American Folk Music
Geoff Grainger
Geoff Grainger
Last updated: 14.12.21
My first recollections of American folk music outside school and the family concern Burl Ives who I quite enjoyed as a child. Another source was a class-mate at grammar school who was a Lonnie Donegan fan (an English skiffle and jazz musician, popular in the 1950's) and an imitator. I well remember him entertaining us with the latest hits such as "Rock Island Line", "The Wabash Cannon Ball" et al during lunch breaks and we, the keen listeners, joining heartily in the choruses.
Geoff Grainger, Bremen-Vegesack, January 2001
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Alcoholic Blues, The |  |
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Arkansas Traveler |  |
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Asleep in the Deep | |
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Banks of the Ohio | 
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Beautiful Dreamer |
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Big Rock Candy Mountain, The |
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Black is the color of my true love's hair |
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Blowin' in the wind |
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Blue Moon | |
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Bridge Over Troubled Water |
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Bye Bye Blues | |
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Camptown Races |
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Careless Love |
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Clementine |
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Corinna |
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⇑Cripple Creek |
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Cumberland Gap |
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Devil and the farmer's wife, The |
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Devilish Mary |
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Donna, Donna |
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Dust in the Wind | |
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El Paso |
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Elements, The |
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Erie Canal | |
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Every night when the sun goes in | |
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Farewell Angelina |
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Farmer is the man, The |
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Four Walls |
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Froggie went a-courtin |
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Go to Work on Monday | |
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Goodnight Sweetheart | |
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⇑Grandfather's Clock |
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Guy is Guy, A | |
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Home in Pasadena |
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I hold your hand in mine dear |
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I'm a getting ready to go |
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If I had a hammer |
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Irish Ballad, The |
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Jeanie with the light brown hair |
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Joe Bowers | |
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Joe Hill |
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John Riley |
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Lemon Tree | |
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Music! Music! Music! | |
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Nellie Gray |
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Oh, Susanna |
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Ol' Man River |
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⇑Old Rustic Bridge, The | |
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Pick a bale of cotton |
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Prohibition Blues | |
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Puff the magic dragon |
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Shawneetown | |
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She'll be coming round the mountain |
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Skip to my Lou |
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Sound of silence |
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Summertime |
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Sweet Betsy |
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Sweet Genevieve | |
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Sweet Georgia Brown |
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Tea for Two |
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There is a house in New Orleans |
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Universal Soldier, The |
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Wabash Cannon Ball, The |
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⇑Way down upon the Swanee River |
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Wayfaring stranger |
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We shall overcome |
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When Johnny comes marching home |
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Where have all the flowers gone |
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Working on the New Railroad | |
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Wreck of the Number Nine, The |
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Yankee Doodle | |
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A Guy is Guy (2:42) | Dorris Day | A Guy is Guy |
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Arkansas Traveler (2:37) | Pete Seeger | Arkansas Traveler |
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Asleep in the Deep (1897) (4:07) | Fred Feild | Asleep in the Deep |
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Asleep in the Deep (1930) (6:13) | Peter Dawson | Asleep in the Deep |
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Banks of the Ohio (3:13) | Olivia Newton-John | Banks of the Ohio |
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Beautiful Dreamer (3:24) | Jonathan Guyot Smith & Stephen Sasloe | Beautiful Dreamer |
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Big Rock Candy Mountain (2:36) | Burl Ives | The Big Rock Candy Mountain |
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Bix Beiderbecke - Ol' Man River (3:11) | Bix Beiderbecke | Ol' Man River |
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Black is the color of my true love's hair (2:48) | Joan Baez | Black is the color of my true love's hair |
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⇑Blowin' in the wind (2:37) | Bob Dylan | Blowin' in the wind |
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Blue Moon (3:17) | Ella Fitzgerald | Blue Moon |
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Bridge Over Troubled Water (4:53) | Simon & Garfunkel | Bridge Over Troubled Water |
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Cripple Creek (2:56) | Billy Connolly | Cripple Creek |
