| Other author/creator | Ashley, Clarence, 1895-1967, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Boggs, Dock, 1898-1971, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Cotten, Elizabeth performer. |
| Other author/creator | McGee, Sam, 1894-1975, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Seeger, Mike, 1933-2009 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Snow, Kilby, 1905-1980, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Ward, Wade, performer. |
| Contents |
In the sweet bye and bye (Elizabeth Cotten) -- Tie your dog, Sally gal (Will Adam) -- Banjo instrumental (J.C. "Cleve" Sutphin) -- Lost train blues (V.L. Sutphin) -- Shortening bread ; The train that carried my girl from town (Vernon and Cleve Sutphin) -- Old gambling man ; John Henry (J.J. Neece) -- Shout, little Lulu (Louise Foreacre) -- He will set your fields on fire (Kilby Snow) -- Gather in the golden grain (Ernest and Hattie Stoneman) -- Going to lay down my burdens (Elizabeth White) -- John Henry (Lesley Riddle) -- Pretty fair damsel (Tom Ashley) -- It's these hard times ; Old-time reel (Pearly "Grandma" Davis) -- Jackson schottische (A.L. Hall and group) -- Lone prairie ; Molly, put the kettle on (Wade Ward) -- Last gold dollar (Edsel Martin, Bill McElreath) -- John Henry (Bill and Jean Davis) -- Three nights drunk ; Jimmie Sutton (Blue Ridge Buddies) -- Going to lay down my old guitar (Snuffy Jenkins, Ira Dimmery) -- Black Mountain rag (Arthur Smith, Sam McGee, Kirk McGee) -- A talk on the world (Clyde Lewis) -- Red wing ("Lost John" Ray, Walt Koken) -- Leather breeches (Eck Robertson, with New Lost City Ramblers) -- Blackberry blossom (Sherman Lawson) -- Alabama gals (Emmett Cole) -- Old Joe Clark (George Landers) -- Sugar baby (Dock Boggs) -- Queen Sally (Archie Sturgill) -- Poor orphan child (Kate Peters Sturgill) -- My Virginia Rose (Scott Boatright) -- I'm leaving you (Sara Carter Bayes, Maybelle Carter) -- He said if you love Me, feed My sheep (Stancer Quartet) -- I would not live always (Clarence Ferrill). |
| General note | Originally issued as compact disc. |
| General note | Program notes and discography inserted in original container. |
| General note | Smithsonian Folkways: SF 40097; SF CD 40097 (container). |
| General note | Subtitle from original container. |
| Performer |
Various performers. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded between 1952 and 1967. |
