Pete Seeger and Sonny Terry

~ Release by Pete Seeger & Sonny Terry (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

Copyright: © 1958 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
℗ 1958 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Originally released on Folkways Records.

Annotation last modified on 2026-01-06 14:47 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Goofin’ Off Theme / Kum Ba Ya / Twelve Gates to the City (O What a Beautiful City)
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1957-12-27)
live medley including a recording of:
Goofing Off Suite: Opening Theme (on 1957-12-27)
composer:
Pete Seeger
live medley including a recording of:
Kumbaya (on 1957-12-27)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
live medley including a recording of:
Oh! What a Beautiful City (Twelve Gates to the City) (on 1957-12-27)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) and Reverend Gary Davis
translated version of:
תריסר שערים
Pete Seeger7:15
2Coal Creek March / Pay Day at Coal Creek / Roll Down the Line / Arkansas Traveler
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1957-12-27)
live medley including a recording of:
Coal Creek March (American instrumental folk song) (on 1957-12-27)
live medley including a recording of:
Pay Day at Coal Creek (on 1957-12-27)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
live medley including a recording of:
The Arkansas Traveler (former Arkansas state song) (on 1957-12-27)
lyricist:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) and Colonel Sanford C. “Sandy” Faulkner
Pete Seeger8:48
3Fox Chase / Right on That Shore / Pick a Bale of Cotton
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1957-12-27)
live medley including a recording of:
Fox Chase (folk tune) (on 1957-12-27)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
live medley including a recording of:
Pick a Bale of Cotton (on 1957-12-27)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Union Songs AB (publisher)
Sonny Terry4:58
4Rozhenkes Mit Mandlen / In Tarrytown / Clean‐O / Ladies Auxillary
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1957-12-27)
live medley including a recording of:
Rozhinkes Mit Mandlen (on 1957-12-27)
lyricist and arranger:
Marjan Helms (composer)
is based on:
ראָזשינקעס מיט מאנדלען (Raisins with almonds, Rozhinkes mit mandelen)
live medley including a recording of:
Wild Goose Grasses (In Tarrytown) (on 1957-12-27)
lyricist and composer:
John Allison (John Alford, member of The Allisons)
Pete Seeger8:57
5Bells of Rhymney / Sinking of the Reuben James / There Was an Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly / Study War No More (Down by the Riverside)
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1957-12-27)
live medley including a recording of:
Down by the Riverside (on 1957-12-27)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
live medley including a recording of:
I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly (on 1957-12-27)
lyricist:
Rosemary Bonne
composer:
Alan Mills (Canadian folk singer)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 9375)
live medley including a recording of:
The Bells of Rhymney (on 1957-12-27)
lyricist:
Idris Davies (in 1938)
composer:
Pete Seeger
publisher:
Ludlow Music, Inc.
live medley including a recording of:
The Sinking of the Reuben James (on 1957-12-27)
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1941-11) and Fred Hellerman (in 1941-11)
is based on:
I'll Twine 'mid the Ringlets (parlour song, source for Wildwood Flower)
Pete Seeger15:26
6Passing Through
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1957-12-27)
live recording of:
Passing Through (on 1957-12-27)
lyricist and composer:
Dick Blakeslee
arranger:
Leonard Cohen (Canadian singer‐songwriter and poet)
Pete Seeger4:43