Burl Ives Presents America's Musical Heritage, released in 1963 by the Longines Symphonette

Longines Symphonette

The Longines Symphonette was a pre-recorded classical music program broadcast nightly on many Mutual stations from 1943 to 1949. It then moved to CBS where it was heard Sundays at 2pm from 1949 to 1957...

 Recording Society, is a six-album box set by folk singer Burl Ives

Burl Ives

Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives was an American actor, writer and folk music singer. As an actor, Ives's work included comedies, dramas, and voice work in theater, television, and motion pictures. Music critic John Rockwell said, "Ives's voice .....

. It is subtitled 114 Best Loved Songs & Ballads for Listening, Singing, and Reading and includes a 168-page book, titled The Burl Ives Sing-Along Song Book, which presents the lyrics for all of the songs and historical background about some of the songs.

Many of the songs can be found on Ives' six-album set Historical America in Song

Historical America in Song

Historical America in Song, released in 1950 by Encyclopædia Britannica Films, is an album set by folk singer Burl Ives. Each of the six albums consists of five 12-inch vinylite records, for a total of thirty 78 rpm records...

, released by Encyclopædia Britannica

Encyclopædia Britannica

The Encyclopædia Britannica , published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia that is available in print, as a DVD, and on the Internet. It is written and continuously updated by about 100 full-time editors and more than 4,000 expert...

 Films in 1950. The two sets are not identical, however. For example, while there is considerable overlapping between New Ballads and two of the albums in the 1950 set, there is almost no overlapping between Tales for Singing and the earlier set. The duplicated songs on the 1963 set seem to be fresh recordings. Certainly the sound is better on the six LPs that comprise the 1963 set than on the thirty 78 rpm records that make up the 1950 set.

Track listing

Side 1

Track	Song Title
1.	The Gallows Tree
2.	The Keys of Canterbury
3.	Billy Boy
4.	My Boy Willie
5.	The Wee Cooper O' Fife Wee Cooper O'Fife "Wee Cooper O'Fife" is a well-known Scottish folk song about a cooper who beats his wife because she will not cook, clean, and sew. It was recorded by Burl Ives on 11 February 1941 for his debut album Okeh Presents the Wayfaring Stranger...
6.	Three Crowns
7.	Barb'ry Allen
8.	Sweet Kitty Klover
9.	Mr. Froggie Went A-Courtin Frog Went A-Courting "Frog Went A-Courtin'" is an English language folk song. Its first known appearance is in Wedderburn's Complaynt of Scotland under the name "The frog came to the myl dur", though this in Scots rather than English...

Side 2

Track	Song Title
1.	Edward Edward (ballad) Edward is a traditional murder ballad existing in several variants. In English its versions were collected by Francis James Child as Child ballad number 13.-Synopsis:...
2.	Waly, Waly
3.	Gypsy's Wedding Day
4.	Lily Munro
5.	Widdicomb Fair Tam Pierce "Tam Pierce," also known as "Widdicombe Fair," is a well-known Devon folk song about Tam Pierce, whose horse dies after taking someone to the fair. It was recorded by Burl Ives on 11 February 1941 for his debut album Okeh Presents the Wayfaring Stranger...
6.	How Happy the Soldier
7.	One Morning in May
8.	Two Maidens Went Milking

Track listing

Side 1

Track	Song Title
1.	Captain Kidd
2.	The Escape of Old John Webb
3.	Free America
4.	The Boston Tea Party
5.	Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier
6.	The Riflemen's Song at Bennington
7.	The Battle of Saratoga
8.	Sir Pete Parker
9.	Cornwallis Country Dance

Side 2

Track	Song Title
1.	The Yankee Man-o-War
2.	High Barbaree
3.	The Constitution and the Guerriere
4.	The Hornet and the Peacock
5.	Ye Parliaments of England
6.	Patriotic Diggers
7.	Hunters of Kentucky

Track listing

Side 1

Track	Song Title
1.	Home Boys Home
2.	Shenandoah
3.	Song of the Fishes
4.	Blow ye Winds
5.	Greenland Fisheries
6.	Rollin' Home
7.	Blow the Man Down Blow the Man Down Blow the Man Down is a sea shanty. The lyric "Blow the man down" refers to the act of knocking a man to the ground.-Lyrics:The full lyrics areChorus:Oh, blow the man down, bullies, blow the man downWay aye blow the man down...

