Traditional Folk Songs, Vol.2

1. America the Beautiful [Multiplex: With Lead Vocals]

2. Take Me Out to the Ballgame [Multiplex: With Lead Vocals]

3. Home on the Range [Multiplex: With Lead Vocals]

4. Clementine [Multiplex: With Lead Vocals]

5. Dixie [Multiplex: With Lead Vocals]

6. She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain [Multiplex: With Lead Vocals]

7. Jimmy Crack Corn [Multiplex: With Lead Vocals]

8. Yankee Doodle [Multiplex: With Lead Vocals]

9. When Irish Eyes Are Smiling [Multiplex: With Lead Vocals]

10. Harrigan [Multiplex: With Lead Vocals]

11. My Wild Irish Rose [Multiplex: With Lead Vocals]

12. Danny Boy [Multiplex: With Lead Vocals]

13. For Me and My Gal [Multiplex: With Lead Vocals]

14. Let Me Call You Sweetheart [Multiplex: With Lead Vocals]

15. On Susannah [Multiplex: With Lead Vocals]

16. Yellow Rose of Texas [Multiplex: With Lead Vocals]

17. America the Beautiful [Stereo: Without Lead Vocals]

18. Take Me Out to the Ballgame [Stereo: Without Lead Vocals]

19. Home on the Range [Stereo: Without Lead Vocals]

20. Clementine [Stereo: Without Lead Vocals]

See all 32 tracks on this disc

Tracks:

The Farmer In The Dell
Yankee Doodle
On Top of Old Smoky
Sailing Medley: Blow The Man Down/My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean/Sailing, Sailing/Up She Rises
Camptown Races
Old Blue
Here We Go Loopty-Loo
The Sidewalks Of New York
Short'nin' Bread
John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt
Thumbelina
The Bear Went Over The Mountain
Red River Valley
Skip To My Lou
Swanee River
Western Medley: The Yellow Rose Of Texas/Buffalo Gals
London Bridge
Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush
Frere Jacques
The Dump Truck Song
Bingo
Polly Wolly Doodle
There Was An Old Lady
Carrot Stew
When The Saints Go Marching In

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful product.......2007-05-20

My baby loves this music CD. It was very nicely made and produced.

Very Pleased.......2007-05-16

My daughter and I are very satisfied with the product. It has made bedtime fun for her and easier for me.

Very good music for children and your baby........2007-02-02

Very good music for children and your baby.

walt disney records:childrens favorite songs, vol. 2.......2006-07-01

I love this CD.
My 2 yr old niece knows the words to every song.
We can't get through one day without her requesting to hear "carrot stew" or "when the saints go marching in".
It's her all-time favorite CD.

like it.......2006-04-24

My son seems to like this one too; it'll be good so he'll know kiddie songs & it's definately not as annoying as some cds out there

Prison Songs (Historical Recordings From Parchman Farm 1947-48), Vol. 2: Don'tcha Hear Poor Mother Calling?

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Cut 8. 'O' Berta' not the one I thought it was
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Prison Songs (Historical Recordings From Parchman Farm 1947-48), Vol. 2: Don'tcha Hear Poor Mother Calling?
Various Artists
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ASIN: B0000002UW
Release Date: 1997-09-28

Tracks:

Dontcha Hear Poor Mother Calling? - Hollie Dew, Bull & group
John Henry - '22' & group
Strongest Man I Ever Saw-Tall tale by Bama - Bama
Well, I Wonder - Dobie Red & group
Lies - Bama, Dobie & Red
Im Goin Home - Bama
More Lies - Bama, '22' & Bull
OBerta - Bull & group
Disability Boogie Woogie - Curry Childress
O Rosie - '22' & group
Hollers - Dobie, Red, Foots
Stewball - '22' & group with axes
Fox Chase - Curry Childress, C.B. Banks
Katy Left Memphis - Percy Wilson
About Prison Singers-Interview with Dobie Red - Dobie Red
Rosie - '88' & group
High Rollin Sergeant - Tangle Eye
Garbage Man-Toast - George Johnson
When I Went To Leland - '22' & group
Prodigal Son - George Johnson
Im Goin To Memphis - Percy Wilson & group

Customer Reviews:

Cut 8. 'O' Berta' not the one I thought it was.......2002-09-11

I heard a great arraingement of "Berta" during the movie "The Piano" which stared Charles Dutton. I thought that arraingement or at least some approximation was on this CD but it turns out that track 8 'O' Berta' is a disapointing version of that great tune. Otherwise if you like to hear these types of songs you might like this cd.

