Ballads of the Civil War

Old favorites "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" and "Goober Peas" enjoy Texan attorney-turned-balladeer Hermes Nye's unselfconscious treatment on this balanced compilation of some of the American Civil War's best-known songs. Folkways founder Moses Asch's liner notes, which include newspaper clippings from the 1860s, provide illuminating historical background.

Track Listing

101	Abolitionist Hymn	Hermes Nye	01:27
102	Davy Crockett	Hermes Nye	05:09
103	Santa Anna	Hermes Nye	01:25
104	Battle Hymn of the Republic	Hermes Nye	02:40
105	Lincoln and Liberty	Hermes Nye	01:25
201	The Bonnie Blue Flag	Hermes Nye	03:09
202	Lorena	Hermes Nye	02:25
203	When This Cruel War Is Over	Hermes Nye	03:35
204	Farewell, Mother	Hermes Nye	01:51
205	There Was an Old Soldier	Hermes Nye	00:59
301	General Patterson	Hermes Nye	02:26
302	The Cumberland's Crew	Hermes Nye	02:51
303	Cumberland Gap	Hermes Nye	03:17
304	When Johnny Comes Marching Home	Hermes Nye	02:10
305	In Charleston Jail	Hermes Nye	01:46
401	All Quiet along the Potomac	Hermes Nye	02:44
402	Longstreet's Rangers	Hermes Nye	02:09
403	Goober Peas	Hermes Nye	02:00
404	Roll, Alabama, Roll	Hermes Nye	02:05
405	Abe Lincoln	Hermes Nye	01:13
406	Old Rebel	Hermes Nye	01:47