Ballads of the Revolution Sung by Wallace House with Guitar

Folkways Records – FP 5001

Format: 2 x Vinyl 10" LP, Album, Mono, Boxed set
Country: US
Released: 1953
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 The World Turned Upside Down (1:53)
A2 The Liberty Song (3:02)
A3 Free America (1:40)
A4 Maryland Resolves (1:10)
A5 What a Court Hath Old England (1:33)
A6 Banks of the Dee (Original) (2:14)
A7 Banks of the Dee (American Parody) (1:52)
B1 The Pennsylvania Song (1:37)
B2 Yankee Doodle, or The Yankee's Return From Camp (2:23)
B3 How Happy the Soldier (1:12)
B4 The Death of Warren (4:10)
B5 Bunker Hill (2:16)
C1 The Dying Sergeant (2:57)
C2 The British Light Infantry (1:26)
C3 Chester (1:52)
C4 The Toast (2:08)
D1 The Yankee Man of War or The Stately Southerner or Paul Jones Privateer (2:33)
D2 Mad Anthony Wayne (2:13)
D3 Sergeant Champe (2:21)
D4 Cornwallis Burgoyned (3:01)
[Credits]
Wallace House (guitar/vocals)
Commentary on the Notes: Moses Asch
[Notes]
British-born folklorist Wallace House selected these 20 ballads for their historical significance and arranged them on this collection chronologically. The recording opens with a song from 1767 describing attempts to reconcile England with the colonies, and ends with a song about the defeat of the British Army at Saratoga from 1781. Illustrated liner notes set the scene for the music and describe the background to events featured in the songs.