Soldier Songs Sung by Hermes Nye with guitar

Folkways Records - FH 5249

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: United States
Released: 1959
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, & Historical
[Tracklist]
A01 Why, Soldiers Why (02:29)
A02 Ballad of the Tea Party (01:29)
A03 Free America (00:53)
A04 Bennington Skirmish (01:26)
A05 The Battle of Saratoga (01:58)
A06 Butternut Hill (01:31)
A07 Constitution and Guerrier (01:55)
A08 How Happy the Soldier (01:09)
A09 Benny Haven (02:28)
A10 Mustang Grey (02:02)
A11 Saro Jane (02:31)
A12 The Regular Army (02:06)
A13 The Boys of the Thirsty First (00:25)
B01 The Calvary Remount (01:48)
B02 Where the Privates Are! (02:36)
B03 Mademoiselle from Armentiers (01:50)
B04 I Landed in London (01:37)
B05 I Got Sixpence (02:59)
B06 I Don't Want to Join the Army (00:52)
B07 Gee But I Want to GO Home (01:25)
B08 The One Eyed Reilly (Reilly's Daughter) (01:21)
B09 Bell Bottom Trousers (01:37)
B10 The Officers Ride the Whale Boats (01:29)
B11 Were You with the Marines (02:48)
B12 The Engineers (01:49)
B13 The Fighting Q.M.C. (01:54)
[Credits]
Hermes Nye (guitar/vocals)
[Notes]
Performed by Hermes Nye, this collection of American War Ballads captures the experience of US Servicemen from before the Revolution through the World Wars. From pride and joy to fear and defiance, Nye and his guitar expertly recreates the gauntlet of emotions experienced by wartime soldiers through the ages. Explanations and descriptions for each song are included in the liner notes.

