Originally released in the series Folk music of the United States, Recording Laboratory, Library of Congress AAFS L55, 1960.
Compact disc.
Program notes by Helene Stratman-Thomas, bibliography, and lyrics inserted in container.
Recorded in Wisconsin, summers of 1940 and 1941, and 1946 by Helene Stratman-Thomas, Robert F. Draves, and Phyllis Pinkerton.
Pompey is dead and laid in his grave (2:16) -- How happy is the sportsman (1:10) -- Lord Lovel (2:39) -- Awake, arise you drowsy sleeper (2:39) -- I'll sell my hat, I'll sell my coat (0:43) -- Once I courted a charming beauty bright (1:48) -- Brennan on the moor (4:24) -- The pinery boy (1:42) -- The swamper's revenge on the windfall (0:31) -- The couderay jig (0:32) -- Lumberjack dance tune (0:31) -- Pig schottische (1:05) -- Shantyman's life (4:06) -- The bold McIntyres (1:06) -- The little brown bulls (3:43) -- Young Johnny (Springfield Mountain) (1:52) -- Billy Vanero (1:36) -- Cranberry song (1:06) -- On the lake at Ponchartrain (1:18) -- The Milwaukee fire (2:29) -- Reuben Wright and Phoebe Brown (2:46)