Title: American Ballads Artist: Pete Seeger Label: Folkways Records Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 093070231924 Genre: Country, Folk Release Date: 2012-05-30 Number of Discs: 1
This collection reminds US that the ballad's purpose, first and foremost, is to tell a story. These songs narrate tales of ordinary people-hoboes and lovers and sailors-and their extraordinary deeds. From "John Henry" to "Lady Margaret," Pete Seeger's expressive style is ideally communicative.
Tracks: 1.1 Pretty Polly 1.2 The Three Butchers 1.3 John Henry 1.4 Jay Gould's Daughter 1.5 The Titanic Disaster 1.6 Fair Margaret and Sweet William 1.7 John Hardy 1.8 The Golden Vanity 1.9 Gypsy Davy 1.10 Farmer's Curst Wife 1.11 Down in Carlisle (In Castyle There Lived a Lady) 1.12 St. James Hospital 1.13 Jesse James 1.14 Barbara Allen