Side 2

Track	Song Title
1.	Sacramento
2.	A Ripping Trip
3.	Ox-Driver's Song
4.	The Hand Cart Song
5.	Sweet Betsy from Pike Sweet Betsy from Pike "Sweet Betsy from Pike" is an American ballad about the trials of a pioneer named Betsy and her lover Ike who migrate from Pike County to California. This Gold Rush-era song, with lyrics written by John A. Stone before 1858, was recorded by Burl Ives on February 11, 1941 for his debut album Okeh...
6.	Come Yourselves and See
7.	The Shady Old Camp
8.	Joe Bowers

Track listing

Side 1

Track	Song Title
1.	Lolly Tu Dum
2.	Down in the Valley Down in the Valley (folk song) -External links:* -Bibliography:*Boas, Frank . The Journal of American Folk-Lore Vol. XXX No. CXVII. Lancaster, Pennsylvania: American Folk-Lore Society....
3.	The Sow Took the Measles
4.	Old Bangam
5.	Mr. Rabbit
6.	Hush Little Baby Hush Little Baby Hush, Little Baby is a traditional lullaby. It is thought to be American , but the author and date of origin are unknown. The lyrics promise all kinds of rewards to the child if he or she is quiet....
7.	Sourwood Mountain
8.	Old Blue
9.	Poor Little Turtle Dove
10.	Careless Love

Side 2

Track	Song Title
1.	John Henry
2.	Buckeye Jim
3.	The Leather-Winged Bat
4.	Cotton-Eyed Joe Cotton-Eyed Joe "Cotton-Eyed Joe" is a popular American folk song known at various times throughout the United States and Canada, although today it is most commonly associated with the American South...
5.	Darlin' Cory Darlin' Cory "Darlin' Cory " is a well-known folk song about a banjo-picking, moonshine-making mountain woman. The first known recording of it was by Clarence Gill as "Little Corey" on 6 January 1927, but it was rejected by the record company and never released. A few months later, folk singer Buell Kazee...
6.	Turkey in the Straw Turkey in the Straw "Turkey in the Straw" is a well-known American folk song dating from the early 19th century.The song's tune was first popularized in the late 1820s and early 1830s by blackface performers, notably George Washington Dixon, Bob Farrell and George Nichols. Another song, "Zip Coon", was sung to the...
7.	I'm Goin' Away
8.	Needle Eye
9.	Go in and out the Window
10.	Saturday Night and Sunday Too
11.	Frankie and Johnny

Track listing

Side 1

Track	Song Title
1.	Unfornate Miss Bailey
2.	The Pesky Sarpint
3.	On Springfield Mountain Rattlesnake Mountain (song) Rattlesnake Mountain, also known as On Springfield Mountain is a tradition American folk song. Roud Folk Song Index number 431. Laws G16. It is supposed to be based on an actual incident which occurred on August 7, 1761.-Recordings:...
4.	Long, Long Ago
5.	Ben Bolt
6.	Oh You New York Girls
7.	The Blue Tail Fly
8.	Uncle Ned
9.	Darli' Nelly Gray
10.	Wake Nicodemus
11.	The Abolitionist Hymn

