American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 2

Pete Seeger

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.

LYRICS

Lyric transcriptions as permissible by the publisher available here.

Track Listing

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