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Songs 5 June 2015 This Land Is Your Land "This Land Is Your Land" is one of the United States' most famous folk songs. Its lyrics were written by American folk singer Woody Guthrie in 1940 based on an existing melody. A Canadian version was written and popularized by Canadian folk music group The Travellers in 1955.
Songs 9 May 2015 Daydream "Daydream" is a popular song written by John Sebastian, published in 1966. The song was originally recorded that year by Sebastian's group The Lovin' Spoonful and released on their album of the same title.
Songs 9 May 2015 Buffalo Gals "Buffalo Gals" is a traditional American song, written and published as "Lubly Fan" in 1844.
Songs 12 January 2015 Marvelous Toy, The "The Marvelous Toy" was written in 1961 by Tom Paxton an American folk singer and singer-songwriter who has had a music career spanning more than fifty years. In 2009, Paxton received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
Songs 8 January 2015 Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream This 1950 folk classic "Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream" remains a powerful anti-war favourite. It is the most famous song written by U.S.-born, naturalized Canadian folk singer, Ed McCurdy.
Songs 8 January 2015 Mr. Bojangles "Mr. Bojangles" is a song written and originally recorded by American country music artist Jerry Jeff Walker for his 1968 album of the same title. The song is notated in two time signatures: 3/4 and 6/8.
Songs 8 January 2015 Little Girl and The Dreadful Snake, The There isn’t much history for a deep dive on this one. It’s a 20th century original. Bluegrass founding father Bill Monroe wrote “The Little Girl and the Dreadful Snake” using the name Albert Price, one of his many pseudonyms.
Songs 8 January 2015 Jambalaya Released in July 1952, crediting Hank Williams as the sole author, it was performed by Williams as a country song. It reached number one on the U.S. country charts for fourteen non-consecutive weeks. "Jambalaya" remains one of Hank Williams' most popular songs today.
Songs 4 January 2015 Circle (All My Life’s a Circle) "Circle" is a Harry Chapin song released on the Sniper and Other Love Songs album in 1972. It became the song that he typically finished his concerts with. This song is also known as All My Life's a Circle and Circles.
Songs 26 November 2014 Christmas Time's A-Comin' "Christmas Time's A-Comin'" is a popular bluegrass Christmas standard song written by Bell Labs engineer Benjamin "Tex" Logan.
Songs 11 November 2014 Old Dan Tucker "Old Dan Tucker", also known as "Ole Dan Tucker", "Dan Tucker", and other variants, is an American popular song.
Songs 9 November 2014 If I Had A Hammer "If I Had a Hammer" was written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays in 1949, and was first recorded by their band the Weavers.
Songs 2 November 2014 Hielan’ Laddie "Highland Laddie", also known as "Hielan' Laddie", is the name of a Scottish popular folk tune "If thou'lt play me fair play", but as with many old melodies various sets of words can be sung to it, of which Robert Burns's poem "Highland Laddie" is probably the best known.
Songs 9 September 2014 Cat Came Back, The "The Cat Came Back" is a comic song written by Harry S. Miller in 1893. It has since entered the folk tradition and been recorded under variations of the title—"But the Cat Came Back", "And the Cat Came Back", etc.
Songs 4 July 2014 Tom Dooley "Tom Dooley" is an old North Carolina folk song based on the 1866 murder of a woman named Laura Foster in Wilkes County, North Carolina, allegedly by Tom Dula.
Songs 11 June 2014 Opeongo Line By the late 1850s, the authorities of Upper Canada looked to expand colonization in this region by building the Opeongo Line, a series of roads extending westward from Renfrew to Whitney.
Songs 9 March 2014 Ballad Of Springhill "The Ballad Of Springhill" is perhaps the most famous of all the Springhill disaster songs, not least because of Peggy Seeger’s and Ewan MacColl’s high profiles in the folk music world.
Songs 9 March 2014 Maid on the Shore, The Stan Rogers sang "Maid on the Shore" on his album "Fogarty's Cove", released 1977.
Songs 25 October 2013 All The Good Times Are Past And Gone DOWNLOAD THE SONGSHEETAll The Good Times Are Past And Gone (WORD) All The Good Times Are Past And Gone (PDF) You can play along with
Songs 21 October 2013 Hard Travellin' DOWNLOAD THE SONGSHEETHard Travellin' (WORD) Hard Travellin' (PDF) Woodrow Wilson Guthrie (July 14, 1912 – October 3, 1967) was an American singer-songwriter and one of the
Songs 21 October 2013 Our Town Anybody that was a fan of the show Northern Exposure will recognize this as the song from the final scene of the final episode.
Songs 21 October 2013 Let's Talk Dirty In Hawaiian The novelty song "Let's Talk Dirty In Hawaiian" was rerecorded and released by John Prine as a single in 1987.
Songs 18 May 2013 Breakfast In Hell "Breakfast In Hell" was written by Slaid Cleaves and released in 2000 on his album "Broke Down".
Songs 13 October 2012 Swimming Song, The After the success of Loudon Wainwright III's "Dead Skunk," Columbia Records was eager for another "silly animal song" to appeal to the public.
