I'll Sing You a Story

Sam Hinton

Sam Duffie Hinton (1917–2009) balanced two careers: curator at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California at San Diego, and recording artist. He recorded a collection of folk songs for the Library of Congress in 1947, and in 1961 began recording for Folkways. Hinton learned many of the songs on this album, which is subtitled Folk Ballads for Young Folks, when he was a child growing up in east Texas.

Liner notes, written by Hinton, provide brief background information about each song, including lyrics.

Track Listing

101	Old Bangum	Sam Hinton	2:04
102	Brian O'Lynn	Sam Hinton	2:40
103	Three Jolly Rogues of Lynne	Sam Hinton	1:17
104	Jonathan Smith	Sam Hinton	2:33
105	The Old Man in the Wood	Sam Hinton	1:47
106	When You Go A-Courting	Sam Hinton	1:41
107	Grandmother Brown	Sam Hinton	0:58
108	The Farmer and the Crow	Sam Hinton	2:12
109	The Crow Song	Sam Hinton	1:15
110	Hambone	Sam Hinton	1:50
201	Boll Weevil	Sam Hinton	2:11
202	The Gray Goose	Sam Hinton	3:00
203	Mary Had a William Goat	Sam Hinton	1:35
204	Twenty Froggies	Sam Hinton	1:11
205	When I Was a Little Boy	Sam Hinton	1:57
206	I Was Born 100,000 Years Ago	Sam Hinton	1:51
207	Ain't We Crazy	Sam Hinton	2:14
208	Zebra Dun	Sam Hinton	2:22
209	See the Steamer Go Round the Bend	Sam Hinton	3:08