Pete Seeger- American Ballads (CD)
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.
Tracklist:
- Pretty Polly
- The Three Butchers
- John Henry
- Jay Gould's Daughter
- The Titanic Disaster
- Fair Margaret And Sweet William
- John Hardy
- The Golden Vanity
- Gypsy Davy
- Farmer's Curst Wife
- Down In Carlisle (In Castyle There Lived A Lady)
- St. James Hospital
- Jesse James
- Barbara Allen
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.
Tracklist:
- Pretty Polly
- The Three Butchers
- John Henry
- Jay Gould's Daughter
- The Titanic Disaster
- Fair Margaret And Sweet William
- John Hardy
- The Golden Vanity
- Gypsy Davy
- Farmer's Curst Wife
- Down In Carlisle (In Castyle There Lived A Lady)
- St. James Hospital
- Jesse James
- Barbara Allen