American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 1

Recorded during the heart of the great "folk song revival" of the 1950s and 1960s, Pete Seeger's American Favorite Ballads was, and is, a classic series of albums. Ballads contains definitive bits of Americana that have been a part of our lives for more than a half century, including songs like "This Land is Your Land," "America the Beautiful," "John Henry," and "Shenandoah." This CD is the first in a series of Ballad reissues and is essential for any fan of American folk music to own. Compiled and annotated by Jeff Place and Guy Logsdon.
LYRICSLyric transcriptions as permissible by the publisher available here.
Track Listing
101
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John Henry | Pete Seeger | 4:31 | |
102
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Shenandoah | Pete Seeger | 1:50 | |
103
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Blue Tailed Fly (Jimmie Crack Corn) | Pete Seeger | 2:35 | |
104
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Black Girl | Pete Seeger | 2:33 | |
105
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Skip to My Lou | Pete Seeger | 3:11 | |
106
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The Big Rock Candy Mountain | Pete Seeger | 3:08 | |
107
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Clementine | Pete Seeger | 3:05 | |
108
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Yankee Doodle | Pete Seeger | 1:40 | |
109
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Home on the Range | Pete Seeger | 1:51 | |
110
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John Brown's Body | Pete Seeger | 2:59 | |
111
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Goodnight, Irene | Pete Seeger | 3:43 | |
112
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Swing Low, Sweet Chariot | Pete Seeger | 2:37 | |
113
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Oh, Susanna | Pete Seeger | 1:17 | |
114
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Wayfaring Stranger | Pete Seeger | 1:15 | |
115
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Oh, Mary, Don't You Weep | Pete Seeger | 2:31 | |
116
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Down in the Valley | Pete Seeger | 3:45 | |
117
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The Wabash Cannonball | Pete Seeger | 3:05 | |
118
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On Top of Old Smoky | Pete Seeger | 2:19 | |
119
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Frankie and Johnny | Pete Seeger | 4:27 | |
120
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I Ride an Old Paint | Pete Seeger | 3:24 | |
121
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The Wreck of the Old 97 | Pete Seeger | 1:53 | |
122
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Wagoner's Lad | Pete Seeger | 1:25 | |
123
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Old Dan Tucker | Pete Seeger | 2:14 | |
124
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I've Been Working on the Railroad | Pete Seeger | 1:27 | |
125
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Cielito Lindo | Pete Seeger | 2:34 | |
126
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So Long, It's Been Good to Know You (Dusty Old Dust) | Pete Seeger | 3:22 | |
127
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America the Beautiful | Pete Seeger | 1:38 | |
128
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This Land is Your Land | Pete Seeger | 2:51 |