Title: Folksongs of the Midwest Artist: Loman D. Cansler Label: Folkways Records Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 093070533028 Genre: Country, Folk Release Date: 2012-05-30 Number of Discs: 1
Recorded in 1973 this album showcases a variety of traditional folksongs of the Midwest performed by Loman D. Cansler. Cansler brings together a repertoire of folk songs that reflect "the rural, agrarian culture of our own immediate past". With an introduction by Jack Ralston, former Director of the Institute for Studies in American Music, and anecdotes by Cansler himself concerning each song, this collection delves into the history of Midwestern folksong (see liner notes.)
Tracks: 1.1 Adam and Eve 1.2 The Little Family 1.3 The Stepmother 1.4 The Last Fierce Charge 1.5 Old Mother Hubbard 1.6 Ol' King Quine 1.7 Aunt Jemima's Plaster 1.8 Charlie Brooks 1.9 Josiah and His Family 1.10 Will the Weaver 1.11 Dick Norman, the Cobbler 1.12 The Revolutionary Tea 1.13 The Drunkard's Song 1.14 Birdie Darling 1.15 Little Dame Crump 1.16 Wait for the Turn of the Tide
