The Asch Recordings 1939-1945, Vol. 2, Pt. 2

To finish the FW00AA3 compilation of folk ballads from the Asch Records catalogue, this collection samples songs and instrumentals from many favorite musicians of later fame: Hobart Smith bangs out a rousing “Cindy” on the piano, Woody Guthrie and Sonny Terry paint a scene with “Railroad Blues” using only guitar and harmonica and Richard Dyer-Bennet describes how “Two Maidens Went Milking One Day.” Also highlighting the Rev. Gary Davis, Bascom Lamar Lunsford and Dock Reese.

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Track Listing

101	Two Maidens Went Milking One Day	Richard Dyer-Bennet	02:17
102	The Hangman's Tree	Andrew Rowan Summers	02:57
103	Little Mattie Groves (Matty Groves)	John Jacob Niles	03:00
104	The Wife of Usher's Well (Lady Gay)	Cratis Williams	03:22
105	Dark Scenes of Winter	Texas Gladden	01:40
106	Railroad Bill	Hobart Smith	02:40
107	Down in the Willow Garden (Rose Connelly)	Texas Gladden, Hobart Smith	02:53
108	Springfield Mountain	Bascom Lamar Lunsford	02:32
109	Bonnie Laboring Boy	George Edwards	03:00
110	Go Down, Old Hannah	Dock Reese	04:59
201	Cindy	Hobart Smith	02:01
202	Clog Dance (Stomp Blues)	Champion Jack Dupree	02:04
203	Fox Chase	Sonny Terry	02:06
204	900 Miles	Woody Guthrie, Cisco Houston	02:42
205	Railroad Blues	Woody Guthrie, Cisco Houston, and Sonny Terry	03:37
206	Civil War Parade	Rev. Gary Davis	05:30
207	Tom Tom Workout	Baby Dodds	01:57