Lazare,June Folk Songs Of New York City, Vol. 1 CD

Released in 1966, this collection of twenty evocative folk songs illuminates a perhaps-unrecognizable New York City. In contrast to the nineteenth century world of gang violence, melodrama, corruption, and river pirates they chronicle, these songs are presented with simplicity and charm. For example, listen to Lazare tell the tale of the great police fight of 1857 while providing basic guitar accompaniment. Compiled and performed by music teacher and folk enthusiast June Lazare, Folk Songs of New York City, Vol. 1 was born of research for a program presented at the New York Folklore Society. This research informs the liner notes which, combined with Lazare's gentle brogue, resurrects the enigmatic characters and defining events of New York City folklore.

1. Michael Roy 2. Hicks the Pirate 3. Express Song 4. The Two Orphans 5. The Patriotic Diggers 6. Magistrate's Song 7. Jolly Old Roger 8. The Brooklyn Strike 9. The New York 'Prentice Boy 10. Down in Dear Old Greenwich Village 11. Westfield Disaster 12. Billy Barlow 13. Castle By the Sea 14. The Three Sisters 15. Dead Rabbits Fight with the Bowery Boys 16. The Knickerbocker Line 17. Great Police Fight (Riot at City Hall) 18. Jim Fisk 19. The Shoddy Contractor 20. Mrs. Cunningham's Darling Baby