Genre: Country
Gather ‘round, grab a harp, sing along – this comprehensive collection of “Campfire Classics” presents 200 of the most heart-warming songs to help you enjoy your evening around the campfire. Whether Pop, Country & Western, Skiffle, or Folk, of course, they all are evergreens, songs that entered the charts upon release and stayed on our minds and in our ears ever since. Hits like „Cottonfields”, „If I Had a Hammer”, “Down By the “Riverside“, “Banks Of the Ohio”, “Tom Dooley”, “O Lonesome Me”, “Greenfields”, “Red River Valley”, “Island in the Sun”, “I Walk the Line”, and 190 by original artists such as the Kingston Trio, Burl Ives, Highwaymen, Everly Brothers, Carter Family, Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Jimmie Driftwood, Lonnie Donegan, Harry Belafonte, Johnny Cash and many more. Listen, learn, play and sing along – and the next time you find yourself with a guitar or a harmonica in hand and a crowd gathered round you and the campfire, you‘ll be sure to bring down the house.
Tracklist:
CD1
1. Kingston Trio – Tom Dooley (Traditional) 1958 #1 3.03
2. Buffalo Bills – Happy Days Are Here Again (Yellen / Ager) 1955 2.14
3. Alexis Korner´s Breakdown Group – Skip to My Lou (Traditional) 1957 1.55
4. Highwaymen – Cotton Fields (Ledbetter) 1961 #13 2.12
5. Burl Ives – Down in the Valley (Traditional) 1946 3.09
6. New Lost City Ramblers – Banks of the Ohio (Traditional) 1959 3.55
7. Ernest Tubb – The Yellow Rose of Texas (George) 1955 2.21
8. Alan Lomax & Guy Caravan – Jesse James (Traditional) 1958 3.03
9. Mitch Miller & The Gang – Camptown Races (Traditional) 1958 3.02
10. Pete Seeger – Red River Valley (Traditional) 1957 2.08
11. Hylo Brown & The Timber Liners – Blue Tail Fly (Traditional) 1960 2.09
12. Carl Smith – You Are My Sunshine (Davis / Mitchell) 1956 3.40
13. Everly Brothers – I´m Here to Get My Baby out of Jail (Davis / Taylor) 1958 3.34
14. Joan Baez – Wildwood Flower (Traditional) 1960 2.34
15. Ken Colyer Skiffle Group – Down by the Riverside (Traditional) 1955 2.31
16. Jimmie Driftwood – The Battle of New Orleans (Driftwood) 1959 #24 3.52
17. Brothers Four – Greenfields (Gilkyson / Dehr / Miller) 1960 #2 3.02
18. Carter Family – Wabash Cannonball (Traditional) 1962 2.56
19. Mitch Miller & The Gang – The Children´s Marching Song (Traditional) 1958 2.49
20. Gene Autry – Deep in the Heart of Texas (Hershey / Swander) 1942 2.47
Total Time 57.32
CD2
1. Harry Belafonte – Island in the Sun (Belafonte / Burgess) 1957 #30 3.22
2. Ken Colyer Skiffle Group – Casey Jones (Traditional) 1954 2.30
3. Highwaymen – Santiano (Traditional) 1961 2.09
4. Kingston Trio – Everglades (Howard) 1960 #60 2.19
5. Everly Brothers – Rocking Alone in an Old Rocking Chair (Miller) 1958 2.58
6. Carson J. Robison – Hand Me Down My Walking Cane (Traditional) 1938 2.59
7. Brothers Four – I Am a Roving Gambler (Traditional) 1960 2.50
8. Jimmie Driftwood – I´m Too Young to Marry (‘Traditional) 1957 2.01
9. Lonnie Donegan – Railroad Bill (Traditional) 1956 2.21
10. Almanac Singers – Liza Jane (Traditional) 1941 2.44
11. Gene Autry – Home on the Range (Traditional) 1947 2.42
12. Woody Guthrie – This Land Is Your Land (Guthrie) 1947 2.16
13. Burl Ives – Big Rock Candy Mountain (Traditional) 1945 2.39
14. Hank Williams – Pan American (Williams) 1948 2.49
15. Hank Snow – I´m Moving On (Snow) 1950 #1 2.50
16. Les Paul & Mary Ford – Tennessee Waltz (Stewart / King) 1950 #8 3.10
17. Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs – Jimmie Brown the Newsboy 2.44
(Carter) 1957 Vocal: Lester Flatt
