
102	The Mermaid Song	Bascom Lamar Lunsford	3:20
103	Ten Steps	Bascom Lamar Lunsford	1:51
104	Little Turtle Dove	Bascom Lamar Lunsford	2:55
105	In the Shadow of the Pines	Bascom Lamar Lunsford	4:56
106	Swing Low	Bascom Lamar Lunsford	2:51
107	Bonny George Campbell	Bascom Lamar Lunsford	2:08
108	I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground	Bascom Lamar Lunsford	3:23
109	On a Bright and Summer's Morning	Bascom Lamar Lunsford	2:40
110	To the Pines, To the Pines (In the Pines)	Bascom Lamar Lunsford	2:23
111	Dry Bones	Bascom Lamar Lunsford	3:02
112	The Last Gold Dollar	Bascom Lamar Lunsford	2:05
113	Rye Straw	Bascom Lamar Lunsford	1:40
114	Old Mountain Dew	Bascom Lamar Lunsford	3:07
115	Italy	Bascom Lamar Lunsford	3:26
116	Death of Queen Jane	Bascom Lamar Lunsford	1:38
117	Old Stepstone	Bascom Lamar Lunsford	2:57
118	Drinking of the Wine	Bascom Lamar Lunsford	3:22
119	Dedication	Bascom Lamar Lunsford	5:14