American Ballads

This collection reminds us that the ballad's purpose, first and foremost, is to tell a story. These songs narrate tales of ordinary people—hoboes and lovers and sailors—and their extraordinary deeds. From "John Henry" to "Lady Margaret," Pete Seeger's expressive style is ideally communicative.

Track Listing

101	Pretty Polly	Pete Seeger	03:41
102	The Three Butchers	Pete Seeger	02:54
103	John Henry	Pete Seeger	04:34
104	Jay Gould's Daughter	Pete Seeger	02:45
105	The Titanic Disaster	Pete Seeger	03:47
106	Fair Margaret and Sweet William	Pete Seeger	02:56
107	John Hardy	Pete Seeger	03:36
201	The Golden Vanity	Pete Seeger	03:56
202	Gypsy Davy*	Pete Seeger	05:03
203	Farmer's Curst Wife	Pete Seeger	02:53
204	Down in Carlisle (In Castyle There Lived a Lady)	Pete Seeger	03:24
205	St. James Hospital	Pete Seeger	02:58
206	Jesse James	Pete Seeger	04:33
207	Barbara Allen	Pete Seeger	02:57