American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 1

Pete Seeger

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.

LYRICS

Lyric transcriptions as permissible by the publisher available here.

Track Listing

101	John Henry	Pete Seeger	4:31
102	Shenandoah	Pete Seeger	1:50
103	Blue Tailed Fly (Jimmie Crack Corn)	Pete Seeger	2:35
104	Black Girl	Pete Seeger	2:33
105	Skip to My Lou	Pete Seeger	3:11
106	The Big Rock Candy Mountain	Pete Seeger	3:08
107	Clementine	Pete Seeger	3:05
108	Yankee Doodle	Pete Seeger	1:40
109	Home on the Range	Pete Seeger	1:51
110	John Brown's Body	Pete Seeger	2:59
111	Goodnight, Irene	Pete Seeger	3:43
112	Swing Low, Sweet Chariot	Pete Seeger	2:37
113	Oh, Susanna	Pete Seeger	1:17
114	Wayfaring Stranger	Pete Seeger	1:15
115	Oh, Mary, Don't You Weep	Pete Seeger	2:31
116	Down in the Valley	Pete Seeger	3:45
117	The Wabash Cannonball	Pete Seeger	3:05
118	On Top of Old Smoky	Pete Seeger	2:19
119	Frankie and Johnny	Pete Seeger	4:27
120	I Ride an Old Paint	Pete Seeger	3:24
121	The Wreck of the Old 97	Pete Seeger	1:53
122	Wagoner's Lad	Pete Seeger	1:25
123	Old Dan Tucker	Pete Seeger	2:14
124	I've Been Working on the Railroad	Pete Seeger	1:27
125	Cielito Lindo	Pete Seeger	2:34
126	So Long, It's Been Good to Know You (Dusty Old Dust)	Pete Seeger	3:22
127	America the Beautiful	Pete Seeger	1:38
128	This Land is Your Land	Pete Seeger	2:51