Frontier Ballads

Pete Seeger

Adventurers, nonconformists, naturalists, and anyone seeking a new life traveled to America's far reaches, singing their old music even as they created new songs to describe life on the frontier. Through Pete Seeger's performance, Frontier Ballads presents the musical expressions of these immigrants, settlers, and workers as they moved westward.

Note: This title combines two earlier Folkways 10" vinyl releases. FW02175 Frontier Ballads and FW02176 Frontier Ballads Volume Two.

EN ESPAÑOL
Aventureros, inconformistas, naturalistas y todos aquellos que buscan una nueva vida, viajaron a los lugares más lejanos de Estados Unidos, cantando su música antigua, incluso nuevas canciones creadas por ellos para describir la vida en la frontera.

A través de la actuación de Pete Seeger, Baladas de la frontera presenta las expresiones musicales de estos inmigrantes, colonos y trabajadores a medida que avanzaban hacia el oeste.

*Content Advisory: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings holds a large volume of sound recordings, some of which were recorded almost a century ago. This album reflects ideas that are discounted today, especially depictions of Indigenous people, but are a window into the discourse of its time. See more information on discussions of the American Frontier at the National Museum of American History, and an Indigenous perspective on the Frontier from the National Museum of the American Indian.

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Track Listing

101	Fare You Well Polly Pete Seeger	02:12
102	No Irish Need Apply Pete Seeger	01:55
103	Johnny Gray Pete Seeger	01:55
104	Greer County Bachelor Pete Seeger	02:36
105	Cowboy Yodel Pete Seeger	00:51
106	The Trail to Mexico Pete Seeger	02:49
107	Joe Bowers Pete Seeger	03:00
201	Wake up Jacob Pete Seeger	00:19
202	Cumberland Gap Pete Seeger	01:22
203	Erie Canal Pete Seeger	03:21
204	Blow the Man Down Pete Seeger	02:04
205	Ox Driver's Song Pete Seeger	01:55
206	The Texian Boys Pete Seeger	01:30
207	Sioux Indians Pete Seeger	03:42
301	Ground Hog Pete Seeger	03:49
302	Blue Mountain Lake Pete Seeger	02:48
303	Paddy Works on the Railroad Pete Seeger	02:25
304	The Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn Pete Seeger	01:38
305	Joe Clark Pete Seeger	03:56
306	My Sweetheart in the Mines Pete Seeger	00:28
401	Holler Pete Seeger	01:20
402	Arkansas Traveler Pete Seeger	02:42
403	When I Was Single Pete Seeger	01:18
404	Wondrous Love Pete Seeger	01:38
405	Play Party Pete Seeger	01:25
406	Whiskey, Rye, Whiskey Pete Seeger	02:17
407	The Wayfaring Stranger Pete Seeger	01:13

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Frontier Ballads

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