Folk Songs of the Hills

~ Release by Merle Travis (see all versions of this release, 4 available)

Tracklist

1CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Nine Pound Hammer
2:41
2John Henry
recording of:
John Henry
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Sonet Publishing Ltd.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 790)
3:08
3Sixteen Tons
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 105)
recording of:
Sixteen Tons (on 1946-08-08)
lyricist and composer:
Merle Travis
publisher:
American Music, Inc. and Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd.
adaptations:
16 Tons
2:53
4Dark as a Dungeon
recording of:
Dark as a Dungeon
lyricist and composer:
Travis
2:50
5That’s All
3:02
6Over by Number Nine
3:10
7I Am a Pilgrim
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1946-08-13)
guitar:
Merle Travis (on 1946-08-13)
vocals:
Merle Travis (on 1946-08-13)
recording of:
I Am a Pilgrim (on 1946-08-13)
lyricist and composer:
Merle Travis
2:53
8Muskrat
recording of:
Muskrat
writer:
Harold Hensley and Merle Travis
publisher:
Cross Music Ltd.
2:38
9This World Is Not My Home
recording of:
This World Is Not My Home
lyricist and composer:
J.R. Baxter
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:50
10John Bolin
2:56
11Possum Up a Simmon Tree
2:39
12Barbara Allen
recording of:
Barbara Allen
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 54) and Child Ballads (number: 84)
4:04
13Lost John
1:54