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mp3: Scottish Reel – Click To Play It is the Spring in the Northern Hemisphere and time for a Scottish Reel to dance in the refreshing season filled with birds, flowers and love. A wee bit of a dram might make it all the more delightful. My wif
mp3: Low Bridge Everybody Down – Click To Play The Erie Canal was America’s first “Super Highway” running from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes. Construction began in 1817 and was completed in 1825. It ran 363 miles and created great wealt
mp3: Copper Kettle – Click To Play A. F. Beddoe claims to have written this song in 1953 as part of the folk opera “Go Lightly, Stranger.” However Pete Seeger says he heard the song in 1946, sung by a tall stranger named Frank. Joan Baez learne
mp3: Old Time Religion – Click To Play “Old Time Religion” is a classic Spiritual from the Old South! It’s something to think about in these days of Scientific Delirium Madness! Lyrics: [G] Give me that old time religion, Give me that [D] old t
mp3: Stella Got A New Dress – Click To Play Bob Gibson wrote this song with Bob Camp in the early 60s. Gibson was my first influencer for folk music. In 1957 He came to the Latin School of Chicago and performed a 45 minute set that blew me away
m4a: 1840 When We Were There – Click To Play 1840 was the golden age of sail. The ships were still mostly wind powered and required a great deal of physical labor to operate. The crews used work songs to coordinate their efforts. This song is n
Mp3: Hard Travelin’ – Click To Play Camilla and I have been on the road since the beginning of September and are going to sea this week. We’ve been doing some hard traveling!!! This is a great Woody Guthrie song. Lyrics: [G] I’ve been havin’ so
Mp3: 1842 – Click To Play One of my favorite sea chantey melodies is “Go To Sea No More” so I’ve written new lyrics to it about a packet ship during the golden age of sail 1842! Lyrics: [Em] In eighteen and [D] forty-two, our packet ship set Em
Mp3: Hey Lilee – Click To Play “Hey Lilee” is a song I played with the Limeliters on my first professional recording, “Tonight In Person.” We recorded it live at the Ash Grove folk club in Los Angeles in July of 1960. Although I didn’t receive
Mp3: King’s Highway – Click To Play This is a gospel song I used to sing with a folk group I was in called “The Frets” in 1957. Johnny Carbo on 5-string banjo, Lou McDonald on conga drum and me on 6 and 12-string guitar. Johnny Carbo owned the
mp3: Happy Birthday – Click To Play The original song was “Good Morning To You” sung to teachers at the beginning of the school day. A dispute arose as to who the legitimate authors were and it was eventually taken over by Warner/Chappell Music
Mp3: Do You Ken John Peel – Click To Play I learned this song in glee club at the Latin School of Chicago in the mid 1950s. The verses are a bit bloody so I left them out. If you really want them click on “Lyrics”
Mp3: Morris Dance – Click To Play There are more songs written about the month of May than there are about Christmas. This comes from the 17th century as a celebration of Spring. It is also a Morris Dance. The origin of Morris Dance is unclear
How do I download this mp3? mp3: Bold Archer – Click To Play Known in Scotland as “Archie O’ Cawfield” this song tells the story of an outlaw who is aided in escaping prison in the late 1700s and has a very happy ending! It has been well docume
How do I download this mp3? mp3: Jack Monroe – Click To Play Jack Monroe AKA (Jackie Frazer; The Wars of Germany) [Laws N7] Roud (268) A rich girl loves a sailor; her father does not, and has the boy pressed to war in Germany. She disguises her
How do I download this Mp3? Mp3: The Balaena Great whaling song about a real ship The Balaena. It was a new ship built after the golden age of sail with an engine and it was very efficient. Lyrics: The Balaena Lyrics [C] The noble fleet of whal
How do I download this Mp3? Mp3: Welcome Table – Click To Play I learned this gospel song, dating back to 1874 from Bob Gibson and Bob Camp at the Gate of Horn in Chicago in 1961. It refers to “the marriage feast of the Lamb” in the New Testame
Mp3: Mary Ann – Click To Play This is a traditional calypso song about a sailor looking for his lost love in Trinidad. Lyrics: All day all night Mary Ann Down by the seaside sifting sand Even little children love Mary Ann Down by the seaside si
Mp3: Down On Penny’s Farm – Click To Play Got this from the Harry Smith Anthology of American Folk Music. This song feels appropriate because farmers are having a real tough time making a living these days. Lyrics: [G] Come you ladies and you g
Mp3: Well Well Well – Click To Play “Well Well Well” is an old gospel song that was revived by the folk community in the early 1960s and performed by many artists including Bob Gibson and Bob Camp, Peter Paul and Mary and the Seekers. Lyrics: [
Mp3: Midnight Special – Click To Play Prison legend had it that if you were touched by the light of the Midnight Special train, you were bound to be freed from prison. “Midnight Special” was recorded by Lead Belly but had been around for at lea
How do I download this Mp3? Mp3: Aweigh Santi Anno – Click To Play Aweigh Santi Anno. The song is listed as number 207 in the Roud Folk Song Index. The theme of the shantey, which dates from at least the 1850s, may have been inspired by topical
How do I download this Mp3? Mp3: Billy Boy – Click To Play The terms “Hillbilly” and “Red Neck” both originated during the Battle of the Boyne. England’s Dutch born King William III was known to his Protestant Irish followers as “Billy Boy” and
How do I download this Mp3? Mp3: Road Through The Woods – Click To Play This is a famous poem by Rudyard Kipling set to a traditional folk tune. The arrangement is new in the style of the Byrds with rolling Rickenbacker backing and lead 12-stri
How do I download this Mp3? Mp3: Cotton Eyed Joe – Click To Play I first learned “Cotton Eyed Joe” at Chicago’s Old Town School of Folk Music in 1957. No one really knows what it’s about but speculation has it that Joe would come to a town and
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