American Ballads

Album by Pete Seeger

American Ballads is a Folkways Records album by Pete Seeger presenting traditional American narrative ballads, performed solo with voice, banjo and guitar. Its material centres on historical, outlaw and work themes within the American folk tradition.
First released: 1957

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Pretty Polly
  2. 2.
    The Three Butchers
  3. 3.
    John Henry
  4. 4.
    Jay Gould’s Daughter
  5. 5.
    The Titanic Disaster
  6. 6.
    Fair Margaret & Sweet William
  7. 7.
    John Hardy
  8. 8.
    The Golden Vanity
  9. 9.
    Gypsy Davy
  10. 10.
    Farmer’s Curst Wife
  11. 11.
    In Castyle There Lived a Lady
  12. 12.
    St. James Hospital
  13. 13.
    Jesse James
  14. 14.
    Barbara Allen

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