American History in Ballad and Song, Vol.1

Junior High School Social Studies prepared by Albert Barouh and Theodore O. Cron

Folkways Records – FH 5801

Format: 3 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1960
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Disk One]
A01 Washer Lad: Pete Seeger (01:12)
A02 Shamrock: Pete Seeger (02:23)
A03 When I Was Single: Peggy Seeger (01:46)
A04 The Ballad of Tea Party: Hermes Nye (01:26)
A05 The Liberty Song: Ed McCurdy (02:59)
A06 The Dying Sergent: Ed McCurdy (02:50)
A07 The Battle of Saratoga: Hermes Nye (01:54)
A08 Cornwallis Burgoyned: Ed McCurdy (02:23)
A09 Buffalo Skinners: Pete Seeger (02:42)
A10 Davy Crockett: Hermes Nye (04:56)
A11 Sioux Indians: Pete Seeger (03:38)
A12 Greer County Bachelor : Pete Seeger (02:35)
A13 Crossing the Plains: Logan English (04:06)
A14 Cowboy Yodel: Pete Seeger (00:52)
A15 Free Elections: Pete Seeger (01:29)
A16 Jefferson and Liberty: Ed McCurdy (01:54)
A17 Andrew Jackson: Ed McCurdy (02:19)
A18 Oh Dear, What Can The Matter Be?: Elizabeth Knight (01:55)
A19 No Irish Need Apply: Pete Seeger (01:53)
A20 The Harrison Song: Ed McCurdy (02:35)
[Disk Two]
B01 Hail Africa Band: Wallace House (01:53)
B02 Abolitionist Hymn: Hermes Nye (01:24)
B03 The Bonnie Blue Flag: Hermes Nye (03:05)
B04 Cumberland Crew: Hermes Nye (02:48)
B05 General Patterson: Hermes Nye (02:21)
B06 In Charleston Jail: Hermes Nye (01:44)
B07 All Quiet Along the Potomac: Hermes Nye (02:41)
B08 Lincoln and Liberty: Hermes Nye (01:22)
B09 Old Rebel: Hermes Nye (01:45)
B10 Pittsburgh Town: Pete Seeger (01:29)
B11 The Blind Fiddler: Pete Seeger (01:15)
B12 Eight-Hour Day: Pete Seeger (01:00)
B13 My Children Are Seven in Number: Pete Seeger (03:57)
B14 Let Them Wear Their Watches Fine: Pete Seeger (03:39)
B15 Cotton Mill Colic: Pete Seeger (01:38)
B16 Mill Mother's Lament: Pete Seeger (01:36)
B17 The Faith of Harry Simms: Pete Seeger (02:11)
B18 The TVA Song: Pete Seeger (02:01)
B19 Inflation: n/a (01:40)
B20 Sixty Percent: Pete Seeger (01:03)
[Disk Three]
C01 Raggedy: Pete Seeger (02:30)
C02 Seven Cent Cotton and Forty Cent Meat: Pete Seeger (01:56)
C03 Dust Storm Disaster Woody Guthrie 03:12)
C04 Old English Forty Years Ago: Wallace House (06:02)
C05 The Hunters of Kentucky: Wallace House (03:02)
C06 Santa Anna: Hermes Nye (01:23)
C07 Roll Alabama Roll: Hermes Nye (02:03)
C08 Cuba Libre Jerry Silverman 03:05)
C09 The Flood and the Storm: Woody Guthrie (02:01)
C10 Well, What a Time: n/a (03:15)
C11 Japanese Buddhist Service: n/a (00:44)
C12 Indian (Hindu) ReligiousHymn: n/a (02:03)
C13 Moslem Hymn Time: n/a (02:37)
C14 It's the Same All Over: Arthur Samuels (02:12)
C15 To I Hola: The Grail Singers (02:03)
C16 Erdo: The Grail Singers (03:25)
C17 Ntabezikude: The Grail Singers (02:14)
[Credits]
Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
Developed as a teaching guide for junior high school social studies classes, this compilation features 57 songs, mainly about American history and culture. They are organized thematically, with topics including Colonial America, the Civil War, and frontier life. A section on "The World of Man" includes Buddhist, Hindu, and Muslim prayers as well as a Polish, Hungarian, and Zulu song. Most of the tracks originally appeared on other Folkways recordings. Artists include Pete Seeger, Peggy Seeger, Hermes Nye, Wallace House, Ed McCurdy, Woody Guthrie, and The Grail Singers. Liner notes offer song lyrics and lesson plan ideas.

Cowboy Songs on Folkways

Smithsonian Folkways – SF 40043

Format: CD, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1991
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Honky Tonk, Country
[Tracklist]
01 Morning Grub Holler: Harry Jackson (0:18)
02 Round-Up Cook: Harry Jackson (0:48)
03 Chisholm Trail: The Tex-i-an Boys (3:00)
04 Whoopie Ti-Yi-Yo, Get Along Little Dogies: Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston (3:01)
05 Little Joe, the Wrangler: Cisco Houston (2:39)
06 Little Joe, the Wrangler's Sister Nell: Harry Jackson (3:28)
07 Utah Carl: Harry "Haywire Mac" McClintock (1:30)
08 Put Your Little Foot: The Tex-i-an Boys (1:25)
09 Trail to Mexico: Peter La Farge (2:27)
10 Las Chapparreras: Peter Hurd (1:21)
11 Buffalo Skinners: Woody Guthrie (3:15)
12 Zebra Dun: Ray Reed (3:51)
13 Some Cowboy Brag Talk: Harry Jackson (1:34)
14 Horse Wrangler: Roger Welsch (3:07)
15 Strawberry Roan: Harry Jackson (4:55)
16 The Tex-I-An Boys: John A. Lomax, Jr. (1:52)
17 Out on the Western Plains (Cow-Cow Yicky Yicky Yea): Lead Belly (1:33)
18 Jesse James: Woody Guthrie (3:00)
19 Home on the Range: Pete Seeger (1:51)
20 Empty Cot in the Bunkhouse Tonight: Rosalie Sorrels (2:12)
21 Springtime in the Rockies: Lead Belly (3:04)
22 Lone Star Trail: Dave Fredrickson (2:54)
23 Rodeo Hand: Peter La Farge (1:47)
24 Philadelphia Lawyer (Reno Blues): Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston (2:31)
25 The Dying Cowboy: Cisco Houston (3:01)
26 Devil Made Texas: Hermes Nye (2:08)
[Credits]
Producer: Guy Logsdon, Designer: Joan Wolbier, Photographer: Luis Alfonso Jimenez
[Notes]
Fifteen performers sing, boast, tell stories, holler, and recite poetry on 26 tracks that portray the life and times of honest, hard-working cowboys. Features performers from many backgrounds with a wide variety of musical styles. Includes Pete Seeger's Home on the Range, Cisco Houston's Little Joe and the Wrangler, Woody Guthrie's Get Along Little Dogies, several old tales from the range, including Chisholm Tale and Jesse James, and Rosalie Sorrells's version of Gene Autry's 1943 hit There's an Empty Cot in the Bunkhouse. "Abundant evidence of the rich legacy...of real cowboys provided by their music and poetry." — Dirty Linen

