American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 2

Ballads fuse the arts of music and storytelling. Through ballads, classic tales of human experience are enshrined in poetry and song. Pete Seeger, an American folk hero and icon of the great "folk revival" of the 1950s & 1960s, hand-selected some of his favorite American ballads to compile a series of classic American song-stories flowing from the bedrock of the American experience. Through these captivating songs, a tale is told of America "once upon a time." This release is the second in a series of Ballad reissues and is an important recording for any fan of American folk music. Compiled and annotated by Jeff Place and Guy Logsdon.

Track Listing

101	Barbara Allen	Pete Seeger	02:51
102	Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn	Pete Seeger	01:37
103	Midnight Special	Pete Seeger	03:05
104	House of the Rising Sun	Pete Seeger	02:32
105	Careless Love	Pete Seeger	03:06
106	Oh, What a Beautiful City (Twelve Gates to the City)	Pete Seeger	03:27
107	Poor Boy	Pete Seeger	02:17
108	Sally Ann	Pete Seeger	01:31
109	The Riddle Song	Pete Seeger	02:26
110	Go Tell Aunt Rhodie	Pete Seeger	03:14
111	The Water is Wide	Pete Seeger	03:34
112	The Fox	Pete Seeger	02:05
113	The Keeper and the Doe	Pete Seeger	02:12
114	Pretty Polly	Pete Seeger	03:37
115	Jesse James	Pete Seeger	04:27
116	Stagolee (Stagger Lee)	Pete Seeger	02:13
117	Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair	Pete Seeger	02:31
118	Camptown Races	Pete Seeger	01:31
119	Blow the Man Down	Pete Seeger	02:03
120	Froggie Went a Courtin'	Pete Seeger	02:51
121	I Had a Rooster (Barnyard Song)	Pete Seeger	03:54
122	Putting On the Style	Pete Seeger	02:48
123	The Farmer's Curst Wife	Pete Seeger	02:49
124	Hard Travelin'	Pete Seeger	02:44
125	Alabama Bound	Pete Seeger	02:20
126	Wimoweh	Pete Seeger	03:01
127	Dink's Song	Pete Seeger	02:37