American Ballad Song 1 / Var American Ballad Song 1 / Var CD

Developed as a teaching guide for junior high school social studies classes, this compilation features 57 songs, mainly about American history and culture. They are organized thematically, with topics including Colonial America, the Civil War, and frontier life. A section on "The World of Man" includes Buddhist, Hindu, and Muslim prayers as well as a Polish, Hungarian, and Zulu song. Most of the tracks originally appeared on other Folkways recordings. Artists include Pete Seeger, Peggy Seeger, Hermes Nye, Wallace House, Ed McCurdy, Woody Guthrie, and the Grail Singers. Liner notes offer song lyrics and lesson plan ideas.

1. Washer Lad 2. Shamrock 3. When I Was Single 4. The Ballad of Tea Party 5. The Liberty Song 6. The Dying Sergent 7. The Battle of Saratoga 8. Cornwallis Burgoyned 9. Buffalo Skinners 10. Davy Crockett 11. Sioux Indians 12. Greer County Bachelor (Starving to Death on My Government Claim) 13. Crossing the Plains 14. Cowboy Yodel 15. Free Elections 16. Jefferson and Liberty 17. Andrew Jackson 18. Oh Dear, What Can the Matter Be? 19. No Irish Need Apply 20. The Harrison Song 21. Hail Africa Band 22. Abolitionist Hymn 23. The Bonnie Blue Flag 24. Cumberland Crew 25. General Patterson 26. In Charleston Jail 27. All Quiet Along the Potomac 28. Lincoln and Liberty 29. Old Rebel 30. Pittsburgh Town 31. The Blind Fiddler 32. Eight-Hour Day 33. My Children Are Seven in Number 34. Let Them Wear Their Watches Fine 35. Cotton Mill Colic 36. Mill Mother's Lament 37. The Faith of Harry Simms 38. The Tva Song 39. Inflation 40. Sixty Percent 41. Raggedy 42. Seven Cent Cotton and Forty Cent Meat 43. Dust Storm Disaster 44. Old English Forty Years Ago 45. The Hunters of Kentucky 46. Santa Anna 47. Roll Alabama Roll 48. Cuba Libre 49. The Flood and the Storm 50. Well, What a Time 51. Japanese Buddhist Service 52. Indian (Hindu) Religioushymn 53. Moslem Hymna Time 54. It's the Same All Over 55. To I Hola 56. Erdo 57. Ntabezikude