American Ballads and Folksongs

Like Joan O'Bryant's previous Folkways recording, Folksongs and Ballads of Kansas, this album presents folk songs geographically close to O'Bryant's heart. Most of the ballads included here are versions from Kansas, Arkansas, and Missouri, and several were collected through the University of Arkansas Folklore Research Project.

EN ESPAÑOL

Como la anterior grabación Folkways de Joan O'Bryant, Canciones populares y baladas de Kansas, este album presenta canciones populares geográficamente cercanas al corazón de O'Bryant.

La mayoría de las baladas aquí incluídas son versiones de Kansas, Arkansas y Missouri y muchas de ellas fueron coleccionadas a través del Proyecto de investigación de folclor de la Universidad de Arkansas.

Track Listing

101	Single Girl	Joan O'Bryant	02:35
102	The Stern Old Bachelor	Joan O'Bryant	01:19
103	Life is a Toil	Joan O'Bryant	03:58
104	The Promised Land	Joan O'Bryant	02:24
105	The House Carpenter's Wife	Joan O'Bryant	04:30
106	The Trail to Mexico	Joan O'Bryant	03:34
107	The Lily of the West	Joan O'Bryant	03:19
108	The Cuckoo	Joan O'Bryant	03:02
201	I'm on My Way	Joan O'Bryant	02:27
202	A Sailor's Life	Joan O'Bryant	04:13
203	Keep Your Hand on the Plow	Joan O'Bryant	03:35
204	The Maiden on the Plains	Joan O'Bryant	02:57
205	A Soldier's Wife	Joan O'Bryant	02:45
206	Marble Town	Joan O'Bryant	02:25
207	The Texas Rangers	Joan O'Bryant	02:46
208	Tom Sherman's Barroom	Joan O'Bryant	03:30