Great.......2000-09-06

This collection has real feeling and that's what music is supposed to be about. I highly recommend it.

Get on Board! Underground Railroad & Civil Rights Freedom Songs, Vol. 2

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Get on Board! Underground Railroad & Civil Rights Freedom Songs, Vol. 2
Kim & Reggie Harris
Manufacturer: Appleseed Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Sing For Freedom: The Story Of The Civil Rights Movement Through Its Songs

ASIN: B000KHYOBO
Release Date: 2007-01-30

Tracks:

Done Wit' Driver's Dribbin'
Get On Board
Oh Mary, Don't You Weep / with Bernice Johnson Reagon
Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning / with Danny Glover and Rev. Robert
Run Mary Run
Children Go Where I Send Thee / with Magpie
Old Tar River / with Matt & Marshall Jones
Ballad of the Underground Railroad
Trampin'/I Got Shoes
Rise Up Shepherd and Follow/Go Tell It on the Mountain / with Guy Davis
One Little Step Towards Freedom
Down by the Riverside
Row de Boat / with Baby Jay
Freedom is a Constant Struggle

Album Description

In pre-Civil War years, Black gospel spirituals often served dual purposes - to assert hope for a better life and to convey coded directions and advice to runaway slaves heading north on the Underground Railroad, a network of sympathizers providing food, shelter and aid. Many of these same songs became anthems of the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s, their messages of faith and determination stoking freedom marches and rallies. Since 1982, the married folksinging duo of Kim and Reggie Harris has been exploring the rich lore of Underground Railroad stories and songs and their subsequent reuse in more modern contexts. The Harrises' 1997 Appleseed CD, "Steal Away: Songs of the Underground Railroad," was proclaimed "a stunning recording" by Sing Out! magazine and has been embraced as a teaching tool by Underground Railroad and Black history museums, freedom centers, and school systems. On the new "Get On Board!", Kim (vocals) and Reggie (vocals, guitar) present some of the lesser-known Underground Railroad songs they've uncovered, revive several standards from their past recordings and mix in newer compositions "Ballad of the Underground Railroad," co-written by Black history scholar Charles L. Blockson, Cathy Fink's spirited "One Little Step Towards Freedom," and Roberta Slavitt's aching "Freedom is a Constant Struggle." The Harrises' guests on "Get On Board!", spanning ages and genres, include Bernice Johnson Reagon, renowned musician, teacher, activist and founder of Sweet Honey in the Rock; actor Danny Glover; contemporary folk-blues performer Guy Davis; Matt and Marshall Jones of the SNCC Freedom Singers group of the '60s; 14-year-old rapper Jonathan "Baby Jay" Gutierrez; acclaimed folk duos Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer and Magpie, and many others.

Tracks:

Casey Jones - Johnny Cash
Freight Train Boogie - Whitstein Brothers
City Of New Orleans - Steve Goodman
Mystery Train - Sleepy LaBeef
The Cannonball - Carter Family
Big Black Train - Flatt & Scruggs
Red Ball To Natchez - Delmore Brothers And Wayne Raney
Take The 'A' Train - Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys
Waiting For A Train - Hank Snow
Life's Railway To Heaven - Patsy Cline
Old Train - Tony Rice Unit
Bringin' In The Georgia Mail - Jim And Jesse
Train - Stanley Brothers
Last Cannonball - Mary McCaslin

