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Songs to Grow On by Woody Guthrie

Jack Elliott
Album cover for the release Songs to Grow On by Woody Guthrie.

Today, Woody Guthrie’s widespread fame comes mostly from his songs for adults; classics like “This Land Is Your Land” and “Pastures of Plenty.” But Guthrie (1912–1967) was also a successful and prolific composer of songs for children. Filled with whimsy and enthusiasm and focused on events in the lives of young children, the songs are as much fun to sing today as they were fifty years ago.

Perhaps no performer other than Guthrie himself is as well-qualified to sing these songs as Ramblin’ Jack Elliott. Nineteen years Guthrie’s junior, Elliott lived for a time in the Guthrie household and so perfected Guthrie’s style the man himself is supposed to have exclaimed, “Jack sounds more like me than I do!”

Track Listing

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Jack Elliott
02:37
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102
Jack Elliott
01:54
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103
Jack Elliott
02:03
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104
Jack Elliott
02:03
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105
Jack Elliott
03:20
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106
Jack Elliott
03:18
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107
Jack Elliott
03:55
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201
Jack Elliott
01:12
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202
Jack Elliott
02:37
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203
Jack Elliott
02:32
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204
Jack Elliott
01:45
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205
Jack Elliott
01:26
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206
Jack Elliott
02:44
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207
Jack Elliott
02:09
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208
Jack Elliott
02:10
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Jack Elliott
02:46