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.

Track Listing

101	Gypsy Davy* Pete Seeger	04:59
102	Deep Blue Sea Pete Seeger	02:14
103	New River Train Pete Seeger	02:59
104	St. James Hospital Pete Seeger	02:55
105	E-ri-e Canal Pete Seeger	03:20
106	St. Louis Blues Pete Seeger	02:22
107	Boll Weevil Pete Seeger	03:52
108	The Girl I Left Behind Pete Seeger	01:10
109	When I First Came to This Land Pete Seeger	02:40
110	The Titanic Pete Seeger	03:43
111	El-a-noy Pete Seeger	01:48
112	Lady of Carlysle Pete Seeger	03:19
113	My Good Man Pete Seeger	02:38
114	Golden Vanity Pete Seeger	03:50
115	Ain’t It a Shame Pete Seeger	01:47
116	Swanee River Pete Seeger	03:02
117	Sometimes I Feel like a Motherless Child Pete Seeger	04:31
118	The Boys from County Mayo Pete Seeger	02:24
119	No Irish Need Apply Pete Seeger	01:54
120	Paddy Works on the Railroad Pete Seeger	02:25
121	Arkansas Traveler Pete Seeger	02:41
122	When I Was Single Pete Seeger	01:17
123	Wond’rous Love Pete Seeger	01:38
124	Ground Hog Pete Seeger	03:48
125	Old Blue Pete Seeger	02:22
126	She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain Pete Seeger	01:56
127	Erie Canal Pete Seeger	02:34