Album Description

Real railroads haul passengers, freight, and mail. The trains of our music and literature also carry symbols: they can represent freedom and wanderlust, eros, machismo, escape, work, the ultimate journey that marks life's end, or nostalgia for a bygone age. This collection of songs about trains and railroads offers some of each of these, from the turn-of-the-century tale of Casey Jones to the "disappearing railroad blues" of the 1970s' "City of New Orleans." Rounder's Classic Railroad Songs series proudly presents some of the best and most beloved train songs recorded since 1930. Norm Cohen, author of Long Steel Rail: The Railroad in American Folksong shares his extensive knowledge in the booklet notes. Artists: Hank Snow, Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash, Flatt & Scruggs, the Delmore Brothers and Wayne Raney, Steve Goodman, Sleepy LaBeef , Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, the Whitstein Brothers, the Carter Family, Tony Rice, Jim & Jesse, the Stanley Brothers, Mary McCaslin. Also available: Steel Rails: Classic Railroad Songs, V. 1, Rounder 1128.

Customer Reviews:

Great songs, mostly in a traditional country style.......2002-10-05

Rounder have released several excellent compilations of train songs, covering folk, blues, country and bluegrass styles, each including comprehensive liner notes from Norm Cohen, who wrote a book about trains songs (long out of print, unfortunately).

This particular collection is prefominately traditional country, though Sleepy LaBeef provides a rockabilly cover of Mystery train and there are a few bluegrass tracks too.

Johnny Cash (who has recorded many train songs) opens the set with Casey Jones, a song which (like other old songs, especially Frankie and Johnny) exists with different lyrics - if you have other Casey Jones songs, listen carefully and comapare.

Steve Goodman wrote City of New Orleans, and it's good to see his own recording of the song included here. I like Willie Nelson's version best, but that version is easy to find while Steve's is much rarer - and still worth hearing.

Patsy Cline sings a fine version of Life's railway to heaven (not really a train song, but who cares?).

The brilliant but obscure folk-country singer Mary McCaslin sings The Cannonball - a song she wrote herself about the passing of the steam age.

There are so many other great songs here, but I'll not waste your time going through them all - if you have any interest in train songs, just buy this and all the other Rounder train collections.

Another solid collection from Rounder.......2000-07-12

There's not a clunker on here, and it's good to see "City Of New Orleans", what Johnny Cash calls "the best damn train song ever written."

"Mystery Train" makes another appearance on Volume 3, but that's more than forgiveable. I wouldn't mind an entire album of "Mystery Train" versions, a la Rhino's "Louie Louie" album.

Walt Disney Records : Children's Favorite Songs, Vol. 2 : 25 Classic Tunes
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Disney Baby Lullaby: Favorite Sleepytime Songs for Baby and You

ASIN: B000001M0U
Release Date: 1991-06-30

Tracks:

The Farmer In The Dell
Yankee Doodle
On Top of Old Smoky
Sailing Medley: Blow The Man Down/My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean/Sailing, Sailing/Up She Rises
Camptown Races
Old Blue
Here We Go Loopty-Loo
The Sidewalks Of New York
Short'nin' Bread
John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt
Thumbelina
The Bear Went Over The Mountain
Red River Valley
Skip To My Lou
Swanee River
Western Medley: The Yellow Rose Of Texas/Buffalo Gals
London Bridge
Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush
Frere Jacques
The Dump Truck Song
Bingo
Polly Wolly Doodle
There Was An Old Lady
Carrot Stew
When The Saints Go Marching In

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful product.......2007-05-20

My baby loves this music CD. It was very nicely made and produced.

Very Pleased.......2007-05-16

My daughter and I are very satisfied with the product. It has made bedtime fun for her and easier for me.

Very good music for children and your baby........2007-02-02

Very good music for children and your baby.

walt disney records:childrens favorite songs, vol. 2.......2006-07-01

like it.......2006-04-24

My son seems to like this one too; it'll be good so he'll know kiddie songs & it's definately not as annoying as some cds out there

World Library Of Folk & Primitive Music, Vol. 2: Ireland

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A rare find for Irish music enthusiasts
Wonderful Singing

World Library Of Folk & Primitive Music, Vol. 2: Ireland
Alan Lomax
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Classic Ballads of Britain and Ireland, Vol. 2
Classic Ballads of Britain and Ireland, Vol. 1

ASIN: B000007S7Z
Release Date: 1998-07-14

Tracks:

