American Folk Music
Geoff Grainger
Geoff Grainger
Last updated: 05.06.22
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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Arkansas Traveler, The | Traditional | L. Spencer George Schweinfest |
Columbia Phonograph Company: 11098 |
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Arkansas Traveler | Frank Petersohn | ||
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Beautiful Dreamer | Frank Petersohn | ||
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Clementine | Frank Petersohn | ||
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Donna, Donna | Frank Petersohn | ||
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Froggie went a-courtin | Frank Petersohn | ||
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I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen | T.P. Westendorf | Frank Petersohn | |
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Pick a bale of cotton | Frank Petersohn | ||
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She'll be coming round the mountain | Frank Petersohn | ||
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Skip to my Lou | Unknown | ||
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Sweet Genevieve | H. Tucker | Frank Petersohn | |
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There is a house in New Orleans | Frank Petersohn | ||
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Way down upon the Swanee River | Unknown | ||
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When Johnny comes marching home | Frank Petersohn | ||
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Yankee Doodle | Frank Petersohn |
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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'll Take You Home Again Kathleen | |
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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 Fool There Was (1915) (1:06:39) | Theda Bara | |
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A Guy is Guy (2:42) | Dorris Day | |
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All I Want to Do-Do-Do Is Dance (2:35) | Marilyn Miller | J.A. Burke |
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Am I Blue? (4:09) | E. Waters | H. Akst |
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Arkansas Traveler (2:37) | Pete Seeger | |
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Asleep in the Deep (1897) (4:07) | Fred Feild | H.W. Petrie |
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Asleep in the Deep (1930) (6:13) | P. Dawson | H.W. Petrie |
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Banks of the Ohio (3:13) | Olivia Newton-John | |
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Beautiful Dreamer (3:24) | Jonathan Guyot Smith & Stephen Sasloe | S. Foster |
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⇑A Beautiful Waste of Time (2:40) | M. Small | V. Mizzy |
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Belle of the Plains (2:37) | Ragtime Dorian Henry | L.B. Bitz |
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Big Rock Candy Mountain (2:36) | Burl Ives | |
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The Bird On Nellie's Hat (2:07) | H. Trix | A. Solman |
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Black is the color of my true love's hair (2:48) | Joan Baez | |
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Blowin' in the wind (2:37) | Bob Dylan | |
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Blue Moon (3:17) | E. Fitzgerald | R. Rodgers |
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A Chip of the Block (2:11) | H. Trix | W.H. Squire |
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The Coffee Song (2:17) | M. Small | B. Hilliard |
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Cripple Creek (2:56) | Billy Connolly | |
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⇑Devil and the farmer's wife (3:46) | Atwater Donnelly Trio | |
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Devilish Mary (1:16) | Pete Seeger | |
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Diga Diga Doo (1931) (2:57) | H. Trix | J.F. McHugh |
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El Paso (4:43) | Marty Robbins | |
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Every night when the sun goes in (2:44) | Shelby Flint | |
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Farewell Angelina - 1965 (3:16) | Joan Baez | |
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The Farmer is the man (1:47) | Pete Seeger | |
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Four Walls (2:30) | Jim Reeves | |
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George Lewis and Acker Bilk - Corine Corinna - May 1965 (3:33) | Acker Bilk | |
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Go to Work on Monday (5:52) | Roy Bailey | |
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⇑Goodnight Sweetheart (1:51) | Psycho-Chor der FSU Jena | C. Carter |
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Grandfather's Clock (2:23) | Burl Ives | H.C. Work |
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He's a Nice Boy (1927) (1:53) | Edith Clifford | B. Foy |
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Home in Pasadena (3:07) | The Temperance Seven | |
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The Home Road (3:14) | Ernestine Schumann-Heink | J.A. Carpenter |
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Honey (2:21) | M.M. Hunt | S.B. Simons |
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House of the Rising Sun - 1960 (2:58) | Joan Baez | |
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I hold your hand in mine dear (2;24) | Tom Lehrer | |
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I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen (3:12) | Josef Locke | |
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I'm a getting ready to go (2:57) | Riley Pucket | |
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⇑If I had a hammer (1:58) | Peter Paul and Mary | |
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If I Had A Hammer (1956) (2:30) | Pete Seeger | |
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The Irish Ballad (5:28) | Tom Lehrer | |
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Molly Malone Is Your Mother In (1:57) | H. Trix | A.J. Mills |
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Jeanie with the light brown hair (3:01) | John McCormack | S. Foster |
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Joe Bowers (4:56) | Pat 'N Rob | |
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Joe Hill (3:24) | Joan Baez | |
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John Riley (3:50) | Joan Baez | |
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Johnny Zero (2:42) | M. Small | V. Lawnhurst |
