November 17, 2023

Folksongs and Ballads of Virginia Sung by Paul Clayton

Folkways Records – FA 2110

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: United States
Released: 1956
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Railroad Bill (01:15)
A2 In the Pines (03:23)
A3 Gambling Man (00:49)
A4 Wild Rover (02:40)
A5 Bill Dooley (02:02)
A6 Talt Hall (01:11)
A7 The Farmer's Curst Wife (02:39)
B1 Harvey Logan (01:50)
B2 Lady Margaret (01:21)
B3 Frankie (02:39)
B4 If I Had a Bottle of Rum (00:58)
B5 Lord Darnell (04:10)
B6 Poor Old Maids (01:54)
B7 Little Pig (01:40)
[Credits]
Paul Clayto (guitar/vocals)
Producer: Kenneth S. Goldstein
[Notes] Massachusetts native Paul Clayton spent his college years at the University of Virginia collecting songs and writing a thesis about Child ballads found in the state. Clayton selected these songs from his own fieldwork recordings, and Kenny Goldstein supplies the album's extensive liner notes.

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