Texas Folk Songs

by Alan Lomax

Texas Folk Songs cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1958
  • Label: Tradition
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 46:40
  • Community rating: 3.12/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Stepping out from behind the recording console, the legendary ethnomusicologist performs a raw, unadorned collection of frontier ballads and work songs. The gruff, authentic delivery serves as an educational document, preserving the harsh lyrical realities of the American Southwest.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk

Tracklist

  1. Rambling Gambler (3:08)
  2. I'm Bound to Follow the Longhorn Cows (3:43)
  3. Lord Lovell (3:12)
  4. The Rich Old Lady (3:24)
  5. Long Summer Days (2:16)
  6. Ain't No More Cane on This Brazis (3:11)
  7. All the Pretty Little Horses (1:49)
  8. Billy Barlow (2:46)
  9. The Wild Rippling Water (3:11)
  10. Rattlesnake (1:34)
  11. Sam Bass (3:26)
  12. The Dying Cowboy (3:23)
  13. Godamighty Drag (3:14)
  14. Eadie (3:54)
  15. Black Betty (1:55)
  16. My Little John Henry (2:27)

Credits

  • Elizabeth Clancy - cover
  • Guy Carawan - guitar, banjo
  • John Cole - harmonica

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