A Distant Land to Roam: Songs of the Carter Family

~ Release by Ralph Stanley (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

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Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1God Gave Noah the Rainbow Sign
cover recording of:
God Gave Noah the Rainbow Sign
lyricist and composer:
A.P. Carter
3:09
2Little Moses
cover recording of:
Little Moses
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3546)
3:54
3Worried Man Blues
cover recording of:
Worried Man Blues
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
A.P. Carter
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI)) and Peer International Corporation (BMI)
arrangement of:
Worried Man Blues
4:03
4Longing for Home
3:28
5Motherless Children
cover recording of:
Motherless Children (A.P. Carter trad. arr.)
writer:
A.P. Carter
version of:
Mother’s Children Have a Hard Time
3:30
6Storms Are on the Ocean
cover recording of:
Storms Are on the Ocean
lyricist and composer:
A.P. Carter
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI)
3:43
7Keep on the Firing Line
3:10
8Engine 143
cover recording of:
Engine 143
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 255)
4:07
9I’m Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes
cover recording of:
I’m Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes
lyricist and composer:
A.P. Carter
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI))
3:54
10Poor Orphan Child
cover recording of:
The Poor Orphan Child
lyricist:
H. W. Elliott
composer:
Emmett Sidney Dean
arranger:
A.P. Carter
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI)) and Peer International Corporation (BMI)
4:32
11On a Hill Lone and Grey
3:05
12Waves on the Sea
2:53
13Distant Land to Roam
cover recording of:
A Distant Land to Roam
lyricist and composer:
A.P. Carter
3:16