Beginning in 1977, renowned folklorist Art Rosenbaum traveled around northern Georgia making field recordings of songs learned from the oral tradition. The outcome was a two-volume anthology and a book by the same title. The first half of Volume 1 features "early mountain songs, ballads and tunes" ranging from ancient British ballads to more recent breakdowns and love songs. The second half presents "black religious singing" (traditional spirituals), some of which are recorded in a local church. Rosenbaum's liner notes provide detailed information about the singers and each song, as well as complete lyrics and photographs of the musicians and singers.
2 The Little Ship (The Golden Vanity)(Child No. 286)
3 Cindy in the Summertime
4 Snowbird
5 Don't Go Ridin' Down That Old Texas Trail
6 What You Gonna Name That Pretty Baby?
7 The Famous Wedding
8 Once I Had An Old Grey Mare
9 As I Walked Out One Morning in Spring
10 The Lily of the West
11 Shout Lulu
12 Walk with Me
13 Dead and Gone
14 My Number Will Be Changed
15 Soon, One Mornin'
16 Brother, You Ought T've Been There
17 I Don't Know How We Made It Over
18 No Room at the Hotel
19 Welcome Home
Beginning in 1977, renowned folklorist Art Rosenbaum traveled around northern Georgia making field recordings of songs learned from the oral tradition. The outcome was a two-volume anthology and a book by the same title. The first half of Volume 1 features "early mountain songs, ballads and tunes" ranging from ancient British ballads to more recent breakdowns and love songs. The second half presents "black religious singing" (traditional spirituals), some of which are recorded in a local church. Rosenbaum's liner notes provide detailed information about the singers and each song, as well as complete lyrics and photographs of the musicians and singers.