18. Union Boys – U.A.W. – C.I.O. (Hawes) 1944 2.06
19. Pete Seeger – If I Had a Hammer (Hays / Seeger) 1956 1.53
20. Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group – Freight Train 2.57
(Traditional) 1957 Vocal: Nancy Whiskey
Total Time 52.49
CD3
1. Burl Ives – A Little Bitty Tear (Cochran) 1961 #9 2.01
2. Kingston Trio – Lemon Tree (Holt) 1962 2.16
3. Everly Brothers – That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine (Autry / Lang) 1958 3.09
4. Lonnie Donegan – My Dixie Darling (Carter) 1957 3.02
5. Highwaymen – Cindy Oh Cindy (Barron / Long) 1962 3.00
6. Pete Seeger – Oh Susanna (Foster) 1958 1.17
7. Marty Robbins – Cool Water (Nolan) 1959 3.11
8. Ken Colyer Skiffle Group – Take This Hammer (Traditional) 1957 3.23
9. Brothers Four – Eddystone Light (Seeger / Hays / Hellerman / Gilbert) 1960 2.05
10. Dickie Bishop & His Sidekicks – Precious Memories (Traditional) 1957 2.28
11. The Tarriers – This Train (Tharpe) 1957 2.10
12. Jimmie Driftwood – Old Joe Clark (Traditional) 1957 1.35
13. Happiness Boys – Does the Spearmint Lose It´s Flavor 2.49
(Breuer / Rose / Bloom) 1924
14. Ricky Nelson – Get Along Home Cindy (Traditional) 19 58 1.59
15. Hank Williams – Move It on Over (Williams) 1947 #4 2.49
16. Don Gibson – Oh Lonesome Me (Gibson) 1958 #1 2.31
17. Vipers Skiffle Group – Pick a Bale of Cotton (Traditional) 1956 2.28
18. Jim Reeves – Yonder Comes a Sucker (Traditional / Reeves) 1955 #4 2.31
19. Peggy Seeger & Guy Caravan – Cumberland Gap (Traditional) 1957 1.55
20. Harry Belafonte – Jamaica Farewell (Burgess) 1956 #14 3.03
Total Time 50.14
CD4
1. Highwaymen – Michael (Row the Boat Ashore) (Traditional) 1961 #1 2.44
2. Lonnie Donegan – Rock O´ My Soul (Traditional) 1958 2.30
3. Kingston Trio – Ruby Red (Vance/Pockriss) 1958 2.18
4. Avon Cities Skiffle Group – Green Corn (Traditional) 1957 2.59
5. Pete Seeger – Ida Red (Traditional) 1957 1.54
6. Hank Williams – Honky Tonk Blues (Williams) 1952 #2 2.11
7. Eden Street Skiffle Group – Raise a Ruckus Tonight (Traditional) 1957 2.09
8. Burl Ives – Solidarity Forever (Traditional / Chaplin) 1944 2.53
9. Sons of the Pioneers – Riders in the Sky (Jones) 1949 3.20
10. Ken Colyer Skiffle Group – Streamline Train (Wilborn) 1955 2.38
11. Jim Reeves – Mexican Joe (Torok) 1953 #1 2.37
12. Harry Belafonte – Banana Boat (Burgess / Attaway) 1956 #5 3.03
13. Woody Guthrie – So Long, It´s Been Good to Know Ya (Guthrie) 1941 3.05
14. Roger Miller – Footprints in the Snow (Traditional) 1960 2.32
15. The Square Dancers – Oh My Darling Clementine (Traditional) 1962 3.20
16. Brothers Four – Yellow Bird (Berman / Luboff) 1960 2.23
17. Leadbelly – There´s a Man Goin´ Round Takin´ Names (Traditional) 1939 1.24
18. Vipers Skiffle Group – Over in the Glory Land (Traditional) 1957 2.41
19. Les Paul & Mary Ford – Mockingbird Hill (Horton) 1951 #3 2.18
20. Rusty & Doug Kershaw – Diggy Diggy Lo (Miller) 1961 #14 2.03
Total Time 51.36
CD5
1. Everly Brothers – Lightning Express (Kincaid) 1958 4.52
2. Burl Ives – Hound Dog (Traditional) 1954 1.57
3. Kingston Trio – A Worried Man (Guard / Glazer) 1959 #20 2.51
4. Woody Guthrie – Rambling Round Your City 2.17
(Guthrie / Ledbetter / Lomax) 1947
5. Helen & June Carter – Polly Wolly Doodle (Traditional) 1939 1.00
6. Sons of the Pioneers – Tumbling Tumbleweeds (Nolan) 1946 2.44
7. Hank Williams – Your Cheatin´ Heart (Williams) 1953 #1 2.44
8. Jimmie Driftwood – Pretty Mary (Traditional) 1957 2.24
9. The Weavers – Bay of Mexico (Geraci / Campbell) 1959 2.44
10. Ken Colyer Skiffle Group – The Grey Goose (Traditional) 1957 3.10
11. Carter Family – Lonesome Valley (Carter) 1930 2.42
