Pete Seeger - Pete Seeger: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

These songs have been part of the fabric of America for a half century or more - and these five volumes of folk ballads recorded by Pete in the '50s and '60s were an integral part of our folk revival. Here are all 139 folk ballads on 5 CDs, each with it's own booklet full of extensive notes; legendary songs and performances abound John Henry; Clementine; Goodnight Irene; Yankee Doodle; Old Dan Tucker; Hole in the Bucket; This Land Is Your Land; America the Beautiful; Midnight Special; Froggie Went A-Courtin'; Boll Weevil; Erie Canal; Arkansas Traveler, and more! Album Tracks 1. John Henry [I'm Gonna Die with a Hammer in My Hand] [John Henry Blues] 2. Shenandoah [The Rolling River] [The Wide Missouri] 3. Blue-Tailed Fly (Jimmie Crack Corn) 4. Black Girl [In the Pines] [Where Did You Sleep Last Night?] [Little Gi 5. Skip to My Lou 6. Big Rock Candy Mountain 7. Clementine [Darling Clementine] [My Darling Clementine] [Oh, My Darling 8. Yankee Doodle 9. Home on the Range 10. John Brown's Body 11. Goodnight, Irene [Irene, Goodnight] 12. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot 13. Oh, Susanna 14. Wayfaring Stranger [The Wayfaring Pilgrim] [I'm a Poor Wayfaring Strang 15. Oh, Mary, Don't You Weep [Mary, Don't You Weep] 16. Down in the Valley [Birmingham Jail] [Little Willie] [Bird in a Cage] 17. Wabash Cannon Ball 18. On Top of Old Smoky 19. Frankie and Johnny [Frankie] [Frankie and Albert] [Frankie Baker] [Litt 20. I Ride An Old Paint 21. Wreck of the Old 97 22. Wagoner's Lad [My Horses Ain't Hungry] [Drunken Hiccups] [Lovin' Nancy] 23. Old Dan Tucker 24. I've Been Working on the Railroad [Someone's in the Kitchen with Dinah] 25. Cielito Lindo 26. So Long, It's Been Good to Know You (Dusty Old Dust) 27. America the Beautiful 28. This Land Is Your Land 1. Barbara Allen [Barb'ry Ellen] [Barbara Ellen] 2. Young Man Who Wouldn't

Album Tracks 1. Introduction 2. John Henry 3. Introduction to Song 4. Aunt Rhody 5. Lonesome Valley 6. Amazing Grace 7. Recorder Improvisation Introduction to L'internationale 8. L'internationale 9. Old Time Religion 10. Introduction to Song 11. Down-A-Down 12. Introduction of Louis Killen 13. Rothesay-O 14. Introduction to Song 15. Old Settler's Song 16. Introduction to Song 17. Acres of Clams 18. Abiyoyo 19. Teaching Song 20. Cristo Ya Nacio 1. Sicilian Tarantella (Instumental) 2. Introduction to Song 3. Homestead Strike Song 4. Introduction to Song 5. Young Woman Who Swallowed a Lie 6. Introduction to Song 7. We Shall Not Be Moved 8. Introduction to Song 9. Somagwaza 10. Introduction to Song 11. Run Come See the Sun 12. If I Had a Hammer 13. Introduction to Song 14. The Water Is Wide 15. Old Devil Time 16. Hole in the Bucket 17. Jacob's Ladder 18. Twelve Gates to the City 19. Song Introduction 20. Little Birdie 21. Greensleeves

Two CD set. Bowdoin, a small liberal arts college in Maine was the setting for this previously unreleased 1960 live performance. It was before the political upheavals and social revolutions that would rock college campuses only a few years later when much more of society synched with Seeger's ideals. A mixed crowd of young folkies, jazz fans, democrats and republicans, heard an exemplary mix of traditional, current topical songs, sea chanteys and world music tunes. Seeger also used this concert as the perfect opportunity to expose students to Lead Belly's music and even managed to get a couple of good digs at Congress. In today's terms, think the former lead singer of a top rock group playing your college. Album Tracks 1. Goofing Off Suite-Opening Theme 2. Penny's Farm 3. He Lies in the American Land 4. Deep Blue Sea 5. Hieland Laddie 6. Oh, Riley 7. Banjo Medley Cripple Creek/Old Joe Clark/Old Dan Tucker 8. Summertime 9. D-Day Dodgers 10. Quiz Show 11. Al Smith Holds the Bottle 12. What a Friend We Have in Congress 13. Living in the Country 14. Water Is Wide 15. Bells of Rhymney 16. Goodnight Irene 17. Intermission 1. Big Rock Candy Mountain 2. I Had a Dream 3. Oh, What a Beautiful City 4. In the Sweet Bye and Bye/Preacher and the Slave 5. Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream 6. Medley Colorado Trail/Spanish Is the Loving Tongue/From Here on Up/Tex 7. Open the Door Softly/Road to Athay/Why Do Scotsmen? 8. Hold Up Your Petticoat/Where Have All the Flowers Gone?/Step By Step/Jo 9. Vive la Quince Brigada 10. Suliram 11. Wimoweh 12. Michael, Row the Boat Ashore 13. Commentary 14. Bourgeois Blues 15. Black Girl/Kisses Sweeter Than Wine 16. Tzena, Tzena, Tzena 17. Worried Man Blues 18. Conclusion