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Learning How to Love (3:06) | Edith Clifford | B. Rose |
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⇑Lemon Tree (2:56) | Peter Paul and Mary | |
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Lemon Tree (2:56) | Peter Paul and Mary | |
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Lonnie Donegan - Cumberland Gap (2:03) | L. Donegan | |
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Love Me While the Lovin' Is Good (3:26) | I. D'Armond | H. von Tilzer |
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Meet Julian Rose (2:32) | J. Rose | J. Rose |
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The Mouse and the Thomas Cat (3:11) | A. Francis | A. Francis |
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Mr. Froggie Went A-Courtin (3:02) | Burl Ives | |
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Nellie Gray (4:53) | Tom Roush | |
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The Next Horse I Ride On (2:50) | H. Trix | F. Murray |
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No Wonder She's a Blushing Bride (3:03) | Edith Clifford | C. Edwards |
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⇑Odetta - House of the Rising Sun (3:16) | Odetta | |
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Odetta - The Waterboy (1954) (4:05) | Odetta | |
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Oh my darling Clementine (2:15) | The Sweptaways | |
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Oh, Susanna (3:02) | Tom Roush | |
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Ol' Man River (4:18) | Paul Robeson | |
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Ol' Man River (3:11) | B. Beiderbecke | J. Kern |
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Pick a bale of cotton (2:54) | L. Donegan | |
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Plaisir d'amour (2:55) | Joan Baez | J. Martini |
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Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone (2:48) | M.M. Hunt | S.H. Stept |
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Prohibition Blues performed by Nora Bayes (3:10) | Nora Bayes | N. Bayes |
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⇑Puff the magic dragon (3:50) | Peter Paul and Mary | |
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Redskin (2:47) | M.M. Hunt | J.S. Zamecnik |
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Romance Me (2:54) | M. Small | V. Mizzy |
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Says I Says I to Myself (3:07) | A. Francis | H. von Tilzer |
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Shawneetown (4:25) | Chris Vallillo | |
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She'll be coming round the mountain (1:49) | ListenAndReadAlong | |
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The Shoemaker and the Brownies (3:26) | A. Francis | A. Francis |
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Skip to my Lou (4:44) | Pete Seeger | |
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Skip to My Lou (1:26) | Wally Whyton | |
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Sleepy Valley (3:19) | M.M. Hunt | J.F. Hanley |
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⇑Sound of silence (3:05) | Simon and Garfunkel | |
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Stormy Weather (3:06) | E. Waters | H. Arlen |
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Summertime - Abbie Mitchell (2:10) | Abbie Mitchell Cook | G. Gershwin |
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Summertime - Harolyn Blackwell (2:54) | Harolyn Blackwell | G. Gershwin |
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The Suns in My Heart (1932) (2:29) | Sylvia Froos | A. Baer |
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Sweet Betsy (3:18) | Johnny Cash | |
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Sweet Genevieve (1:59) | Charles Elmer Szabo, | |
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Sweet Georgia Brown (4:17) | Louis Armstrong | B. Bernie |
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Sweet Georgia Brown (3:10) | E. Fitzgerald | B. Bernie |
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Tea for Two (3:50) | Anita O'Day | V.M. Youmans |
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⇑That's What The Rose Said To Me (2:18) | Louise Le Baron | L. Edwards |
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The Alcoholic Blues (3:46) | Sheet Music Singer | A. von Tilzer |
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The Elements (3:02) | Tom Lehrer | |
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The Old Rustic Bridge (2:55) | Daniel O'Donnell | |
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The Unchastened Woman (1925) (51:30) | Theda Bara | |
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The Universal Soldier (2:29) | Buffy Saint-Marie | |
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There is a house in New Orleans (5:15) | Bob Dylan | |
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This Land Is Your Land (2:18) | Woodie Guthrie | |
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The Venus Waltz (3:00) | D. Jardon | I. Caryll |
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Vipers Skiffle Group (Live 1957) (2:28) | Wally Whyton | |
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⇑The Wabash Cannon Ball (2:37) | Roy Acuff | |
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Way down upon the Swanee River (3:15) | Paul Robeson | |
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Wayfaring stranger (4:30) | Joan Baez | |
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Berlin, DDR, 1967 We Shall Overcome (3:42) | Pete Seeger | |
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When Johnny comes marching home (3:34) | Bobby Horton | |
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Where Have all the Flowers Gone (1:57) | Pete Seeger | |
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Whisper and I Shall Hear (2:15) | Louise Le Baron | G. Hubi-Newcombe |
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Why Do They Call Them Flappers? (1927) (3:54) | Edith Clifford | B. Foy |
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Working on the New Railroad (6:11) | Joe Hickerson, | |
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The Wreck of the Number Nine (2:23) | Jim Reeves | |
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⇑Yankee Doodle (2:47) | ListenAndReadAlong | |
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Yiddisher Jazz - Levinsky's Jubilee (3:45) | J. Rose | W.K. Wells |
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Yodel-Oh (1927) (2:48) | Edith Clifford | B. Foy |