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American Favorite Ballads, Vols. 1-5

Pete Seeger
American Favorite Ballads, Vols. 1-5 Pete Seeger's life, music, and legacy encapsulate nearly a century of American history and culture. He has immersed himself in folk music and used it, like Johnny Appleseed, to "plant the seeds of a better tomorrow in the homes across our land." The songs in this collection of 139 American Favorite Ballads narrate tales of ordinary people and their extraordinary deeds, and show Pete at the crossroads of the past and the future putting his own stamp on America's folk song heritage while bequeathing it to generations to come.

Track Listing

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John Henry Pete Seeger 04:34
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Shenandoah Pete Seeger 01:50
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Blue Tailed Fly (Jimmie Crack Corn) Pete Seeger 02:35
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Black Girl Pete Seeger 02:33
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Skip to My Lou Pete Seeger 03:11
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The Big Rock Candy Mountain Pete Seeger 03:08
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Clementine Pete Seeger 03:05
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Yankee Doodle Pete Seeger 01:40
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109
Home on the Range Pete Seeger 01:51
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110
John Brown's Body Pete Seeger 02:59
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Goodnight, Irene Pete Seeger 03:43
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Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Pete Seeger 02:37
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Oh, Susanna Pete Seeger 01:17
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Wayfaring Stranger Pete Seeger 01:16
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Oh, Mary, Don't You Weep Pete Seeger 02:31
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Down in the Valley Pete Seeger 03:45
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The Wabash Cannonball Pete Seeger 03:05
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118
On Top of Old Smoky Pete Seeger 02:19
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Frankie and Johnny Pete Seeger 04:27
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120
I Ride an Old Paint Pete Seeger 03:24
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The Wreck of the Old 97 Pete Seeger 01:53
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Wagoner's Lad Pete Seeger 01:25
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Old Dan Tucker Pete Seeger 02:14
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I've Been Working on the Railroad Pete Seeger 01:27
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Cielito Lindo Pete Seeger 02:34
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126
So Long, It's Been Good to Know You (Dusty Old Dust) Pete Seeger 03:22
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America the Beautiful Pete Seeger 01:38
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This Land is Your Land Pete Seeger 02:52
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Barbara Allen Pete Seeger 02:54
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Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn Pete Seeger 01:37
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Midnight Special Pete Seeger 03:06
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House of the Rising Sun Pete Seeger 02:32
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Careless Love Pete Seeger 03:06
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Oh, What a Beautiful City Pete Seeger 03:27
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Poor Boy Pete Seeger 02:17
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Sally Ann Pete Seeger 01:31
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The Riddle Song Pete Seeger 02:26
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Go Tell Aunt Rhody Pete Seeger 03:14
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The Water is Wide Pete Seeger 03:34
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The Fox Pete Seeger 02:05
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The Keeper and the Doe Pete Seeger 02:12
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Pretty Polly Pete Seeger 03:37
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Jesse James Pete Seeger 04:27
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Stagolee Pete Seeger 02:13
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Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair Pete Seeger 02:31
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Camptown Races Pete Seeger 01:31
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Blow the Man Down Pete Seeger 02:03
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Froggie Went a Courtin' Pete Seeger 02:51
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221
I Had a Rooster (Barnyard Song) Pete Seeger 03:54
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Putting on the Style Pete Seeger 02:49
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The Farmer's Curst Wife Pete Seeger 02:50
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Hard Travelin' Pete Seeger 02:44
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Alabama Bound Pete Seeger 02:20
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Wimoweh Pete Seeger 03:01
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Dink's Song Pete Seeger 02:39
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Gypsy Davy* Pete Seeger 05:02
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Deep Blue Sea Pete Seeger 02:14
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New River Train Pete Seeger 02:59
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St. James Hospital Pete Seeger 02:55
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E-ri-e Canal Pete Seeger 03:21
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St. Louis Blues Pete Seeger 02:22
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Boll Weevil Pete Seeger 03:52
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The Girl I Left Behind Pete Seeger 01:10
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When I First Came to This Land Pete Seeger 02:40
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The Titanic Pete Seeger 03:43
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Elanoy Pete Seeger 01:48
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Lady of Carlysle Pete Seeger 03:19
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My Good Man Pete Seeger 02:38
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Golden Vanity Pete Seeger 03:50
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Ain’t It a Shame Pete Seeger 01:47
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Swanee River Pete Seeger 03:02
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Sometimes I Feel like a Motherless Child Pete Seeger 04:32
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The Boys from County Mayo Pete Seeger 02:24
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No Irish Need Apply Pete Seeger 01:54
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Paddy Works on the Railroad Pete Seeger 02:25
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Arkansas Traveler Pete Seeger 02:41
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When I Was Single Pete Seeger 01:17
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Wond’rous Love Pete Seeger 01:38
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Ground Hog Pete Seeger 03:48
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Old Blue Pete Seeger 02:22
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She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain Pete Seeger 01:56
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Erie Canal Pete Seeger 02:34
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Banks of the Ohio Pete Seeger 03:32
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You are My Sunshine Pete Seeger 01:45
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Hallelujah, I'm a Bum Pete Seeger 01:39
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The Foggy Dew Pete Seeger 01:59
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Molly Malone Pete Seeger 02:21
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Old Maid's Song Pete Seeger 01:43
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Oh, How He Lied Pete Seeger 01:41
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Where the Old Allegheny and the Monongahela Flow Pete Seeger 02:44
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Leatherwing Bat Pete Seeger 03:10
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Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier Pete Seeger 02:26
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Farther Along Pete Seeger 02:33
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Go Down, Moses Pete Seeger 02:56
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All My Trials Pete Seeger 03:08
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Monsieur Banjo Pete Seeger 02:11
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No More Auction Block Pete Seeger 01:56
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Hole in the Bucket Pete Seeger 02:17
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What Shall We Do with the Drunken Sailor Pete Seeger 02:16
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Army Life Pete Seeger 02:06