Side 2

Track	Song Title
1.	Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
2.	John Brown
3.	The Battle Cry of Freedom
4.	Just before the Battle Mother
5.	Tramp, Tramp, Tramp Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! " was one of the most popular songs of the American Civil War. George F. Root wrote both the words and music and published it in 1864 to give hope to the Union prisoners of war. The song is written from the prisoner's point of view...
6.	When Johnny Comes Marching Home When Johnny Comes Marching Home "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" is a popular song of the American Civil War that expressed people's longing for the return of their friends and relatives who were fighting in the war.-Origins:...
7.	All Quiet along the Potomac All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight "All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight" was a poem first published as "The Picket Guard" by Ethel Lynn Beers in Harper's Weekly, November 30, 1861, attributed only to "E.B." It was reprinted broadly both with that attribution and without, leading to many spurious claims of authorship...
8.	Goober Peas Goober Peas "Goober Peas"is a traditional folk song mostly known in the Southern United States. It was popular with Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War, and is still sung frequently in the South to this day. It is frequently covered by pop singer Elton John during live shows, though has yet to...
9.	The Bonnie Blue Flag
10.	The Battle of Bull Run
11.	Little Brown Jug Little Brown Jug (song) "Little Brown Jug" is a song written in 1869 by Joseph Winner, originally published credited to "Eastburn" .It was originally a drinking song. It remained well known as a folk song into the early 20th century. Like many songs which make reference to alcoholic beverages, it enjoyed new popularity...
12.	Grandfather's Clock My Grandfather's Clock "My Grandfather's Clock" is a song written in 1876 by Henry Clay Work, the author of "Marching Through Georgia". It is a standard of British brass bands and colliery bands, and is also popular in bluegrass music.-Origin of the song:...

Track listing

Side 1

Track	Song Title
1.	The Roving Gambler
2.	Billy the Kid
3.	Jesse James
4.	John Hardy John Hardy (song) "John Hardy" is a traditional American folk song based on the life of a railroad worker in West Virginia. The historical John Hardy killed a man during a craps game, was found guilty of murder in the first degree, and was hanged on January 19, 1894....
5.	Midnight Special Midnight Special (song) "Midnight Special" is a traditional folk song thought to have originated among prisoners in the American South. The title comes from the refrain which refers to the Midnight Special and its "ever-loving light" ....
6.	Sioux Indians
7.	Patrick on the Railroad
8.	The Utah Iron Horse
9.	What Was Your Name in the States
10.	The Lavender Cowboy The Lavender Cowboy "The Lavender Cowboy" was originally a 1923 humorous poem by Harold Hersey about an unmanly cowboy "with only two hairs on his chest" who comes out a hero. It was then set to music and appeared in the 1930 Western film Oklahoma Cyclone. Several versions have since been recorded, and it has been...
11.	The Cowboy's Lament

Side 2

Track	Song Title
1.	The Old Chisholm Trail
2.	Old Paint
3.	Git along Little Doggies
4.	Oh Susanna Oh! Susanna "Oh! Susanna" is a minstrel song by Stephen Foster . It was published by W. C. Peters & Co. in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1848. The song was introduced by a local quintette at a concert in Andrews' Eagle Ice Cream Saloon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on September 11, 1847. Foster was said to have written...
5.	Green Grow the Lilacs Green Grow the Lilacs Green Grow the Lilacs is a folk song of Irish origin that was popular in the United States during the mid-19th century.The song title is familiar as the source of a false etymology for the word gringo: the myth states that the Mexicans misheard U.S. troops singing "green grow" during the...
6.	Little Old Sod Shanty
7.	The Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn
8.	Home on the Range Home on the Range "Home on the Range" is the state song of Kansas, U.S.Home on the Range may also refer to:* Home on the Range , a drama directed by Arthur Jacobson* Home on the Range , a Disney animated feature film...
9.	Red River Valley Red River Valley (song) Red River Valley is a folk song and cowboy music standard of controversial origins that has gone by different names—e.g., "Cowboy Love Song", "Bright Sherman Valley", "Bright Laurel Valley", "In the Bright Mohawk Valley", and "Bright Little Valley"—depending on where it has been sung. ...
10.	Big Rock Candy Mountain Big Rock Candy Mountain Big Rock Candy Mountain, first recorded by Harry McClintock in 1928, is a song about a hobo's idea of paradise, a modern version of the medieval concept of Cockaigne...
11.	Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad