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YR

 SONG TITLE  GENRE  SONGWRITER(S)
 FOLK/ROOTS, 1900 - 1909 (5 Songs)

1900

Casey Jones

Folk/Roots

Saunders, Wallace; REC: Furry Lewis; Johnny Cash; The Grateful Dead; Pete Seeger; Sidney Bechet; Dave Van Ronk; Mississippi John Hurt

1906

Freight Train

Folk/Roots

Cotten, Elizabeth; REC: Elizabeth Cotten; Peter, Paul, & Mary

1905

Preacher And The Bear, The

Folk/Roots

Collins, Arthur; REC: Arthur Collins

1903

Waltzing Matilda

Folk/Roots

Patterson, B., & Cowan, M.; REC: Rolf Harris; Burl Ives

1903

Wreck Of The Old 97

Folk/Roots

Noell, Charles; REC: Woody Guthrie; Mac Wiseman; Johnny Cash; Vernon Dalhart

        
 FOLK/ROOTS, 1910 - 1919 (4 Songs)

1918

Shake Sugaree

Folk/Roots

Cotten, Elizabeth; REC: Mary Lou Lord; Bob Dylan

1915

Spanish Is The Loving Tongue

Folk/Roots

Clark, Badger; REC: Bob Dylan

1914

Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's An Irish Lullaby)

Folk/Roots

Shannon, James R.; REC: Bing Crosby; Van Morrison

1912

When Irish Eyes Are Smiling

Folk/Roots

Ball, E., Olcott, C., & Graff, G.; REC: John McCormack; Charles Mingus; The Beatles; Frank Zappa; Roger Whittaker; Bing Crosby; Connie Francis; Peggy Lee

       
 FOLK/ROOTS, 1920 - 1929 (2 Songs)

1928

Big Rock Candy Mountain

Folk/Roots

McClintock, Harry; REC: Burl Ives; Dorsey Burnette

1923

Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out

Folk/Roots

Cox, Jimmie; REC: Bessie Smith; Sidney Bechet; Sam Cooke; Louis Jordan; LaVern Baker; Clarence Pinetop Smith; Archie Shepp

       
 FOLK/ROOTS, 1930 - 1939 (22 Songs)

1939

Beer Barrel Polka

Folk/Roots

Vejvoda, J., & Brown, L.; REC: The Andrews Sisters

1932

Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?

Folk/Roots

Gorney, J., & Harburg, E. Y.; REC: The Weavers; Rudy Vallee; Bing Crosby

1939

Buffalo Skinners

Folk/Roots

Guthrie, Woody/Traditional; REC: Woody Guthrie

1935

Cotton Fields

Folk/Roots

Leadbelly/Traditional; REC: Leadbelly; Harry Belafonte

1937

Do-Re-Mi, The

Folk/Roots

Guthrie, Woody; REC: Woody Guthrie

1935

Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad

Folk/Roots

Guthrie, Woody; REC: Woody Guthrie

1933

Goodnight, Irene

Folk/Roots

Leadbelly, & Davis, G. L.; REC: Leadbelly; The Weavers; The Orioles

1932

Hobo's Lullaby

Folk/Roots

Reeves, Goebel; REC: Woody Guthrie; Kinky Friedman; Pete Seeger; Ramblin' Jack Elliott; The Kingston Trio; Arlo Guthrie; Joan Baez; Goebel Reeves

1935

I Ain't Got No Home

Folk/Roots

Guthrie, Woody; REC: Woody Guthrie

1932

In The Pines (aka Where Did You Sleep Last Night?)

Folk/Roots

Leadbelly/Traditional; REC: Leadbelly; Bill Monroe; The Osborne Brothers; Nirvana

1936

Jesse James

Folk/Roots

Guthrie, Woody; REC: Woody Guthrie

1938

Joe Hill

Folk/Roots

Hayes, A., & Robinson, E.; REC: Paul Robeson; Joan Baez; Utah Phillips

1939

Lion Sleeps Tonight, The (Wimoweh or Mbube)

Folk/Roots

Linda, Solomon (Eng. words by George David Weiss); REC: Ladysmith Black Mambazo

1934

Midnight Special

Folk/Roots

Leadbelly/Traditional; REC: Leadbelly; The Weavers

1939

Pretty Boy Floyd

Folk/Roots

Guthrie, Woody; REC: Woody Guthrie; Christy Moore; Kinky Friedman

1934

Rock Island Line

Folk/Roots

Leadbelly/Traditional; REC: Leadbelly; Johnny Cash; Lonnie Donegan

1939

So Long, It's Been Good To Know You

Folk/Roots

Guthrie, Woody; REC: Woody Guthrie; The Weavers

1933

Take This Hammer

Folk/Roots

Leadbelly/Traditional; REC: Leadbelly; Odetta; Pete Seeger

1932

Teddy Bears' Picnic, The

Folk/Roots

Bratton, J. W., & Kennedy, J.; REC: Rosemary Clooney

1935

This Train Is Bound For Glory

Folk/Roots

Guthrie, Woody/Traditional; REC: Woody Guthrie; Johnny Cash

1932

Vigilante Man

Folk/Roots

Guthrie, Woody; REC: Woody Guthrie; Ry Cooder

1931

Which Side Are You On?

