American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 3

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