American Roots: A History of American Folk Music

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1This Land Is Your Land
guitar:
Woody Guthrie (in 1946)
vocals:
Woody Guthrie (in 1946)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 229)
recording of:
This Land Is Your Land (in 1946)
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (in 1940)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 16378)
is based on:
When the World's on Fire
Woody Guthrie2:18
2House of the Rising SunWoody Guthrie3:00
3Grand Coulee Dam
recording of:
Grand Coulee Dam
writer:
Woody Guthrie
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 16381)
Woody Guthrie2:12
4John Henry
Cisco Houston & Woody Guthrie2:45
5All I Want
Pete Seeger2:58
6Talking Union
Pete Seeger2:58
7Teeroo Teeroo
Pete Seeger2:28
8I Know an Old Lady
recording of:
I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
lyricist:
Rosemary Bonne
composer:
Alan Mills
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 9375)
Burl Ives2:41
9Columbus Stockade
Cisco Houston & Woody Guthrie2:25
10The Sinking of the Reuben James
The Almanac Singers3:06
11Boll Weevil Blues
Cisco Houston & Woody Guthrie3:13
12Away Rio
recording of:
Rio Grande (Roud 317)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 317)
Pete Hawes With the Alamanac Singers2:21
13The Coast of High Barbary
The Almanac Singers2:30
14Jack‐Hammer Blues
recording of:
Jackhammer Blues
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie
publisher:
Essex Music
Cisco Houston & Woody Guthrie2:38
15Liza Jane
recording of:
Little Liza Jane
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
Pete Seeger & Woody Guthrie2:41
16Pastures of Plenty
recording of:
Pastures of Plenty
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie
publisher:
Ludlow Music, Inc.
Woody Guthrie2:28
17Cumberland Gap
recording of:
Cumberland Gap
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3413)
Cisco Houston & Woody Guthrie2:20
18Casey Jones
recording of:
Casey Jones
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3247)
Pete Seeger1:51
19Cumberland Bear‐Chase
Pete Seeger2:40
20So Long It’s Been Good to Know You
recording of:
So Long, It’s Been Good to Know Yuh
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie
Woody Guthrie3:08
21Union Maid
The Almanac Singers2:11
22Hard Travelin’ Guthrie
Cisco Houston & Woody Guthrie2:13
23Erie Canal
Pete Seeger1:31
24Pretty Boy Floyd
recording of:
Pretty Boy Floyd
writer:
Woody Guthrie
Woody Guthrie3:10
25State of Arkansas
Lee Hays2:46
26Worried Man Blues
recording of:
Worried Man Blues
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie
arrangement of:
Worried Man Blues
Cisco Houston & Woody Guthrie2:38
27Deliver the Goods
The Almanac Singers2:24
28Do‐Re‐MiWoody Guthrie2:34