The Smithsonian Folkways Collection

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1-1We Shall OvercomePete Seeger4:43
1-2If I Had a Hammer
banjo:
Pete Seeger
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
If I Had a Hammer
writer:
Lee Hays (in 1949) and Pete Seeger (in 1949)
Pete Seeger1:55
1-3Turn Turn Turn
guitar:
Pete Seeger
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Pete Seeger (in 1959)
publisher:
Melody Trails and TRO Essex Music Ltd.
Pete Seeger2:48
1-4Goodnight Irene
guitar:
Pete Seeger (in 1959)
vocals:
Pete Seeger (in 1959)
recording of:
Goodnight Irene (in 1959)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ledbetter and John A. Lomax
publisher:
Lodlow Music, Spencer Music Corp., TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc. and Tyler Music Ltd.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 11681)
translated version of:
Godnatt Irene
Pete Seeger3:45
1-5Guantanamera
guitar:
Pete Seeger
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
Guantanamera
additional lyricist:
Jerry Duplessis, Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean (Haitian rapper, musician and actor) and Julián Orbón (composer)
lyricist:
José Martí (cuban poet)
additional composer:
Julián Orbón (composer)
composer:
Joseíto Fernández (Cuban singer and songwriter)
arranger:
Héctor Angulo and Pete Seeger
version of:
Guajira guantanamera
Pete Seeger5:57
1-6The Bells of Rhymney
guitar:
Pete Seeger
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
The Bells of Rhymney
lyricist:
Idris Davies (in 1938)
composer:
Pete Seeger
publisher:
Ludlow Music, Inc.
Pete Seeger5:25
1-7Where Have All the Flowers Gone
banjo:
Pete Seeger
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
Where Have All the Flowers Gone
additional lyricist:
Joe Hickerson (in 1960-05)
lyricist and composer:
Pete Seeger (in 1955-10)
publisher:
The Bicycle Music Company (part of Concord Bicycle Music since 2015/04/01, overseeing publishing and rights management) (in 1961)
Pete Seeger2:06
1-8Waist Deep in the Big MuddyPete Seeger3:01
1-9Little Boxes
guitar:
Pete Seeger
vocals:
Pete Seeger
cover recording of:
Little Boxes
lyricist and composer:
Malvina Reynolds
publisher:
Schroder Music Company
Pete Seeger2:01
1-10Tzena, Tzena, Tzena
banjo:
Pete Seeger
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
Tzena, Tzena, Tzena (English version)
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish
additional composer:
Julius Grossman (Songwriter) (in 1946-11)
composer:
יששכר מירון (Israeli composer) (in 1941)
arranger:
Gordon Jenkins
translated version of:
צאנה צאנה
Pete Seeger2:19
1-11So Long It's Been Good to Know You
banjo:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
So Long, It’s Been Good to Know Yuh (in 1957)
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
Pete Seeger3:23
1-12Mrs. McGrath
banjo:
Pete Seeger
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
Mrs. McGrath
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 678)
Pete Seeger4:19
1-13Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
banjo:
Pete Seeger
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
lyricist:
Paul Campbell (songwriting pseudonym used by The Weavers)
composer:
Joel Newman
Pete Seeger2:46
1-14Banks of Marble
guitar:
Pete Seeger
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
Banks of Marble
lyricist and composer:
Les Rice (US farmer and songwriter) (from 1948 until 1949)
Pete Seeger3:18
1-15Talking AtomPete Seeger2:29
1-16A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
guitar:
Pete Seeger
vocals:
Pete Seeger
cover recording of:
Hard Rain’s A‐Gonna Fall
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1962-10)
publisher:
Sony Music Publishing (worldwide except Japan, ended 1995), Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) (from 1963 until 1991) and Special Rider Music (from 1991 to present)
Pete Seeger5:24
1-17Puttin' on the Style
banjo:
Pete Seeger
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
Puttin’ on the Style
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Pete Seeger2:50
1-18Deportees (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)
banjo:
Pete Seeger
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1948)
composer:
Martin Hoffman (in 1958)
publisher:
TRO Essex Music Ltd.