An Cailin Aerach - Maire O'Sullivan
The Banks Of The Roses - Seamus Ennis
An Binnsin Luachra - Maire O'Sullivan
The Brown Thorn - Sean Moriarty
Sack Of Potatoes & The Maid Of Mount Kisco - Ballinakill Ceilidhe Band
Dance To Your Daddy/Cucanandy - Elizabeth Cronin
An Mhaighdean Mhara - Kitty Gallagher
The Fairy Lullaby - Maire O'Sullivan
The Fox Chase - Mickey Doherty
The Rocks Of Bawn - Seamus Ennis
Amhran Fosuiochta (The Herding Song) - Maggie McDonagh
The Bold Tenant Farmer - Mickey Cronin
The Lark In The Morning - Ballinakill Ceilidhe Band
Connla - Mary Joyce
Bean Phaidon - Colm Keane
She Moved Through The Fair - Margaret Barry
Morrissey And The Russian Sailor - Johnny McDonagh
The Copperplate Reel - Steven Folan/Seamus Ennis
Whiskey In The Jar - Seamus Ennis
Mo Ghadh-Sa An Jug Mor Is E Lan - Kate Moynihan
The Woman Of The House - Seamus Ennis
Cois Abhainn Na Sead (By The River Of Gems) - Maire Keohane
Innsin Bheil Atha 'N Ghaorthaidh (The Little Inch (Water-Meadow) Of Ballingeary - Gubnait Cronin
Citi Na GCumann (Kitty Of Loves) - Maire O'Sullivan
Molly Bawn - Seamus Ennis
The Lament For Una Bhan - Sean McDonagh
Keen For A Dead Child - Kitty Gallagher
Were You At The Rock? - Seamus Ennis
Soldier, Soldier - Colm Keane
What Would You Do? - Elizabeth Cronin
Mrs. McGrath - Seamus Ennis
The Death Of Brugh - Johnny McDonagh
The Bucks Of Oranmore (Reel) - Seamus Ennis

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Made in recording sessions by Alan Lomaz and Seamus Ennis in 1951, this was one of the first comprehensive surveys of the folk music of Ireland. Lomax and Ennis went from village to town in western Ireland, recording professional and amateur singers and musicians in their homes and community places. The songs are familiar, since so many of them have been learned by more generations via these recordings, and include classics like "I'll Go No More A' Rovin," "Whiskey in the Jar," "The Lark in the Morning," and dozens of others. Aside from Ennis, who contributes a fair number of songs himself, the names of the performers will not be too familiar. It's a straightforward, honest brand of Irish music (not "Celtic") that focuses on the tunes and stories, delivered with quiet grace or raucous joy, untouched by fad. Accordions, fiddles, and piano are the instruments most likely heard here, but the real gems are the solo singers and storytellers, whose voices still ring true because they were so real, so personal. The booklet includes Ennis's original recording notes, a new introduction to put the music in contemporary perspective, and Lomax's original effusive and overromanticized commentary. --Louis Gibson

Customer Reviews:

A rare find for Irish music enthusiasts.......2004-11-09

This is Irish music BEFORE all the Riverdance hype came about, this is Irish music in its realest and rawest from. Hearing performers sing and speak native Gaelic is a real treat, and the songs are a real challenge to listen to. This is NOT pub music by any means, but rather true music with real stories behind it. The only thing I would have liked to see on this album is more diversity: most of the songs were recorded in Co. Cork or Co. Donegahy, however I can't complain since my family are Corkers themselves... If you like this album I would STRONGLY recommend Alan Lomax's Primitive Music album from Spain as there are stark similarities between the two types of music (ever hear the thoery that the Celts were originally from Spain?... Wink.)

Wonderful Singing.......2002-05-11

Fantastic traditional unaccompanied singing from Johnny McDonagh, Colm Keane and Sean Jeaic McDonagh. Johnny McDonagh's version of "Morrissey and the Russian Sailor" is the finest "come all ye" I have ever heard recorded and Colm Keane singing "Soldier, Soldier" is amazing.