Texas Folk Songs with Hermes Nye and Guitar

Folkways Records – FA 2128

Format: Vinyl, 10", Album
Country: US
Released: 1955
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 The Devil Made Texas (2:12)
A2 Bucking Bronco (1:56)
A3 Bonnie And Clyde (2:59)
A4 Bad Brahma Bull (3:01)
A5 Amazing Grace (1:32)
A6 The Buffalo Skinners (2:01)
B1 Shorty George (2:04)
B2 The Boll Wevil (1:45)
B3 Diamond Joe (2:10)
B4 Sam Bass (2:00)
B5 The Toolie's Death (2:06)
B6 Corrido de Kansas (4:51)
B7 Louisiana Gals (1:45)
[Credits]
Hermes Nye (guitar/vocals)
Introduction: Frank Dobie, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
The spirit of Hermes Nye's singing emerges in his forthright statement, "Love to sing them, love to hear other people sing them, love to learn new ones. That's about all." These thirteen songs explore the Lone Star State, from a song attributed to desperado Belle Starr to a corrido from south Texas.

Hermes Nye: Anglo-American Ballads

Folkways Records FA 2037

Format: Vinyl, 10", Album
Country: US
Released: 1952
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Tomorrow Is St. Valentine's Day (1:20)
A2 A North Country Maid (1:38)
A3 King Arthur Had Three Sons (2:01)
A4 Earl Richard (2:39)
A5 Greenland Fishery (1:50)
A6 Earl Of Murray (1:22)
B1 John Peel (2:18)
B2 The Mermaid (2:44)
B3 The Red Herring (2:05)
B4 The Bailiff's Daughter Of Islington (3:49)
[Credits]
Hermes Nye (guitar/vocals)
Artwork: David Stone Martin
[Notes]
Sung on record and described in liner notes with Hermes Nye's characteristic down-home humor, Anglo-American ballads on this album come from a variety of sources, from an Elizabethan torch song in Shakespeare's Hamlet to a version of "John Peel" taken from a Girl Scout songbook!

Hermes Nye: Early English Ballads from the Percy and Child Collections

Folkways Records FA 2305

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono
Country: US
Released: 1957
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Celtic, & World
[Tracklist]
A01 Robin Hood's Golden Prize (3:15)
A02 The Death of Robin Hood (2:34)
A03 Whittingham Fair (2:53)
A04 The Outlandish Knight (3:19)
A05 The Three Ravens- Twa Corbies (3:39)
A06 Binnorie - The Cruel Sister (3:22)
A07 Thomas, The Rhymer (2:30)
A08 Sir Patrick Spens (2:52)
A09 Queen Eleanor's Confession (4:45)
B01 Clerk Saunders (3:02)
B02 Lord Thomas And Fair Ellinor (2:45)
B03 My Love Built Me A Bonnie Bower (2:57)
B04 Mary Hamilton (1:57)
B05 O, Waly, Waly (2:30)
B06 Rob Roy (2:47)
B07 Lizzie Lindsay (2:47)
B08 Glenlogie - Jean O Bethelnie (2:07)
B09 Get Up And Bar The Door (1:59)
B10 The Lament Of The Border Widow (3:27)
B11 King O'Luve - Fause Foodrage (1:25)
[Credits]
Hermes Nye (guitar/vocals)
Designgner: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
Hermes Nye's "sneaking fondness for the English things from Percy and Child" takes center stage on this collection of ballads. The singer's commentaries enliven the notes: for example, Nye writes, "Sir Walter Scott collected ["Binnorie"], and probably had enough integrity not to add to it, although we can never be sure about those old boys."

