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I Hear America Singing

I Hear America Singing - Child Ballads

By Ross Burns
Published August 24, 2024 at 8:00 PM CDT

This week we share a varied collection of folk songs – some old and some new. We start off with two very old ballads collected in the 1800s by Harvard professor Francis James Child and published in the 5 volume Popular English and Scottish Ballads – simply referred to as Child Ballads.

I HEAR AMERICA SINGING

1. Riddles Wisely Expounded by Anais Mitchell and Jefferson Hamer
2. The Broom of the Cowdenowes by Martyn Wylde
3. Dumbarton's Drums by The Corries
4. Roseville Fair by Orla Fallon
5. These Are My Mountains by Alex Beaton
6. The Girl in the Wood by Cisco Houston
7. The Ballad of Mary's Car by Dakota Blonde
8. Stop the World, I've Lost My Yo-Yo by The Brandywine Singers
9. When I Was Young by The Kingston Trio
10. The Man Who Would Be King by John Stewart and Noel Stookey
11. Some Kind of Love by Buffy Ford Stewart, Eliza Gilkyson and Shana Morrison
12. Sweet Dreams Will Come True by John Stewart and Nanci Griffith
13. Outbound Plane by Shawn Colvin
14. The Last Farewell by Roger Whittaker

I Hear America Singing
Ross Burns
A native of Austin, Texas, Ross grew up in the midst of the Urban Folk Revival of the 1950s and 60s. His first introduction to folk music was the Kingston Trio with their million selling albums. From there, he went forward, backwards and sideways collecting music all along the way. He is a retired librarian and a student of history.
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