Southern Journey, Vol. 2: Ballads And Breakdowns - Songs From The Southern Mountains

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Southern Journey, Vol. 2: Ballads And Breakdowns - Songs From The Southern Mountains
Various Artists
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Southern Journey, Vol. 1: Voices From The American South - Blues, Ballads, Hymns, Reels, Shouts, Chanteys And Work Songs
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Southern Journey, Vol. 6: Sheep, Sheep, Don'tcha Know The Road? - Southern Music, Sacred And Sinful

ASIN: B0000002UJ
Release Date: 1997-04-22

Tracks:

Old Joe Clark - Wade Ward
Poor Ellen Smith - Estil C. Ball
Sourwood Mountain - Hobart Smith
The Girl I Left Behind - Spencer Moore
John Henry - Glen Stoneman
Three Little Babes - Texas Gladden
Bonaparte's Retreat - Norman Edmonds
June Apple - Charlie Higgins & Wade Ward
Peg An' Awl - Hobart Smith
Sally Anne - George Stoneman
The Fox Chase - Wade Ward/Bob Carpenter
The Banks Of The Ohio - Ruby Vass
Willow Garden - Charlie Higgins/Wade Ward
Graveyard Blues - Hobart Smith
Uncle Charlie's Breakdown - Charlie Higgins & Wade Ward
The Burglar Man - Bob Carpenter
Fly Around My Blue-Eyed Girl - Hobart Smith
Single Girl - Ruby Vass
Parson Burrs - Hobart Smith
Piney Woods Gal - Charlie Higgins & Wade Ward
Hicks' Farewell - Texas Gladden
Black Annie - Hobart Smith
The Little Schoolboy - Hobart Smith
Breaking Up Christmas - Norman Edmonds
Whole Heap A Little Horses - Texas Gladden
Cluck Old Hen - Wade Ward

Customer Reviews:

Please Please Buy This One.......2000-09-17

I am begging any fan of real music with feeling and conviction to please please buy this now. I love the southern journey series and feel that this Cd is one of the best.It is a credit to our nation and I wish more young people would take a listen and play this stuff to keep this wonderful music alive.

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a voice teacher and early music fan
Songs that Never Fade
Heavenly, introspective, definitely the most soulful songs!

Vaughan Williams: Over hill, over dale

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ASIN: B000002ZVP
Release Date: 1995-11-21

Tracks:

Over Hill, Over Dale: Loch Lomond
Over Hill, Over Dale: Three Shakespeare Songs: Full Fathom Five
Over Hill, Over Dale: Three Shakespeare Songs: The Cloud-Capp'd Towers
Over Hill, Over Dale: Three Shakespeare Songs: Over Hill, Over Dale
Over Hill, Over Dale: Alister McAlphine's Lament
Over Hill, Over Dale: An Acre Of Land
Over Hill, Over Dale: The Seeds Of Love
Over Hill, Over Dale: Ca' The Yowes
Over Hill, Over Dale: Five English Folk Songs: The Dark-Eyed Sailor
Over Hill, Over Dale: Five English Folk Songs: The Spring Time Of The Year
Over Hill, Over Dale: Five English Folk Songs: Just The Tide Was Flowing
Over Hill, Over Dale: Five English Folk Songs: The Lover's Ghost
Over Hill, Over Dale: Five English Folk Songs: Wassail Song
Over Hill, Over Dale: The Winter Is Gone
Over Hill, Over Dale: Mannin Veen
Over Hill, Over Dale: Bushes And Briars
Over Hill, Over Dale: Down Among The Dead Men
Over Hill, Over Dale: Three Elizabethan Partsongs: Sweet Day
Over Hill, Over Dale: Three Elizabethan Partsongs: O Mistress Mine
Over Hill, Over Dale: Three Elizabethan Partsongs: The Willow Song
Over Hill, Over Dale: Greensleeves
Over Hill, Over Dale: Rest
Over Hill, Over Dale: Heart's Music
Over Hill, Over Dale: Come Away, Death
Over Hill, Over Dale: The Turtle Dove

