Folksongs and Ballads of Kansas Sung by Joan O'Bryant

Folkways Records - FA 2134

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: United States
Released: 1957
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Girls, Quit Your Rowdy Ways (1:21)
A2 The Butcher Boy (3:11)
A3 Common Bill (1:35)
A4 The Zebra Dun (2:32)
A5 Sweet William Died (1:07)
A6 Lord Bateman (4:40)
B1 Kansas Boys (1:28)
B2 Old Limpy (2:34)
B3 In Kansas (1:38)
B4 Molly Bann (2:23)
B5 Quantrill (2:12)
B6 Old Blue (4:36)
[Credits]
Joan O'Bryant (guitar/vocals)
Producer and Liner Notes: Kenneth S. Goldstein, Recorder: Lewis Gordon
[Notes]
Collected and performed by Kansas native Joan O'Bryant, this compilation of Kansas music harks back to its settlers' origins in New England, but especially in Kentucky, Tennessee, and the Ozarks. In addition to old songs from England and Ireland, this album includes material unique to Kansas.

American Ballads And Folksongs

Sung by Joan O'Bryant   Edited by Kenneth S. Goldstein

Folkways Records - SA 2338

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: United States
Released: 1958
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Single Girl (2:35)
A2 The Stern Old Bachelor (1:19)
A3 Life is a Toil (3:58)
A4 The Promised Land (2:24)
A5 The House Carpenter's Wife (4:30)
A6 The Trail to Mexico (3:34)
A7 The Lily of the West (3:19)
A8 The Cuckoo (3:02)
B1 I'm on My Way (2:27)
B2 A Sailor's Life (4:13)
B3 Keep Your Hand on the Plow (3:35)
B4 The Maiden on the Plains (2:57)
B5 The Soldier's Wife (2:45)
B6 Marble Town (2:25)
B7 The Texas Rangers (2:46)
B8 Tom Sherman's Barroom (3:30)
[Credits]
Joan O'Bryant (guitar/vocals)
Producer and Liner Notes: Kenneth S. Goldstein, Recorder: Mike Russell, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
Like Joan O'Bryant's previous Folkways recording, Folksongs and Ballads of Kansas, this album presents folk songs geographically close to O'Bryant's heart. Most of the ballads included here are versions from Kansas, Arkansas, and Missouri, and several were collected through the University of Arkansas Folklore Research Project.