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Ballads fuse the arts of music and storytelling.3 Pete Seeger, an American folk hero and icon of the great Inchfolk revival of the 1950s & 1960 s, hand selecton some of his favorite American ballads to compile a series of classic American song-stories flowing from the bedrock tof the American experience. Throught these captivaiting songs, a tale is told of America Inchonce upon a timInch. This CD is the second in a series of Ballad reissues and an important recording for any fan of American folk music. Album Tracks 1. Barbara Allen 2. Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn 3. Midnight Special 4. House of the Rising Sun 5. Careless Love 6. Oh, What a Beautiful City 7. Poor Boy 8. Sally Ann 9. The Riddle Song 10. Go Tell Aunt Rhody 11. The Water Is Wide 12. The Fox 13. The Keeper and the Doe 14. Pretty Polly 15. Jesse James 16. Stagolee 17. Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair 18. Camptown Races 19. Blow the Man Down 20. Froggie Went a Courtin' 21. I Had a Rooster (Barnyard Song) 22. Putting on the Style 23. The Farmer's Curst Wife 24. Hard Travelin' 25. Alabama Round 26. Wimoweh 27. Dink's Song
