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