American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 4

Pete Seeger has long set the standard for interpreters of American traditional and topical songs. This fourth volume in the popular series compiled from the Folkways Records American Favorite Ballads series of the 1950s and 1960s features Seeger's versions of classic folk songs from America’s past. Extensive liner notes by folk song scholar Guy Logsdon describes their origins in an emerging nation and their place in the American folk song movement. American Favorite Ballads is a classic among classics.

Lyric transcriptions as permissible by the publisher available.

Track Listing

101	Banks of the Ohio Pete Seeger	03:26
102	You are My Sunshine Pete Seeger	01:42
103	Hallelujah, I'm a Bum Pete Seeger	01:36
104	The Foggy Dew Pete Seeger	01:55
105	Molly Malone Pete Seeger	02:18
106	Old Maid's Song Pete Seeger	01:40
107	Oh, How He Lied Pete Seeger	01:38
108	Where the Old Allegheny and the Monongahela Flow Pete Seeger	02:40
109	Leatherwing Bat Pete Seeger	03:06
110	Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier Pete Seeger	02:22
111	Farther Along Pete Seeger	02:29
112	Go Down, Moses Pete Seeger	02:52
113	All My Trials Pete Seeger	03:03
114	Monsieur Banjo Pete Seeger	02:07
115	No More Auction Block Pete Seeger	01:53
116	Hole in the Bucket Pete Seeger	02:14
117	What Shall We Do with the Drunken Sailor Pete Seeger	02:13
118	Army Life Pete Seeger	02:02
119	Blue Mountain Lake Pete Seeger	02:44
120	Lady Margaret Pete Seeger	02:51
121	John Hardy Pete Seeger	03:29
122	Johnson Pete Seeger	02:48
123	John Riley Pete Seeger	02:25
124	Washer Lad Pete Seeger	01:11
125	Talking Blues Pete Seeger	02:01
126	Lolly Too Dum Pete Seeger	03:31
127	T. B. Blues Pete Seeger	04:00
128	Summertime Pete Seeger	03:40