Folk/Roots

Reece, Florence; REC: Pete Seeger; Billy Bragg

       
 FOLK/ROOTS, 1940 - 1949 (27 Songs)

1949

Black Fly Song, The

Folk/Roots

Hemsworth, Wade; REC: Wade Hemsworth

1946

Curly Headed Baby

Folk/Roots

Guthrie, Woody; REC: Woody Guthrie

1947

Dark As A Dungeon

Folk/Roots

Travis, Merle; REC: Merle Travis; Johnny Cash

1946

Dear Mrs. Roosevelt

Folk/Roots

Guthrie, Woody; REC: Woody Guthrie; Bob Dylan

1949

Deportee

Folk/Roots

Guthrie, W., & Hoffman, M.; REC: Woody Guthrie

1942

Grand Coulee Dam

Folk/Roots

Guthrie, Woody; REC: Woody Guthrie; Bob Dylan

1941

Hard, Ain't It Hard

Folk/Roots

Guthrie, Woody; REC: Woody Guthrie; Pete Seeger

1949

Hokey Pokey, The

Folk/Roots

Leprise, L., Baker, T., & Macak, C.; REC: Ray Anthony

1945

Jesus Christ

Folk/Roots

Guthrie, Woody; REC: Woody Guthrie

1949

Kisses Sweeter Than Wine

Folk/Roots

Leadbelly, Seeger, P., Hays, L., Gilbert, R., & Hellerman, F./Traditional; REC: The Weavers; Kate Smith; Eddie Arnold; Peter, Paul & Mary; Marlene Dietrich; Jackson Browne; Waylon Jennings

1948

Log Driver's Waltz, The

Folk/Roots

Hemsworth, Wade; REC: Kate & Anna McGarrigle; Stringband

1946

Mail Myself To You

Folk/Roots

Guthrie, Woody; REC: Woody Guthrie

1940

More Pretty Girls Than One

Folk/Roots

Guthrie, Woody/Traditional; REC: Woody Guthrie

1947

Nine Pound Hammer

Folk/Roots

Travis, Merle; REC: Merle Travis; Tony Rice; John Prine

1941

Nineteen Thirteen Massacre (1913 Massacre)

Folk/Roots

Guthrie, Woody; REC: Woody Guthrie; Bob Dylan

1948

Passing Through

Folk/Roots

Blakeslee, Dick; REC: Dick Blakeslee; Oscar Brand; Leonard Cohen; Valdy

1942

Pastures Of Plenty

Folk/Roots

Guthrie, Woody; REC: Woody Guthrie

1942

Roll On Columbia

Folk/Roots

Guthrie, Woody; REC: Woody Guthrie

1949

Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)

Folk/Roots

Danzig, E., & Segal, J.; REC: Harry Belafonte; The Browns; The Kingston Trio

1942

Sinking Of The Reuben James, The

Folk/Roots

Guthrie, Woody; REC: Woody Guthrie; Pete Seeger

1947

Sixteen Tons

Folk/Roots

Travis, Merle; REC: Tennessee Ernie Ford

1947

Smoke Smoke Smoke That Cigarette

Folk/Roots

Travis, M., & Williams, T.; REC: Tex Williams; Asleep At the Wheel; Willie Nelson

1941

Steel Guitar Rag

Folk/Roots

Travis, M., Stone, C., & McAuliffe, L.; REC: Merle Travis; Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys; George Jones; Doc Watson; Hank Snow

1940

This Land Is Your Land

Folk/Roots

Guthrie, Woody; REC: Woody Guthrie

1945

Three Bells, The (aka The Jimmy Brown Song)

Folk/Roots

Villard, J., & Manning, D.; REC: Edith Piaf; The Browns

1947

Union Maid

Folk/Roots

Guthrie, Woody; REC: Woody Guthrie; Pete Seeger

1947

Wild Goose, The

Folk/Roots

Hemsworth, Wade; REC: Kate & Anna McGarrigle; Wade Hemsworth

       
 FOLK/ROOTS, 1950 - 1959 (12 Songs)

1955

Ay-te Te Fee

Folk/Roots

Chenier, Clifton; REC: Clifton Chenier

1956

Banana Boat Song, The (Day-O)