arrangement of:
Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) (original poem)
Pete Seeger4:16
1-19Viva La Quince Brigada
banjo:
Pete Seeger
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
Viva la Quinta Brigada
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) and Christy Moore
Pete Seeger3:03
1-20Living in the Country
guitar:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
Living in the Country
lyricist and composer:
Pete Seeger
Pete Seeger2:31
1-21This Land Is Your Land
banjo:
Pete Seeger
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
This Land Is Your Land
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1940)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 16378)
is based on:
When the World's on Fire
Pete Seeger5:51
2-1Union Hoot: The Scabs Crawl In / We Pity Our Bosses Five / Keep That Line A-Moving / Join the Picket Line TodayPete Seeger5:46
2-2You Can All Join In: It Takes Everybody to Build This Land / Indian Deer Hunting / Yankee Doodle / Old Chisholm Trail / The Farmer Is the Man / Erie Canal / John HenryPete Seeger6:15
2-3Sea Chanties: Boston "Come All Ye" / New Bedford Whalers / The Bigler / Johnny Come Down to HiloPete Seeger5:44
2-4Down in the Valley
banjo:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
vocals:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
recording of:
Down in the Valley (in 1957)
lyricist, writer and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 943)
Pete Seeger2:35
2-5Buffalo Gals
banjo:
Pete Seeger
guitar:
Tom Glazer and Butch Hawes
vocals:
Bess Lomax Hawes, Tom Glazer, Butch Hawes and Pete Seeger
recording of:
Buffalo Gals (American trad.)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Pete Seeger1:46
2-6UAW-CIO
banjo:
Pete Seeger
guitar:
Tom Glazer
harmonica:
Sonny Terry
vocals:
Tom Glazer, Pete Seeger and Josh White (American folk-blues singer/songwriter)
performer:
Burl Ives, Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) and Brownie McGhee
recording of:
U.A.W. - C.I.O. (in 1944-03)
lyricist and composer:
Vern Partlow
Pete Seeger with Union Boys2:03
2-7Dinky DiePete Seeger2:37
2-8Uncle Sam, Won't You Please Come Home to Guam?Pete Seeger2:17
2-9MoorsoldatenPete Seeger2:19
2-10Listen, Mr. BilboPete Seeger2:57
2-11Joe Hill
banjo:
Pete Seeger
vocals:
Hally Wood (US folk singer Harriet Elizabeth Wood), Lee Hays, Lou Kleinman, Dock Reese and Pete Seeger
recording of:
Joe Hill (Ochs; "Joe Hill come over from Sweden shores...")
lyricist and composer:
Phil Ochs
dedicated to:
Joe Hill (early 1900s US songwriter)
Pete Seeger2:40
2-12Roll the Union OnPete Seeger2:39
2-13OPA ShoutPete Seeger2:45
2-14Talking UnionPete Seeger3:01
2-15John Riley
banjo:
Pete Seeger
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
John Riley
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 264)
Pete Seeger2:27
2-16Banjo Medley: Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss / Cripple Creek / Ida Red / Old Joe Clark
banjo:
Pete Seeger
vocals:
Pete Seeger
medley including a recording of:
Cripple Creek
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3434)
medley including a recording of:
Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 5720)
medley including a recording of:
Ida Red
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3429)
medley including a recording of:
Old Joe Clark
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3594)
Pete Seeger2:37
2-17Jam on Jerry's RocksPete Seeger1:39
2-18Lonesome TravelerPete Seeger2:35
2-19Goofing Off Suite Opening ThemePete Seeger1:11
2-20Chorale From Beethoven's 9th SymphonyPete Seeger1:26
2-21SuliramPete Seeger2:17
2-22Babevuya
banjo:
Pete Seeger
vocals:
Erik Darling, Tom Geraci, Pete Seeger and Mary Travers (American folk singer-songwriter)
Pete Seeger1:51
2-23Blue Mountain Lake
banjo:
Pete Seeger
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
Blue Mountain Lake
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 2226)
Pete Seeger2:47
2-24Coal Creek March / Pay Day at Coal Creek / Buddy Won't You Roll Down the Line
banjo:
Pete Seeger
vocals:
Pete Seeger
medley including a recording of:
Coal Creek March (American instrumental folk song)
medley including a recording of:
Pay Day at Coal Creek
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Pete Seeger5:39
2-25Wasn't That a TimePete Seeger3:32
2-26Which Side Are You On?
