Folk song and minstrelsy
Contributors: Bibb, Leon, 1922-2015; Driftwood, Jimmie; Gibson, Bob, 1931-1996; Gilbert, Ronnie; Houston, Cisco; MacColl, Ewan; McCurdy, Ed, 1919-2000; Makem, Tommy; Mills, Alan, 1912-1977; Niles, John Jacob, 1892-1980; Odetta, 1930-2008; Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014; Deller Consort; Weavers (Musical group); Newport Folk Festival
Series: The classics record library
Publisher: Book-of-the Month Club
Published: 1961
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Subjects: English Folk songs; Folk music; English Ballads; Spirituals (Songs); Humorous songs; Work songs
Notes: Sides 7-8 have subtitle: Newport Folk Festival.

"A Vanguard recording"--Container.

Automatic sequence.

Program notes (24 p.) laid in container include texts of the 66 songs, and brief biographical sketches of the 15 performers.

Sung by Joan Baez, Leon Bibb, the Deller Consort, Jimmy Driftwood, Bob Gibson, Ronnie Gilbert, Cisco Houston, Ewan MacColl, Ed McCurdy, Tom Makem, Alan Mills, John Jacob Niles, Odetta, Pete Seeger, the Weavers ; with accompanying musicians.
Table of contents: title: Side 1.; title: Sumer is icumen in ;; title: He that will an alehouse keep ;; title: Greensleeves ;; title: We be soldiers three -- (the Deller Consort); title: Come all ye fair and tender ladies ;; title: Squirrel ;; title: Cotton-eyed Joe ;; title: Darlin' ;; title: Poor Lolette -- (Leon Bibb) -- Side 2.; title: The Golden Vanity ;; title: Go from my window ;; title: Johnny is gone for a soldier ;; title: Spanish is a loving tongue ;; title: House of the Rising Sun -- (Ronnie Gilbert); title: East Texas Red ;; title: Sinking of the Reuben James -- (Cisco Houston) -- Side 3.; title: Meet the Johnson boys ;; title: The wild goose grasses ;; title: Aweigh, Santy Ano ;; title: Get along, little dogies ;; title: Erie Canal ;; title: We're all dodgin' ;; title: State of Arkansas ;; title: Greenland whale fisheries ;; title: Eddystone Light -- (the Weavers) -- Side 4.; title: I've been driving driving on Bald Mountain ;; title: Water boy ;; title: Saro Jane ;; title: God's a-gonna cut you down ;; title: John Riley ;; title: John Henry ;; title: All the pretty little horses ;; title: No more auction block for me -- (Odetta) -- Side 5.; title: The foggy dew ;; title: No more cane on the Brazos ;; title: The fox ;; title: He's got the whole world in his hands ;; title: The ox driver ;; title: Another man done gone ;; title: I'm going back to the red clay country -- (Odetta) -- . Side 6.; title: Talking guitar blues ;; title: Danville girl ;; title: Old Dan Tucker ;; title: The buffalo skinners ;; title: The streets of Laredo ;; title: Hard travelin' ;; title: Bonneville Dam ;; title: Do re mi ;; title: The wreck of the Old 97 ;; title: John Hardy -- (Cisco Houston) -- Side 7.; title: The bold fisherman ;; title: When cockle shells turn silver bells ;; title: Frankie and Johnny -- (Ed McCurdy); title: Lang a-growing -- (Ewan MacColl); title: Virgin Mary had one Son -- (Joan Baez and Bob Gibson); title: Wayfaring stranger -- (Bob Gibson); title: The hangman, or, The maid freed from the gallows -- (John Jacob Niles); title: I know an old lady -- (Alan Mills) -- Side 8.; title: Johnny, I hardly knew ye ;; title: The whistling gypsy ;; title: The cobbler's song -- (Tom Makem); title: Railroad Bill ;; title: The cat came back -- (Cisco Houston); title: East Virginia blues -- (Pete Seeger); title: Old Joe Clark ;; title: The unfortunate man-- (Jimmy Driftwood).