12. Burl Ives – Home on the Range (Traditional) 1961 2.26
13. Al Dexter – Pistol Packin´ Mama (Dexter) 1944 #1 2.49
14. Jo Stafford – Cripple Creek (Traditional) 1950 1.27
15. Woody Guthrie – Old Time Religion (Traditional) 1940 2.34
16. Cisco Houston – Ezekiel Saw the Wheel (Traditional) 1955 2.16
17. Pete Seeger – Banks of the Marble (Rice) 1949 2.58
18. The Weavers – Howard´s Dead and Gone (Traditional) 1959 2.51
19. The Tarriers – The Banana Boat Song (Arkin / Carey / Darling) 1956 #4 3.04
20. Pete Seeger – Cindy (Traditional) 1944 2.34
Total Time 52.44
CD6
1. Johnny Cash – I Walk the Line (Cash) 1956 #1 2.46
2. Burl Ives – Cowboy´s Dream (aka - My Bonnie) (Traditional) 1961 2.58
3. The Weavers – Darling Corey (Traditional) 1959 2.06
4. Everly Brothers – Roving Gambler (Traditional) 1958 3.42
5. Kingston Trio – Where Have All the Flowers Gone (Seeger) 1962 #21 3.02
6. Leadbelly – Alabama Bound (Ledbetter) 1940 3.05
7. Woody Guthrie – Gypsy Davy (Guthrie) 1942 2.53
8. Carter Family – My Dixie Darling (Carter) 1936 3.01
9. Jimmie Driftwood – Country Boy (Traditional) 1957 2.10
10. Ken Colyer Skiffle Group & Lonnie Donegan – The Cotton Song 1.50
(Traditional) 1954
11. The Weavers – The Roving Kind (Traditional) 1951 2.47
12. Joan Baez – Fare the Well (Gude) 1960 3.21
13. The Tarriers – Rock Island Line (‘Traditional) 1956 2.21
14. Buell Kazee – The Wagoner´s Lad (Traditional) 1928 3.07
15. June Carter – The New Streamliner (Traditional) 1949 1.36
16. Burl Ives – Mexicali Rose (Traditional) 1961 2.25
17. Jimmie Driftwood – Song of the Cowboys (Driftwood) 1958 2.20
18. The Weavers – When the Stars Begin to Fall (Traditional) 1961 3.15
19. Woody Guthrie – End of My Line (Guthrie) 1941 2.53
20. Hank Williams – Jambalaya (Williams) 1952 #1 2.56
Total Time 54.51
CD7
1. Mitchell Torok – Caribbean (Torok) 1953 #1 2.29
2. Hank Williams – I´m so Lonesome I Could Cry (Williams) 1949 2.48
3. Jimmie Driftwood – Billy the Kid (Traditional) 1960 1.41
4. Everly Brothers – Who´s Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet 2.42
(Traditional) 1958
5. The Weavers – Kumbaya (Traditional) 1959 2.57
6. Burl Ives – The Last Round-Up (Traditional) 1961 4.02
7. Woody Guthrie – Cumberland Gap (Traditional) 1941 2.22
8. Chubby Parker – King Kong Kitchie (Traditional) 1928 3.11
9. Carter Family – Are You Lonesome Tonight (Handman / Turk) 1936 2.58
10. Uncle Eck Dunford – Old Shoes and Leggins (Traditional) 1929 3.03
11. The Weavers – Around the Corner (Gilbert / Hays / Hellerman) 1952 2.26
12. Johnny Cash – I Got Stripes (Cash / Williams) 1959 #4 2.00
13. Washboard Sam – Mama Don´t Allow (Traditional) 1946 3.06
14. Stanley Brothers – Over in the Glory Land (Traditional) 1960 2.32
15. The Cattlemen – She´ll Be Coming ´Round the Mountain (Traditional) 1962 2.50
16. The Weavers – Empty Pocket Blues (Traditional) 1959 3.11
17. Hank Snow – The Wreck of the Old ´97 (Noell / Lowry / Whitter) 1962 2.08
18. Burl Ives – O Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie (Traditional) 1961 2.20
19. Woody Guthrie – Sourwood Mountain (Traditional) 1941 3.00
20. Kingston Trio – M.T.A. (Steiner / Hawes) 1959 #15 3.13
Total Time 55.24
CD8
1. Billy Grammer – Gotta Travel On (Clayton / Ehrlich / Lazar / Six) 1958 #4 2.27
2. Tennessee Ernie Ford – Mule Train (Glickman / Lange / Heath) 1949 #1 3.05
3. Kingston Trio – Sloop John B. (Hays / Sandburg) 1958 3.29
4. Burl Ives – Goober Peas (Traditional) 1952 2.30
5. Skeets McDonald – Don´t Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes (Willett) 1952 #1 2.46
6. Pete Seeger – Billy Boy (Traditional) 1941 2.23
