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The influential Appalachian folk singer Jean Ritchie had her family version of the ballad recorded several times, including on her album Ballads from her Appalachian Family Tradition (1961). [ 21 ] [ 22 ] Her fellow Appalachian Nimrod Workman sang his own traditional version on different occasions, [ 23 ] including on a YouTube video uploaded ...
The Foggy Dew and Other Traditional English Love Songs: A. L. Lloyd: 1956 "The Seven Gypsies" Pete Seeger Sings American Ballads: Pete Seeger: 1957 "Gypsy Davy" Songs and Ballads of the Ozarks: Almeda Riddle: 1960 "Black Jack Davey" British Traditional Ballads in the Southern Mountains Volume 1: Jean Ritchie: 1961 "Gypsy Laddie" The English And ...
A Brisk Young Sailor (Courted Me)" (variously known as "Bold Young Farmer", "The Alehouse", "Died For Love" and "I Wish My Baby Was Born" amongst other titles) is a traditional folk ballad (Roud # 60, Laws P25), which has been collected from all over Britain, Ireland and North America. [1] The song originates in England in the early 1600s. [2]
"On Springfield Mountain" or "Springfield Mountain" (Laws G16) [1] is an American ballad which recounts the tragic death of a young man who is bitten by a rattlesnake while mowing a field. [2] Historically, the song refers to the death of Timothy Merrick, who was recorded to have died on August 7, 1761, in Wilbraham, Massachusetts by snakebite .
John Jacob Niles (April 28, 1892 – March 1, 1980) was an American composer, singer and collector of traditional ballads. Called the "Dean of American Balladeers," [ 1 ] Niles was an important influence on the American folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s, with Odetta , Joan Baez , Burl Ives , Peter, Paul and Mary and Bob Dylan , among ...
Mary Bullman Sands (April 8, 1872 – April 2, 1949) was an American singer of old traditional ballads during the early part of the 20th century. [1] She was known locally as "Singing Mary" due to her singing talent and extensive knowledge of the words and melodies of many old-time traditional songs that had been passed down through previous generations. [2]
Butler, who is in his late 30s and works a day job in a Manhattan bookstore, runs two circuits with his show: one track being for free folk at theaters and other regular performance venues, and ...
Traditional folk 1952 Gordon Heath & Lee Payant: Chants traditionnels des États-Unis / The Ballad of the Boll Weevil and Other Traditional Songs of the United States: Traditional folk 1955 Robert Shaw Chorale: My True Love Sings: Traditional folk 1956 Phineas Newborn, Jr. While My Lady Sleeps: Jazz: 1957 Pete Seeger: American Favorite Ballads ...