Songs of the Civil War

Folkways Records FH-5717

Format: Vinyl, 2xLP, Compilation
Country: US
Released: 1960
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 John Brown's Body: Pete Seeger (2:57)
A2 Johnny is My Darling: Ethel Raim, Elizabeth Knight and Joyce Gluck (1:26)
A3 Billy Barlow: Jerry Silverman (3:30)
A4 Somebody's Darling: Elizabeth Knight and The Harvesters (5:04)
A5 Old Abe Lincoln: Hermes Nye (1:12)
A6 The Vacant Chair: The New Lost City Ramblers (3:39)
A7 Lincoln and Liberty: Pete Seeger (1:05)
A8 Roll Alabama Roll: Jerry Silverman and The Harvesters (2:59)
A9 Clear the Track: Pete Seeger and group (1:45)
B1 Tramp, Tramp, Tramp: Jerry Silverman and The Harvesters (2:07)
B2 Bonnie Blue Flag: Elizabeth Knight with The Harvesters (2:00)
B3 Tenting Tonight: Pete Seeger (5:30)
B4 Richmond is a Hard Road to Travel: The New Lost City Ramblers (3:05)
B5 Battle Cry of Freedom: Jerry Silverman and The Harvesters (2:30)
B6 The Cumberland and the Merrimac: Ellen Stekert (2:59)
B7 Just Before the Battle, Mother: Jerry Silverman and The Harvesters (4:14)
B8 Farewell Mother: Hermes Nye (1:47)
C1 Weeping Sad and Lonely: Elizabeth Knight with The Harvesters (5:54)
C2 Marching Song of the First Arkansas: Pete Seeger and Bill MacAdoo (2:04)
C3 Overtures from Richmond: Jerry Silverman (4:13)
C4 Pat Murphy of the Irish Brigade: Ellen Stekert (1:42)
C5 Goober Peas: The New Lost City Ramblers (3:39)
C6 Cumberland Crew: Sandy Ives (4:42)
C7 High Toned Southern Gentlemen: Jerry Silverman (3:25)
D1 When Johnny Comes Marching Home: Pete Seeger and Bill MacAdoo (1:29)
D2 Who Will Care for Mother Now?: Jerry Silverman (4:01)
D3 Marching Through Georgia: Pete Seeger and Bill MacAdoo (1:50)
D4 No More Auction Block: The Harvesters (3:07)
D5 Kingdom Coming (Year of Jubilo): Pete Seeger (2:36)
D6 Booth Killed Lincoln: Cisco Houston (2:59)
D7 Oh, I'm a Good Old Rebel: Hermes Nye (1:46)
D8 Two Brothers: Ethel Raim and Ronnie Gluck (2:45)
D9 Battle Hymn of the Republic: Elizabeth Knight with The Harvesters (2:58)
[Credits]
Producer: Irwin Silber
[Notes]
The Civil War played an instrumental role in the development of an American national identity. Specifically for American folk music, the war inspired songwriting on both sides of the conflict, as amateurs and professionals wrote new, timely lyrics to old English, Scottish, and Irish ballads as well as original compositions. Some of the popular songs are still well known today, such as the "Battle Hymn of the Republic." This 33-song collection, featuring Pete Seeger, The New Lost City Ramblers, Hermes Nye, Cisco Houston, Sandy Ives, and others, was released on the centennial of the Civil War in 1960. It contains patriotic songs of the Union, songs about Southern rights, sentimental ballads, parodies, and marching songs. The liner notes by Paredon Records co-founder Irwin Silber feature song descriptions and lyrics plus a two-page essay about the music of the Civil War.