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Devil and the farmer's wife (3:46) | Atwater Donnelly Trio | The Devil and the farmer's wife |
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Devilish Mary (1:16) | Pete Seeger | Devilish Mary |
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Donna Donna (3:20) | Joan Baez | Donna, Donna |
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Dust in the Wind (4:24) | Kansas | Dust in the Wind |
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El Paso (4:43) | Marty Robbins | El Paso |
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Every night when the sun goes in (2:44) | Shelby Flint | Every night when the sun goes in |
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⇑Farewell Angelina - 1965 (3:16) | Joan Baez | Farewell Angelina |
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The Farmer is the man (1:47) | Pete Seeger | The Farmer is the man |
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Four Walls (2:30) | Jim Reeves | Four Walls |
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George Lewis and Acker Bilk - Corine Corinna - May 1965 (3:33) | Acker Bilk | Corinna |
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Go to Work on Monday (5:52) | Roy Bailey | Go to Work on Monday |
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Goodnight Sweetheart (1:51) | Psycho-Chor der FSU Jena | Goodnight Sweetheart |
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Grandfather's Clock (2:23) | Burl Ives | Grandfather's Clock |
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Home in Pasadena (3:07) | The Temperance Seven | Home in Pasadena |
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House of the Rising Sun - 1960 (2:58) | Joan Baez | There is a house in New Orleans |
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I hold your hand in mine dear (2;24) | Tom Lehrer | I hold your hand in mine dear |
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⇑I'm a getting ready to go (2:57) | Riley Pucket | I'm a getting ready to go |
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If I had a hammer (1:58) | Peter Paul and Mary | If I had a hammer |
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If I Had A Hammer (1956) (2:30) | Pete Seeger | If I had a hammer |
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The Irish Ballad (5:28) | Tom Lehrer | The Irish Ballad |
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Jeanie with the light brown hair (3:01) | John McCormack | Jeanie with the light brown hair |
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Joe Bowers (4:56) | Pat 'N Rob | Joe Bowers |
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Joe Hill (3:24) | Joan Baez | Joe Hill |
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John Riley (3:50) | Joan Baez | John Riley |
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Lemon Tree (2:56) | Peter Paul and Mary | Lemon Tree |
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Lemon Tree (2:56) | Peter Paul and Mary | Lemon Tree |
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⇑Lonnie Donegan - Cumberland Gap (2:03) | Lonnie Donegan | Cumberland Gap |
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Mr. Froggie Went A-Courtin (3:02) | Burl Ives | Froggie went a-courtin |
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Nellie Gray (4:53) | Tom Roush | Nellie Gray |
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Odetta - House of the Rising Sun (3:16) | Odetta | There is a house in New Orleans |
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Odetta - The Waterboy (1954) (4:05) | Odetta | |
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Oh my darling Clementine (2:15) | The Sweptaways | Clementine |
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Oh, Susanna (3:02) | Tom Roush | Oh, Susanna |
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Ol' Man River (4:18) | Paul Robeson | Ol' Man River |
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Pick a bale of cotton (2:54) | Lonnie Donegan | Pick a bale of cotton |
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Prohibition Blues performed by Nora Bayes (3:10) | Nora Bayes | Prohibition Blues |
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⇑Puff the magic dragon (3:50) | Peter Paul and Mary | Puff the magic dragon |
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Shawneetown (4:25) | Chris Vallillo | Shawneetown |
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She'll be coming round the mountain (1:49) | ListenAndReadAlong | She'll be coming round the mountain |
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Skip to my Lou (4:44) | Pete Seeger | Skip to my Lou |
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Skip to My Lou (1:26) | Wally Whyton | Skip to my Lou |
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Sound of silence (3:05) | Simon and Garfunkel | Sound of silence |
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Sweet Betsy (3:18) | Johnny Cash | Sweet Betsy |
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Sweet Genevieve (1:59) | Charles Elmer Szabo, | Sweet Genevieve |
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Sweet Georgia Brown (4:17) | Louis Armstrong | Sweet Georgia Brown |
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Sweet Georgia Brown (3:10) | Ella Fitzgerald | Sweet Georgia Brown |
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⇑Tea for Two (3:50) | Anita O'Day | Tea for Two |
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The Alcoholic Blues (3:46) | Sheet Music Singer | The Alcoholic Blues |
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The Elements (3:02) | Tom Lehrer | The Elements |
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The Old Rustic Bridge (2:55) | Daniel O'Donnell | The Old Rustic Bridge |
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The Universal Soldier (2:29) | Buffy Saint-Marie | The Universal Soldier |
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There is a house in New Orleans (5:15) | Bob Dylan | There is a house in New Orleans |
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This Land Is Your Land (2:18) | Woodie Guthrie | |
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Vipers Skiffle Group (Live 1957) (2:28) | Wally Whyton | Pick a bale of cotton |
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The Wabash Cannon Ball (2:37) | Roy Acuff | The Wabash Cannon Ball |
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Way down upon the Swanee River (3:15) | Paul Robeson | Way down upon the Swanee River |
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⇑Wayfaring stranger (4:30) | Joan Baez | Wayfaring stranger |
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Berlin, DDR, 1967 We Shall Overcome (3:42) | Pete Seeger | We shall overcome |
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When Johnny comes marching home (3:34) | Bobby Horton | When Johnny comes marching home |
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Where Have all the Flowers Gone (1:57) | Pete Seeger | Where have all the flowers gone |
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Working on the New Railroad (6:11) | Joe Hickerson, | Working on the New Railroad |
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The Wreck of the Number Nine (2:23) | Jim Reeves | The Wreck of the Number Nine |
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Yankee Doodle (2:47) | ListenAndReadAlong | Yankee Doodle |