American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 1

Album by Pete Seeger

American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 1 is a Folkways Records release in which Pete Seeger performs traditional American folk ballads and songs, accompanying himself primarily on banjo. It inaugurates the American Favorite Ballads series, surveying themes from across the United States’ folk repertoire.
First released: 1957

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    John Henry
    4:31
  2. 2.
    Shenandoah
    1:50
  3. 3.
    Blue-Tailed Fly (Jimmie Crack Corn)
    2:35
  4. 4.
    Black Girl
    2:33
  5. 5.
    Skip To My Lou
    3:11
  6. 6.
    The Big Rock Candy Mountain
    3:08
  7. 7.
    Clementine
    3:05
  8. 8.
    Yankee Doodle
    1:40
  9. 9.
    Home On The Range
    1:51
  10. 10.
    John Brown's Body
    2:59
  11. 11.
    Goodnight, Irene
    3:43
  12. 12.
    Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
    2:37
  13. 13.
    Oh, Susanna
    1:17
  14. 14.
    Wayfaring Stranger
    1:15
  15. 15.
    Oh, Mary, Don't You Weep
    2:31
  16. 16.
    Down In The Valley
    3:45
  17. 17.
    The Wabash Cannonball
    3:05
  18. 18.
    On Top Of Old Smoky
    2:19
  19. 19.
    Frankie And Jonny
    4:27
  20. 20.
    I Ride An Old Paint
    3:24
  21. 21.
    The Wreck Of The Railroad
    1:53
  22. 22.
    Wagoner's Lad
    1:25
  23. 23.
    Old Dan Tucker
    2:14
  24. 24.
    I've Been Working On The Railroad
    1:27
  25. 25.
    Cielito Lindo
    2:34
  26. 26.
    So Long, It's Been Good To know You (Dusty Old Dust)
    3:22
  27. 27.
    America The Beautiful
    1:38
  28. 28.
    This Land Is Your Land
    2:50

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