Sings American Folk Songs

by John Jacob Niles

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  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1956
  • Label: Camden
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 45:20
  • Community rating: 3.58/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This compilation features the eccentric folklorist performing with his self-constructed, multi-stringed dulcimers. The eerie, high-pitched vocal delivery and stark instrumentation provide a hauntingly authentic link to traditional Appalachian balladry and rural American storytelling.

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Tracklist

  1. You Got to Cross That Lonesome Valley (2:49)
  2. The Lass from the Low Country (2:32)
  3. Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair (2:09)
  4. Go 'Way from My Window/One Morning in May (3:12)
  5. The Wife of Usher's Well (3:21)
  6. The Death of Queen Jane (2:44)
  7. Little Mattie Groves (8:19)
  8. The Gypsy Laddie (3:26)
  9. My Little Mohee (2:15)
  10. I Wonder as I Wander out Under the Sky (2:16)
  11. Lulle Lullay (2:24)
  12. The Seven Joys of Mary (4:51)
  13. The Ballad of Barberry Ellen (4:57)

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