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Even without his highly regarded symphonies, various instrumental works, and monumental and influential work on the revision of the English Hymnal, Vaughan Williams would have made a major impact on 20th-century music with his many original choral works and his folksong arrangements. In fact, Vaughan Williams's folksong-collecting work was one of the more important contributions ever made to English music. This disc offers a wonderful collection of a cappella choral pieces, including some of Vaughan Williams's finest folksong arrangements. Besides "Ca' the yowes," "Full fathom five," "Greensleeves," and "The Turtle Dove," the program includes rarely heard masterpieces such as "Alister McAlpine's Lament," which brilliantly captures the mood of the song with serene, sensual harmonies and gently flowing vocal lines. The Holst Singers seem born to this music, giving us the music's full flavor without ever overplaying it. --David Vernier

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a voice teacher and early music fan.......2006-07-21

Ralph Vaughan-Williams loved "the lilt of the chorus at the music hall...children dancing to a barrel organ, the rousing fervor of a Salvation Army Hymn, St.Paul's and a great choir singing at one of its festivals...the Welshmen striking up one of their own hymns...the cries of street pedlars, the factory girls singing their sentimental songs." This disc somehow reflects all of these influences. I think it makes him a true folksong specialist!!!The music included herein covers the whole of the composer's long career-from "The Willow Song"written when he was eighteen, to "Heart's Music",composed three years before his death at the age of eighty-six. The Holst Singers along with the two soloists:Ian Bostridge (tenor) and Michael George (bass)are very excellent in their renditions. The choir is perfection in balance, diction, ensemble and emotional content. Bostridge with his sweet and pure tenor almost moves one to tears especially in "Greensleeves" and "Ca'the yowes". And Michael George was also very moving in his solo:"Loch Lomond". It is as if the entire performing group were aware of a statement made by Vaughan-Williams before his death: "if the roots of your art are firmly planted in your own soil, and that soil has anything to give you, you may still gain the whole world and not lose your own souls."

Songs that Never Fade.......2005-11-21

A selection of the best of RVW's folksong arrangements performed with insight and restraint by the Holst Singers, with help from soloists like the incomparable Ian Bostridge. Vaughan William's respect for these folksongs is evident in his exquisite settings, which reveal their depth and subtlety, without obscuring their simplicity.

This is a recording to cherish.

Heavenly, introspective, definitely the most soulful songs!.......2003-03-16

This collection of English and Scottish folk songs moved me to tears and made me experience a plethora of emotions over and over again. The beautiful melodies flowing from this CD conjure up melacholy, joy, sadness and wonder. They crystalise the most common human experiences and the mystery of existence into certain folksong idioms that, once listened to, will stick in your ears and stir your heart strings for a long time.

Salute to Vaughan Williams for documenting, preserving and arranging these gems of English and Scottish heritage. Holst singers performe splendidly. Their discipline and professionalism, and a sense of artistic direction shine through.

I highly recommend this CD along with John Rutter's "The Lark in the Clear Air" for all the sensitive people who take interest in classical music and traditional folk songs.

I wish I can give this CD 10 stars!

Tracks:

Little Honey Bee - Bill Carlisle
Chewing Chewing Gum - Lake Howard
The Frog Went A-Courtin - Anna & Julietta Canova
Devilish Mary - Skillet Lickers
Charley, He's A Good Old Man - Kelly Harrell
Groundhog - Jack Reedy & His Walker Mountain String Band
The Old Ark's A Moving - A.A. Gray & Steven Foot Dilly
The Little Red Caboose - Henry Thomas
Somebody's Tall And Handsome - Carolina Tar Heels
Cluck Old Hen - Bucklebusters
Charming Bill - McGee Brothers & Todd
Beaver Creek - Prairie Ramblers
A Paper Of Pins - Bradley Kincaid
Kiss Me Cindy - Ford & Grace
Carried Water For The Elephant - Leroy Carr
Pig At Home In The Pen - Arthur Smith Trio
Get Away Old Maids Get Away - Chubby Parker
Daniel In The Den Of Lions - North Carolina Cooper Boys
Sourwood Mountain - Bradley Kincaid
Molly Put The Kettle On - Leake County Revelers
Little David Play On Your Harp - Joe Reed Family
I Love Somebody - Land Norris
Jesus Loves Me - Vernon Dalhart

Customer Reviews:

Outstanding collection -- great fun.......2005-12-11

Both this and volume one of The Story That the Crow Told Me are terrific. They are highly recommended for anyone who likes traditional American music, particularly anyone who wants to introduce this music to children. I bought them when my daughter was six and she still enjoys them now at eleven.

