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Playlist

Holiday Songs from Smithsonian Folkways

Playlist Info

Catalog Number

FPL10085

Duration

47:59

Year Published

2013

Copyright

2013 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Agent(s)

Alan Mills; Bayanihan Philippine Dance Company; Ella Jenkins; Ernst Wolff; Gene Bluestein; Hélène Baillargeon; Lead Belly; Pete Seeger; Rakhel Hadass; Roger Sprung; The Seeger Sisters; Woody Guthrie; Mieke and Nina

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