Folksongs and Instrumentals with Guitar

Elizabeth Cotten

Freight Train and Other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes CD cover artwork. — *Freight Train and Other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes* CD cover artwork.

Elizabeth Cotten's 1958 debut album Folksongs and Instrumentals with Guitar, (aka Freight Train and Other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes) is best known for containing the earliest recording of her classic "Freight Train." The breadth of her repertoire and her endearing style have captivated generations of guitarists and fans of traditional American music. Cotten's self-taught, upside-down, left-handed playing style on the guitar and banjo made her a true original. Many of her deeply personal compositions, such as the immortal "Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie," are included. “[A] classic and belongs in every collection..." — Blues Review Quarterly.

This reissue is part of the Smithsonian Folkways Vinyl Reissue Series and features Mike Seeger's updated notes with comments on Cotten's life, musical style, and song lyrics.

For a limited time, we are offering Elizabeth Cotten's Folksongs and Instrumentals with Guitar, Lucinda Williams's Happy Woman Blues, and Mary Lou Williams as a Vinyl Bundle with Bonus Folkways Slipmat.

Track Listing

101	Penitentiary Blues	Elizabeth Cotten	01:40
102	Freight Train	Elizabeth Cotten	02:46
103	Going Down the Road Feeling Bad	Elizabeth Cotten	02:12
104	I Don't Love Nobody	Elizabeth Cotten	01:14
105	Ain't Got No Honey Baby Now	Elizabeth Cotten	00:57
106	Graduation March	Elizabeth Cotten	02:33
107	Honey Babe Your Papa Cares For You	Elizabeth Cotten	02:15
108	Vastopol	Elizabeth Cotten	02:11
109	Here Old Rattler Here / Sent For My Fiddle Sent For My Bow / George Buck	Elizabeth Cotten	03:48
110	Run...Run / Mama Your Son Done Gone	Elizabeth Cotten	02:19
111	Sweet Bye and Bye / What A Friend We Have In Jesus	Elizabeth Cotten	03:02
112	Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie	Elizabeth Cotten	04:43
113	Spanish Flang Dang	Elizabeth Cotten	02:51
114	When I Get Home	Elizabeth Cotten	02:23