This is not homogenized "children's music." These are adult musicians singing vibrant music to their friends and families about their everyday rural life. The songs are funny, sly, clever, poignant, and boisterous by turns. While volume one is a bit stronger on the whole, some of our favorite tunes are on volume two. Great stuff.

Last of the Troubadours: Saddle Songs, Vol. 2

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With Norman and Nancy Blake
the real Western sound
A great Western Troubadour...Don Edwards

Last of the Troubadours: Saddle Songs, Vol. 2
Don Edwards
Manufacturer: Shanachie
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00011V7Z0
Release Date: 2004-01-20

Tracks:

Gone to Texas
The Habit
For Them That Lean to Lonesome
The Colorado Trail
Night Rider's Lament
By The Silvery Rio Grande
Diamond Joe
The Old Cowboy
Barbara Allen
Make Me A Cowboy Again For A Day
the Sierry Petes
The Mormon Cowboy
Fort Worth Jail
Red River Valley
Green Grow The laurel
When The Work's All Done This Fall

Tracks:

Saddle Tramp
Lonely Wanderer
Following The Cow Trail
Chant of the Night Songs
West of the Round Corral
Windy bill
Cowhand's Last Ride
The Cowboy's Home Sweet Home
Utah Carroll
Root Hog Or Die
The Rancher Feeds Us All
I Wanted to Die In The Desert
The Dying Cowboy of Rimrock Ranch
The Campfire Has gone Out
Cowboy's Meditation
Here's Lookin' At You

Customer Reviews:

With Norman and Nancy Blake.......2004-08-18

Disc 1 tracks 6 and 13 - Disc 2 tracks 7 and 12 Feature Norman and Nancy Blake. Don has created a book encompassing the songs from both of his "Saddle Songs" releases. Includes History, lyrics, tablature and photos - a must have companion to the discs.

the real Western sound.......2004-03-17

Don Edwards has carved out a niche for himself as a folk singer in the old-fashioned sense: he actually sings actual folk songs, in this case ones either sung or composed, recently or long ago, by Westerners, known or anonymous. His recordings are done well but sparely, typically with just one instrument (guitar or banjo) carrying the vocals. His pleasantly unadorned singing is sometimes reminiscent of Marty Robbins's.

Last of the Troubadours, a two-CD sequel to the earlier two-CD Saddle Songs, will engage any sympathetic listener from beginning to end. Edwards knows a good song, and there are no clunkers here. "Cowboy" in these songs is a literal, unironic job description, not a hip slang phrase for hard-partying Nashville star as in those irritatingly self-congratulatory songs Waylon and Willie cranked out in their heyday.

The point of view is both romantic and autumnal, no more so than in the moving traditional lament "The Campfire Has Gone Out." There are familiar titles -- "The Colorado Trail," "Night Rider's Lament" (the yodeling at the end is a lovely touch), "Barbara Allen," "Utah Carroll" -- along with striking variants of "Diamond Joe" and "The Rancher Feeds Us All" (otherwise "The Farmer Feeds Us All"). He also revives worthy obscurities such as "The Mormon Cowboy" (long a favorite of mine in the classic 1920s recording by Carl Sprague), "Root Hog or Die," "I Wanted to Die in the Desert," and other sturdy frontier ballads.

I guess I would have liked a fuller string-band sound on a few of the selections if only for the sake of variety, though Norman and Nancy Blake make a welcome appearance on a couple of cuts. Still, that's not a critical issue, not when there is so much to like in Edwards's quiet, intimate campfire approach. If you like authentic cowboy tunes performed authentically by a living master, saddle up.

A great Western Troubadour...Don Edwards.......2004-01-28

Don Edwards has spent the past 40 years collecting and recording the music of the Cowboys and of the American West....this cd features 32 of the very best ones..Simply produced and beautifully sung by Edwards...accompanied only by
his guitar or his banjo....It is a classic collection...worthy of repeated listening sessions...ALSO a great listen for the car cd....great road music......

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