tracks

Lord, I've Got Some Singing To Do
Hava Na Shira
John Henry
Go Down, Old Hannah
Glory Be To The New-Born King
Come Up Horsey
Three White Gulls
Mary Had A Baby
Sinner Man
Blood-Strained Banders
Hold On (Keep Your Hand On The Plow)
Kum Ba Yah
Wade In The Water
Run To Jesus
Hey Langor
Tina
All Night Long

notes

In 1957, eight Oberlin students undertook a summer-long journey, sharing their enthusiasm and teaching songs, folk dances, folk games, and instrument making to camp and concert attendees from Pennsylvania to Maine. This album features seventeen songs suitable for singalongs.

Culture Group(s) Anglo-American

Keyword(s) Animals; Ballads; Folksong revival; Games; Glees, catches, rounds, etc.; Hollers; Lullabies; Music--Juvenile; Nonsense literature; Opera; Spirituals (Songs); Topical songs; Work songs

Year of Recording 1958

Source Archive Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

© 1958 Folkways Records and Service Corp.
℗ © 2006 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

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