Folk/Roots

Darling, E., Carey, B., & Arkin, A.; REC: Harry Belafonte

1957

Guantanamera

Folk/Roots

Seeger, P., Marti, J., Diaz, J. F., & Orbon, J.; REC: Pete Seeger; Perez Prado; Wyclef Jean; Freddie McGregor

1954

Happy Wanderer, The

Folk/Roots

Moller, F. W., & Ridge, A.; REC: Louis Prima; Frankie Yankovic; Frank Weir; Henri Rene; Tommy Leonetti

1952

I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly

Folk/Roots

Mills, A., & Bonne, R.; REC: Alan Mills

1958

If I Had A Hammer

Folk/Roots

Seeger, P., & Hays, L.; REC: The Weavers; Peter, Paul, & Mary; Leonard Nimoy; Big Youth

1955

Jamaica Farewell

Folk/Roots

Lord Burgess; REC: Harry Belafonte

1956

Jean And Dinah

Folk/Roots

Francisco, Slinger; REC: The Mighty Sparrow

1957

My Mother Is The Ocean Sea

Folk/Roots

Hemsworth, Wade; REC: Kate & Anna McGarrigle; Wade Hemsworth

1959

Turn Around (aka Where Are You Going, My Little One?)

Folk/Roots

Reynolds, M., Belafonte, H., & Greene, A.; REC: Harry Belafonte

1953

Vaya Con Dios

Folk/Roots

Russell, L., James, I., & Pepper, B.; REC: Les Paul & Mary Ford; Anita O'Day

1957

Yellow Bird

Folk/Roots

Bergman, A., Bergman, M., Luboff, N., & Keith, M./ Traditional; REC: Joseph Spence; The Ventures; Gene Ammons; Chet Atkins; The Brothers Four; Baja Marimba Band; Lord Inventor & The Caribbean Steel Band; Lord Devonshire & The Hummingbirds; The Gatlin Brothers; Trinidad Steel Band; Chris Isaac

       
 FOLK/ROOTS, 1960 - 1969 (102 Songs)

1967

Alice's Restaurant Massacree

Folk/Roots

Guthrie, Arlo; REC: Arlo Guthrie

1964

All I Really Want To Do

Folk/Roots

Dylan, Bob; REC: Bob Dylan; The Byrds; Bob Dylan

1968

America

Folk/Roots

Simon, Paul; REC: Simon & Garfunkel; Yes

1963

Angi

Folk/Roots

Graham, Davy; REC: Bert Jansch; Davy Graham

1968

Bird On The Wire (aka Bird On A Wire)

Folk/Roots

Cohen, Leonard; REC: Leonard Cohen; Judy Collins; Fairport Convention

1962

Blowin' In The Wind

Folk/Roots

Dylan, Bob; REC: Bob Dylan; Odetta; The Soul Stirrers; T. Rex; Eddie Albert

1962

Boa Constrictor

Folk/Roots

Silverstein, Shel; REC: Shel Silverstein; Johnny Cash; Peter, Paul & Mary

1963

Boots Of Spanish Leather

Folk/Roots

Dylan, Bob; REC: Bob Dylan

1969

Both Sides Now

Folk/Roots

Mitchell, Joni; REC: Joni Mitchell; Fairport Convention

1969

Boxer, The

Folk/Roots

Simon, Paul; REC: Simon & Garfunkel

1967

Canadian Railroad Trilogy

Folk/Roots

Lightfoot, Gordon; REC: Gordon Lightfoot

1966

Changes

Folk/Roots

Ochs, Phil; REC: Gordon Lightfoot; Phil Ochs; Tony Rice; Ian & Sylvia; Gene Clark; Cilla Black

1969

Chelsea Morning

Folk/Roots

Mitchell, Joni; REC: Joni Mitchell

1967

Circle Game, The

Folk/Roots

Mitchell, Joni; REC: Joni Mitchell; Buffy Sainte Marie

1969

Cold Hands From New York

Folk/Roots

Lightfoot, Gordon; REC: Gordon Lightfoot

1966

Dangling Conversation, The

Folk/Roots

Simon, Paul; REC: Simon & Garfunkel

1966

Daydream (aka What A Day For A Daydream)

Folk/Roots

Sebastian, John; REC: The Lovin' Spoonful

1964

Dirty Old Town

Folk/Roots

MacColl, Ewan; REC: The Pogues

1969

Don't Beat Me Down

Folk/Roots

Lightfoot, Gordon; REC: Gordon Lightfoot

1963

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

Folk/Roots

Dylan, Bob; REC: Bob Dylan

1969

Durham Town (The Leavin')

Folk/Roots

Whittaker, Roger; REC: Roger Whittaker

1966

Early Morning Rain

Folk/Roots

Lightfoot, Gordon; REC: Gordon Lightfoot; Grateful Dead; Bob Dylan; Elvis Presley

1969

Everybody's Talkin'