banjo:
Pete Seeger
guitar:
Josh White (American folk-blues singer/songwriter)
vocals:
Bess Lomax Hawes, Sam Gary, Lee Hays, Millard Lampell, Pete Seeger, Carol White and Josh White (American folk-blues singer/songwriter)
recording of:
Which Side Are You On? (original version by Florence Reece)
lyricist:
Florence Reece
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Pete Seeger2:11
3-1Foolish FrogPete Seeger7:24
3-2I Had a Rooster
banjo:
Pete Seeger
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
I Had a Rooster
writer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
Pete Seeger3:54
3-3Mr. Rabbit
banjo:
Pete Seeger
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
Mr. Rabbit, Mr. Rabbit
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Pete Seeger2:06
3-4Oh WorrycarePete Seeger5:32
3-5Hard Times in the MillPete Seeger2:16
3-6Casey Jones (The Union Scab)
banjo:
Pete Seeger
vocals:
Erik Darling, Tom Geraci, Pete Seeger and Mary Travers (American folk singer-songwriter)
recording of:
Casey Jones—the Union Scab
lyricist:
Joe Hill (early 1900s US songwriter) (in 1911)
parody version of:
The Ballad of Casey Jones
Pete Seeger1:54
3-7The Death of Harry SimmsPete Seeger2:14
3-8The Preacher and the Slave
banjo:
Pete Seeger
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
The Preacher and the Slave
lyricist:
Joe Hill (early 1900s US songwriter) (in 1911)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 9612)
parody version of:
The Sweet By-and-By
Pete Seeger2:52
3-9I Don't Want Your Millions, MisterPete Seeger3:40
3-10Passing Through
banjo:
Pete Seeger
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
Passing Through
lyricist and composer:
Dick Blakeslee
arranger:
Leonard Cohen (Canadian singer‐songwriter and poet)
Pete Seeger3:23
3-11Kumbaya
banjo:
Pete Seeger
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
Kumbaya
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Pete Seeger3:08
3-12Black and White
banjo:
Pete Seeger
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
Black and White
lyricist:
David Arkin
composer:
Earl Robinson (40s US folk artist)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
Pete Seeger3:10
3-13Didn't Old John Cross the Water / Michael Row the Boat Ashore
banjo:
Pete Seeger
vocals:
Pete Seeger
medley including a recording of:
Michael Row the Boat Ashore
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arrangement of:
Michael (arr. Dave Fisher)
version of:
Michael (arr. Dave Fisher)
Pete Seeger6:22
3-14Midnight Special
banjo:
Pete Seeger
bass:
Willie Dixon
piano:
Memphis Slim
vocals:
Willie Dixon, Memphis Slim and Pete Seeger
recording of:
Midnight Special
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Union Songs AB (publisher)
Pete Seeger1:53
3-15Que Bonita BanderaPete Seeger3:46
3-16The Wild West Is Where I Want to BePete Seeger1:33
3-17In the Evening When the Sun Goes DownPete Seeger4:27
3-18Hold OnPete Seeger3:27
3-19Down by the Riverside
banjo:
Pete Seeger
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy
vocals:
Big Bill Broonzy and Pete Seeger
recording of:
Down by the Riverside
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Pete Seeger5:14
3-20Wimoweh
banjo:
Pete Seeger
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
Wimoweh
lyricist and arranger:
Paul Campbell (songwriting pseudonym used by The Weavers)
composer:
Solomon Linda
version of:
Mbube
Pete Seeger2:16
3-21Tina Sizwe (We Are the Brown Nation)
vocals:
Guy Carawan, Robert Haner, Garrett Morris (SNL comedian, actor), Pete Seeger and Ned Wright
Pete Seeger2:12
4-1In Tarrytown
guitar:
Ed Renehan and Pete Seeger
vocals:
Ed Renehan and Pete Seeger
recording of:
Wild Goose Grasses (In Tarrytown)
lyricist and composer:
John Allison (John Alford, member of The Allisons)
Pete Seeger3:43
4-2OleannaPete Seeger2:03
4-3Deep Blue Sea
banjo:
Pete Seeger
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
Deep Blue Sea (traditional)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3119)
Pete Seeger3:30
4-4Barbara Allen
vocals:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
recording of:
Barbara Allen (in 1957)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 54) and Child Ballads (number: 84)
Pete Seeger2:48
4-5Big Rock Candy Mountain
banjo:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
Big Rock Candy Mountain (in 1957)
lyricist and composer:
Harry “Haywire Mac” McClintock (in 1895)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 6696)
Pete Seeger3:05
4-6House of the Rising Sun
banjo:
Pete Seeger
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
House of the Rising Sun
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Beechwood Music Corp., Ole Cantaloupe Music and Sonet Publishing Ltd.
