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Shanadore" was later printed as part of William L. Alden's article "Sailor Songs" in the July 1882 issue of Harper's New Monthly Magazine, [9] [10] [11] and in the 1892 book Songs that Never Die. [12] Alfred Mason Williams' 1895 Studies in Folk-song and Popular Poetry called it a "good specimen of a bowline chant". [13]
"Roll On, Columbia, Roll On" is an American folk song written in 1941 by American folk singer Woody Guthrie, [1] who popularized the song through his own recording of it. The song glamorized the harnessing of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest.
Shady Grove" (Roud 4456) [1] is a traditional Appalachian folk song, [2] believed to have originated in eastern Kentucky around the beginning the 20th century. [3] The song was popular among old-time musicians of the Cumberlands before being widely adopted in the bluegrass repertoire. [4]
"Turn! Turn! Turn!", also known as or subtitled "To Everything There Is a Season", is a song written by Pete Seeger in 1959. [1] The lyrics – except for the title, which is repeated throughout the song, and the final two lines – consist of the first eight verses of the third chapter of the biblical Book of Ecclesiastes. The song was originally released in 1962 as "To Everything There Is a ...
The song was revived in America the 1960s, when several artists of the new folk movement, including Bob Dylan, The Kingston Trio, Trini Lopez, Jay and the Americans, and The New Christy Minstrels all recorded versions, inspired by its political message. Peter, Paul and Mary recorded the song in 1962 for their Moving album.
English folk singer-songwriter Martha Tilston recorded it on her 2007 album Of Milkmaids and Architects; The song has been recorded by White Antelope aka Robin Pecknold of the Seattle band Fleet Foxes. American folk singer Lissa Schneckenburger recorded the "Awake Awake, Ye Drowsy Sleepers" variant (as "The Drowsy Sleeper") on her 2008 album ...
"Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)" is a traditional Jamaican folk song. The song has mento influences, but it is commonly classified as an example of the better known calypso music. It is a call and response work song, from the point of view of dock workers working the night shift loading bananas onto ships. The lyrics describe how daylight has ...
"Barbara Allen" (Child 84, Roud 54) is a traditional folk song that is popular throughout the English-speaking world and beyond. It tells of how the eponymous character denies a dying man's love, then dies of grief soon after his untimely death.