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Frontier ballads /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings, Folkways Records
Other Authors: Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014 (Performer)
Format: CD Audio
Language:English
Published: [Washington, DC] : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, [2000?]
Series:Custom compact disc series.
Subjects:
Folk songs, English > United States.
Frontier and pioneer life > United States > Songs and music.
Table of Contents:
  • Immigrants. Fare you well, Polly ; No Irish need apply ; Johnny Gray ; Greer County bachelor ; Cowboy yodel ; The trail to Mexico ; Joe Bowers
  • The trek. Wake up, Jacob ; Cumberland Gap ; Erie Canal ; Blow the man down ; Ox driver's song ; Texian boys ; Sioux Indians
  • The settlers. Ground hog ; Blue Mountain Lake ; Paddy works on the railway ; Young man who wouldn't hoe corn ; Joe Clark ; My sweetheart in the mines ; Holler ; Arkansas traveler ; When I was single ; Wondrous love ; Play party ; Whiskey, rye, whiskey ; The wayfaring stranger.