Folk/Roots

Neil, Fred; REC: Nilsson

1966

Fifty-Ninth Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)

Folk/Roots

Simon, Paul; REC: Simon & Garfunkel; Harper's Bizarre

1963

Five Hundred Miles (500 Miles)

Folk/Roots

West, H., Bare, B., & Williams, C.; REC: Peter, Paul & Mary; Bobby Bare; Hedy West

1967

Flower Lady

Folk/Roots

Ochs, Phil; REC: Phil Ochs; Peter & Gordon

1966

For Lovin' Me

Folk/Roots

Lightfoot, Gordon; REC: Gordon Lightfoot; Bob Dylan; Elvis Presley

1969

Fotheringay

Folk/Roots

Denny, Sandy; REC: Fairport Convention

1963

Four Strong Winds

Folk/Roots

Tyson, Ian; REC: Ian & Sylvia; Bob Dylan; Marianne Faithfull; Bobby Bare; Neil Young; Tony Rice; Flatt & Scruggs; George Hamilton IV; The Searchers; John Denver; Waylon Jennings; Harry Belafonte; The Band; David Houston

1960

Get Up And Go

Folk/Roots

Seeger, Pete; REC: Pete Seeger

1963

Girl Of The North Country

Folk/Roots

Dylan, Bob; REC: Bob Dylan; Fairport Convention

1963

Hard Rain's A-Gonna' Fall, A

Folk/Roots

Dylan, Bob; REC: Bob Dylan; The Staple Singers; Bryan Ferry

1967

Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye

Folk/Roots

Cohen, Leonard; REC: Leonard Cohen

1966

Homeward Bound

Folk/Roots

Simon, Paul; REC: Simon & Garfunkel

1968

I Don't Know Where I Stand

Folk/Roots

Mitchell, Joni; REC: Joni Mitchell; Fairport Convention; Barbra Streisand; Orville Johnson

1966

I Love Onions

Folk/Roots

Cochran, D., & Hill, J.; REC: Susan Christie

1969

I Think I Understand

Folk/Roots

Mitchell, Joni; REC: Joni Mitchell

1966

If I Were A Carpenter

Folk/Roots

Hardin, Tim; REC: Bobby Darin; Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash; The Four Tops

1964

It Ain't Me, Babe

Folk/Roots

Dylan, Bob; REC: Bob Dylan

1967

Lady Came From Baltimore, The

Folk/Roots

Hardin, Tim; REC: Tim Hardin; Bobby Darin

1964

Last Thing On My Mind, The

Folk/Roots

Paxton, Tom; REC: Tom Paxton; Judy Collins; Anne Murray; Porter Wagoner

1968

Last Time I Saw Her, The

Folk/Roots

Lightfoot, Gordon; REC: Gordon Lightfoot

1969

Leaving On A Jet Plane

Folk/Roots

Denver, John; REC: Peter, Paul & Mary

1964

Little Boxes

Folk/Roots

Reynolds, Melvina; REC: Pete Seeger; Melvina Reynolds

1964

Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll, The

Folk/Roots

Dylan, Bob; REC: Bob Dylan

1961

Louisiana Man

Folk/Roots

Kershaw, Doug; REC: Doug Kershaw

1967

Love Is Just A Four Letter Word

Folk/Roots

Dylan, Bob; REC: Joan Baez

1965

Love Minus Zero/No Limit

Folk/Roots

Dylan, Bob; REC: Bob Dylan

1967

Master Song

Folk/Roots

Cohen, Leonard; REC: Leonard Cohen

1963

Masters Of War

Folk/Roots

Dylan, Bob; REC: Bob Dylan; The Staple Singers

1964

Mississippi Goddam

Folk/Roots

Simone, Nina; REC: Nina Simone

1965

Mon Pays

Folk/Roots

Vigneault, Gilles; REC: Gilles Vigneault

1961

Morning Has Broken

Folk/Roots

Stevens, C., & Farjeon, E.; REC: Cat Stevens

1968

Mountains And Marian

Folk/Roots

Lightfoot, Gordon; REC: Gordon Lightfoot

1968

Mr. Bojangles

Folk/Roots

Walker, Jerry Jeff; REC: Jerry Jeff Walker; The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

1964

My Back Pages

Folk/Roots

Dylan, Bob; REC: Bob Dylan; The Byrds

1968

My Father

Folk/Roots

Collins, Judy; REC: Judy Collins; Barbara Cook; The Mortal Coil; Linda S. Collins; Adrienne Barbeau; Bob Rowe; Pearls Before Swine

1969

Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, The

Folk/Roots

Robertson, Robbie; REC: The Band; Joan Baez

1963

North Country Blues

Folk/Roots

Dylan, Bob; REC: Bob Dylan

1964

One Too Many Mornings

Folk/Roots

Dylan, Bob; REC: Bob Dylan

1967