7. Woody Guthrie – Columbus Stockade (Traditional) 1942 2.26
8. Rusty Draper – Gambler´s Guitar (Lowe) 1953 #6 2.35
9. Roy Rogers – Don´t Fence Me In (Porter) 1949 2.50
10. Carter Family – Rambling Boy (Carter) 1941 2.57
11. Jimmie Driftwood – Jesse James (Traditional) 1960 1.53
12. The Weavers – Let the Midnight Special (Traditional) 1959 2.34
13. Doc Watson – Peg and Awl (Traditional) 1960 2.12
14. Elders McIntosh & Edward´s Sanctified Singers – Since I laid My Burden Down 3.20
(Traditional) 1929
15. Joan Baez – Rake and Rambling Boy (Traditional) 1960 1.58
16. Sons of the Pioneers – Cigareetes, Whusky and Wild Wild Women 2.54
(Spencer) 1947
17. Burl Ives – Wayfaring Stranger (Traditional) 1945 1.34
18. The Weavers – The Bay of Mexico (Hays/Seeger/Gilbert) 1952 2.46
19. Woody Guthrie – More Pretty Girls Than One (Traditional) 1941 2.19
20. The Weavers – Almost Done (Traditional) 1959 2.55
Total Time 52.13
CD9
1. Terry Gilkyson – Marianne (Gilkyson / Dehr / Miller) 1957 #4 2.15
2. The Weavers – Sinner Man (Traditional) 1959 2.29
3. Hank Snow – The Last Ride (Daffan / Snow) 1959 #3 2.36
4. Carter Family – River of Jordan (Carter) 1928 2.40
5. Vipers Skiffle Group – Hey Liley Liley Lo (Traditional) 1957 2.11
6. Burl Ives – The Cowboy´s Lament (Streets of Laredo) (Traditional) 1946 2.18
7. Bailey Brothers – Rattlesnake Daddy (Traditional) 1947 2.07
8. Kingston Trio – Saro Jane (Traditional) 1958 2.23
9. Bill Monroe – The Coupon Song (Traditional) 1941 2.57
10. Jimmie Driftwood – The Battle of San Juan Hill (Driftwood) 1960 2.31
11. Coon Creek Girls – Little Birdie (Traditional) 1944 2.31
12. Delta Skiffle Group – John Brown´s Body (Traditional) 1957 2.58
13. Hodges Brothers – It Won’t Be Long (Traditional) 1951 2.46
14. Morris Brothers – Salty Dog Blues (Morris / Morris) 1938 2.40
15. Blue Sky Boys – Are You from Dixie (Traditional) 1936 2.44
16. The Weavers – The Keeper (Traditional) 1959 2.29
17. McCormick Brothers – Banjo Twist (Clark / McCormick) 1954 2.14
18. Woody Guthrie – Pretty Boy Floyd (Traditional) 1940 3.09
19. Bailey Brothers – Happy Valley Special (Traditional) 1947 2.23
20. Johnny Duncan & His Blue Grass Boys – Last Train to San Fernando 2.30
(Devere / Sylvester) 1957 #2
Total Time 51.12
CD10
1. Johnny Cash – Bonanza (Livingston / Evans) 1962 2.18
2. Woody Guthrie – Rangers Command (Traditional) 1941 2.58
3. Kingston Trio – This Little Light of Mine (Traditional) 1959 2.15
4. Bill Monroe – Orange Blossom Special (Rouse) 1941 2.34
5. Vipers Skiffle Group – 10.000 Years Ago (Traditional) 1956 2.20
6. Hank Snow – Casey Jones Was His Name (Gibson) 1962 2.13
7. The Weavers – Erie Canal (Traditional) 1959 2.26
8. Carter Family – Chewing Gum (Carter) 1928 3.06
9. City Ramblers Skiffle Group – When the Saints Go Marching In 2.30
(Traditional) 1956
10. Buster Carter & Preston Young – Roll in My Sweet Baby´s Arms 2.59
(Traditional) 1931
11. Red Foley – Freight Train Boogie (Nabor / Scott) 1947 #5 2.52
12. The Weavers – Goodnight Irene (Ledbetter / Lomax) 1950 3.21
13. Don Gibson – Just One Time (Gibson) 1960 #2 2.46
14. Armstrong Twins – Baby Girl (Traditional) 1949 2.32
15. Lonnie Donegan – Puttin´ on the Style (Traditional) 1957 3.39
16. Brownsferry Four – Will the Circle Be Unbroken (Traditional) 1946 3.02
17. The Weavers – Get Along Little Dogies (Traditional) 1961 3.28
18. Sons of the Pioneers – Ragtime Cowboy Joe
(Clarke / Muir / Abrahams) 1945 2.26
19. Bill Monroe – Y´All Come (Duff) 1954 2.12
20. Les Paul & Mary Ford – Vaya Con Dios (James / Pepper / Russell) 1953 #1 2.54
Total Time 55.07