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 CD 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.
LYRICSLyric transcriptions as permissible by the publisher available here.
Track Listing
101
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Barbara Allen | Pete Seeger | 2:51 | |
102
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Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn | Pete Seeger | 1:37 | |
103
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Midnight Special | Pete Seeger | 3:05 | |
104
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House of the Rising Sun | Pete Seeger | 2:32 | |
105
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Careless Love | Pete Seeger | 3:06 | |
106
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Oh, What a Beautiful City (Twelve Gates to the City) | Pete Seeger | 3:27 | |
107
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Poor Boy | Pete Seeger | 2:17 | |
108
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Sally Ann | Pete Seeger | 1:31 | |
109
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The Riddle Song | Pete Seeger | 2:26 | |
110
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Go Tell Aunt Rhodie | Pete Seeger | 3:14 | |
111
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The Water is Wide | Pete Seeger | 3:34 | |
112
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The Fox | Pete Seeger | 2:05 | |
113
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The Keeper and the Doe | Pete Seeger | 2:12 | |
114
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Pretty Polly | Pete Seeger | 3:37 | |
115
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Jesse James | Pete Seeger | 4:27 | |
116
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Stagolee (Stagger Lee) | Pete Seeger | 2:13 | |
117
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Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair | Pete Seeger | 2:31 | |
118
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Camptown Races | Pete Seeger | 1:31 | |
119
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Blow the Man Down | Pete Seeger | 2:03 | |
120
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Froggie Went a Courtin' | Pete Seeger | 2:51 | |
121
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I Had a Rooster (Barnyard Song) | Pete Seeger | 3:54 | |
122
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Putting On the Style | Pete Seeger | 2:48 | |
123
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The Farmer's Curst Wife | Pete Seeger | 2:49 | |
124
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Hard Travelin' | Pete Seeger | 2:44 | |
125
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Alabama Bound | Pete Seeger | 2:20 | |
126
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Wimoweh | Pete Seeger | 3:01 | |
127
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Dink's Song | Pete Seeger | 2:37 |