American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 3

Pete Seeger

Pete Seeger has long set the standard for interpreters of American traditional and topical songs. Armed with a silken, irresistible voice, bold faith in the power of song and a five-string banjo or twelve-string guitar, he offers up his music not just as entertainment, but as a means of making the world a better place. This third volume in a series of compilations of songs from the Folkways Records classic American Favorite Ballads series of the 1950s and 1960s again features Pete Seeger interpreting some of the classic songs from America’s history. These are the songs that children sing at camp and learn at school like their parents before them. This recording includes extensive notes on the history of these songs. Compiled and annotated by Jeff Place and Guy Logsdon.

LYRICS

Lyric transcriptions as permissible by the publisher available here.

Track Listing

101	Gypsy Davy	Pete Seeger	4:59
102	Deep Blue Sea	Pete Seeger	2:14
103	New River Train	Pete Seeger	2:59
104	St. James Hospital	Pete Seeger	2:55
105	E-ri-e Canal	Pete Seeger	3:20
106	St Louis Blues	Pete Seeger	2:22
107	Boll Weevil	Pete Seeger	3:52
108	The Girl I Left Behind	Pete Seeger	1:10
109	When I First Came to This Land	Pete Seeger	2:40
110	The Titanic	Pete Seeger	3:43
111	Elanoy	Pete Seeger	1:48
112	Lady of Carlysle	Pete Seeger	3:19
113	My Good Man (Our Goodman)	Pete Seeger	2:38
114	Golden Vanity	Pete Seeger	3:50
115	Ain’t It a Shame	Pete Seeger	1:47
116	Swanee River	Pete Seeger	3:02
117	Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child	Pete Seeger	4:31
118	The Boys from County Mayo	Pete Seeger	2:24
119	No Irish Need Apply	Pete Seeger	1:54
120	Paddy Works on the Railroad	Pete Seeger	2:25
121	Arkansas Traveler	Pete Seeger	2:41
122	When I Was Single	Pete Seeger	1:17
123	Wond’rous Love	Pete Seeger	1:38
124	Ground Hog	Pete Seeger	3:48
125	Old Blue	Pete Seeger	2:22
126	She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain	Pete Seeger	1:56
127	Erie Canal	Pete Seeger	2:34