Folk Songs Volume 1 (With Woody Guthrie)

1952

Track Listing:

1. Gypsy Davy
2. More Pretty Gals Than One
3. Pretty Boy Floyd
4. Poor Boy
5. Hey Lolly Lolly
6. Lonesome Day (Certainly "Lonesome Davy")

1. John Henry
2. Ranger's Command
3. Ain't Gonna Be Treated This Way
4. Buffalo Skinners
5. Hard Ain't It Hard
6. Worried Man Blues

Review:

Jim Clark

Do not have, have not heard. The songs are mostly the same, with a couple of new ones to me, but I don't link to the lyrics as Woody's lead vocal was somewhat less cautious about printed sources. The mysterious ones here are not on the 4 CD set of Woody's (and some Cisco) "Asch Recordings." (At least with these titles.) Pretty fancy pressing though--bright red vinyl and different designs on both sides. Whoa!

If anyone has this LP and would like to transcribe the lyrics, or share a copy with me, I'd be most grateful to put its contents on this site. Thanks!

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