I Hear America Singing - Flying

By Ross Burns

Published August 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM CDT

This week on I Hear America Singing, we take to the skies—both literally and figuratively.

I HEAR AMERICAN SINGING - FLYING

1. I’ll Fly Away by Carolyn Hester
2. Ginny the Flying Girl by Janis Ian
3. Silver Wings by Merle Haggard
4. Silver Wings to San Antone by Leon Rausch
5. Dallas by The Flatlanders
6. Outbound Plane by Nanci Griffith
7. The Flyer by Nanci Griffith
8. Come and Join the Air Force by Oscar Brand
9. Five Weeks in a Balloon by The Brothers Four
10. My Flying Saucer by Billy Bragg
11. Airplane by Indigo Girls
12. My Aeroplane by John Mellencamp
13. Fly on a Plane by Christine Lavin
14. The Wings That Fly by John Denver
15. Lost Her in the Sun by John Stewart
16. Leaving on a Jet Plane by Peter, Paul, & Mary
17. Ship in the Sky by Cisco Houston
18. Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) by Jimmy Dale Gilmore and Dave Alvin

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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