Pete Seeger2:30
4-7Shenandoah
banjo:
Pete Seeger
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
Shenandoah
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 324)
Pete Seeger1:47
4-8Go Tell Aunt Rhody
banjo:
Pete Seeger
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
Go Tell Aunt Rhody
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3346)
Pete Seeger3:15
4-9Bottle Up and Go
banjo:
Pete Seeger
bass:
Frank Robertson
guitar:
Brownie McGhee
harmonica:
Sonny Terry
washboard:
William Edward Cook
recording of:
Bottle Up and Go
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
Pete Seeger5:11
4-10Hard Travelling
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
Hard Travelin’
writer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
Pete Seeger2:40
4-11Dink's Song
banjo:
Pete Seeger
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
Dink’s Song
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 10057)
Pete Seeger2:37
4-12When I First Came to This Land
banjo:
Pete Seeger
vocals:
Pete Seeger
cover recording of:
When I First Came to This Land
lyricist:
Oscar Brand
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Pete Seeger2:40
4-13The Half HitchPete Seeger5:20
4-14I Never Will Marry
autoharp:
Mike Seeger
banjo:
Pete Seeger
vocals:
Mike Seeger and Pete Seeger
recording of:
I Never Will Marry
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 466)
Pete Seeger4:41
4-15Cumberland Mountain Bear ChasePete Seeger1:43
4-16No More Auction Block
guitar:
Pete Seeger
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
No More Auction Block
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Bob Dylan
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing France and Special Rider Music
Pete Seeger1:58
4-17Talking BluesPete Seeger2:05
4-18St. James Infirmary
banjo:
Pete Seeger
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
St. James Infirmary
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Pete Seeger2:58
4-19Strawberry Roan
banjo:
Pete Seeger
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
The Strawberry Roan
lyricist and composer:
Curley Fletcher
Pete Seeger5:01
4-20Follow the Drinking Gourd
guitar:
Ed Renehan and Pete Seeger
vocals:
Ed Renehan and Pete Seeger
recording of:
Follow the Drinking Gourd
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Pete Seeger3:15
4-21Seneca Canoe Song (Kayowjajineh)Pete Seeger1:30
4-22The Banks of ChamplainPete Seeger2:16
4-23My Gallant Black BessPete Seeger2:37
4-24NonesuchPete Seeger3:33
4-25Battle of New Orleans
banjo:
Pete Seeger
guitar:
Frank Hamilton (folk musician)
vocals:
Frank Hamilton (folk musician) and Pete Seeger
recording of:
The Battle of New Orleans
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Driftwood
publisher:
Warden Music Company Inc.
part of:
Grammy Award: Song of the Year nominees (number: 1960 winner)
is based on:
The 8th of January
Pete Seeger2:46
5-1Last Night I Had the Strangest DreamPete Seeger2:32
5-2Carol of the Beasts (Burgundian Carol)Pete Seeger2:06
5-3The Quiz ShowPete Seeger3:14
5-4Eight-Hour DayPete Seeger1:00
5-5The Popular WobblyPete Seeger2:32
5-6Bourgeois Blues
guitar:
Pete Seeger
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
The Bourgeois Blues
lyricist and composer:
Lead Belly
arranger:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) and John A. Lomax
Pete Seeger2:03
5-7Garbage
banjo, bass and guitar:
Pete Seeger
vocals:
Pete Seeger
recording of:
Garbage
lyricist and composer:
Bill Steele (Folksinger)
Pete Seeger2:57
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