American Roots: A History of American Folk Music

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Tracklist

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1This Land Is Your Land
guitar:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1946)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1946)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 229)
recording of:
This Land Is Your Land (in 1946)
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1940)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 16378)
is based on:
When the World's on Fire
Woody Guthrie3.52:18
2House of the Rising Sun
recording of:
House of the Rising Sun
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Beechwood Music Corp., Ole Cantaloupe Music and Sonet Publishing Ltd.
Woody Guthrie3:00
3Grand Coulee Dam
recording of:
Grand Coulee Dam
writer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 16381)
Woody Guthrie2:12
4John Henry
Cisco Houston & Woody Guthrie2:45
5All I Want
Pete Seeger2:58
6Talking Union
Pete Seeger2:58
7Teeroo Teeroo
Pete Seeger2:28
8I Know an Old Lady
recording of:
I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
lyricist:
Rosemary Bonne
composer:
Alan Mills (Canadian folk singer)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 9375)
Burl Ives52:41
9Columbus Stockade
Cisco Houston & Woody Guthrie2:25
10The Sinking of the Reuben James
The Almanac Singers3:06
11Boll Weevil Blues
Cisco Houston & Woody Guthrie3:13
12Away Rio
recording of:
Rio Grande (Roud 317)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 317)
Pete Hawes With the Alamanac Singers2:21
13The Coast of High Barbary
The Almanac Singers2:30
14Jack‐Hammer Blues
recording of:
Jackhammer Blues
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
publisher:
Essex Music
Cisco Houston & Woody Guthrie2:38
15Liza Jane
recording of:
Little Liza Jane
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Pete Seeger & Woody Guthrie2:41
16Pastures of Plenty
recording of:
Pastures of Plenty
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
publisher:
Ludlow Music, Inc.
Woody Guthrie2:28
17Cumberland Gap
recording of:
Cumberland Gap
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3413)
Cisco Houston & Woody Guthrie2:20
18Casey Jones
recording of:
Casey Jones
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3247)
Pete Seeger1:51
19Cumberland Bear‐Chase
Pete Seeger2:40
20So Long It’s Been Good to Know You
recording of:
So Long, It’s Been Good to Know Yuh
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
Woody Guthrie3:08
21Union Maid
The Almanac Singers2:11
22Hard Travelin’ Guthrie
Cisco Houston & Woody Guthrie2:13
23Erie Canal
Pete Seeger1:31
24Pretty Boy Floyd
recording of:
Pretty Boy Floyd
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
Woody Guthrie3:10
25State of Arkansas
Lee Hays2:46
26Worried Man Blues
recording of:
Worried Man Blues
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
arrangement of:
Worried Man Blues
Cisco Houston & Woody Guthrie2:38
27Deliver the Goods
The Almanac Singers2:24
28Do‐Re‐Mi
producer:
Robert P. Wetherald
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation), Buddha Records (1998–2002, formerly known as Buddah Records), Camden (launched circa 1973; UK only as of 2004), J. Joes J. Edizioni Musicali, RCA Victor, Rounder, Victor Records (Victor, defunct “His Master’s Voice” imprint, formerly “Victor Record”, succeeded by RCA Victor) and Weton‐Wesgram
recorded at:
Victor Studio #2 (Cherokee B) in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1940-04-26)
recording of:
Do Re Mi (on 1940-04-26)
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
Woody Guthrie2:34