I Hear America Singing - Travelin' Songs

By Ross Burns

Published July 18, 2026 at 7:15 PM CDT

For this edition of I Hear America Singing Classics, we're packing our bags and heading back to 2017 for a program full of traveling songs, highways, byways, and everything in between.

I HEAR AMERICA SINGING - TRAVELIN' SONGS

1. I’ve Been Everywhere, Man by Hank Snow
2. Four Little Girls in Boston by Jimmie F. Rodgers
3. New York City by Leadbelly
4. Skyscrapers by Carolyn Hester
5. There Is a Wall in Washington by Iris De Ment
6. Chicago Bound by Jimmy Rogers
7. Detroit City by Bobby Bare
8. St. Louis Blues by Milton Brown and His Brownies
9. Alberta’s Child by Ian Tyson
10. Deadwood, South Dakota by Nanci Griffith
11. Home Away from Home by Makem and Spain Brothers
12. Lights of Santa Fe by Eliza Gilkyson
13. Portland Town by Joan Baez
14. San Francisco Bay Blues by Jack Elliott and Derrol Adams
15. Bolinas by John Stewart
16. Gotta Travel On by Billy Grammer

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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