Released in August 1941, Okeh Presents the Wayfaring Stranger (Okeh K-3) is an album consisting of four 10-inch records (78 rpm, 6315-6318) by Burl Ives. This record set marked Ives's debut as a recording artist. He accompanies himself on the guitar as he sings twelve folk songs.

The same collection of songs was released as The Wayfaring Stranger by Columbia Records

Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...

 (C-103) on four 10-inch records (78 rpm, 36733-36736) in August 1944, with cover art by Jim Flora

Jim Flora

James "Jim" Flora , best known for his distinctive and idiosyncratic album cover art for RCA Victor and Columbia Records during the 1940s and 1950s, was also a prolific commercial illustrator from the 1940s to the 1970s and the author/illustrator of 17 popular children's books...

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It was released again under the Columbia Label (CL 6109) on one 10-inch microgroove record (33 1/3 rpm) in 1950, also with Flora's cover art.
In a 1990 interview, Flora said, "Burl Ives was a troublemaker. His wife handled his affairs and if you forgot some da-da-da, she was on the phone to the president of Columbia. I don’t know whether we had to do this over again or what."

Record 1 (Okeh 6315; Columbia 36733)

Side	Track	Song Title
1.	1.	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...
1.	2.	Riddle Song The Riddle Song "The Riddle Song," also known as "I Gave My Love a Cherry" is an English folk song, apparently a lullaby, which was carried by settlers to the American Appalachians. It descends from a 15th-century English song in which a maiden says she is advised to unite with her lover. It is related to Child...
2.	1.	Cowboy's Lament Streets of Laredo (song) "Streets of Laredo" , also known as the "Cowboy's Lament", is a famous American cowboy ballad in which a dying cowboy tells his story to a living one. Derived from the English folk song "The Unfortunate Lad", it has become a folk music standard, and as such has been performed, recorded and adapted...

Record 2 (Okeh 6316; Columbia 36734)

Side	Track	Song Title
1.	1.	Tam Pierce 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...
2.	1.	I Know Where I'm Going I Know Where I'm Going (song) "I Know Where I'm Going" is a traditional Scottish or Irish ballad about a woman pining for her "bonnie" lover Johnny. It is Roud number 5701. It was recorded by Burl Ives on 31 March 1941 for his debut album Okeh Presents the Wayfaring Stranger...
2.	2.	I Know My Love I Know My Love (song) "I Know My Love" is an Irish folk song about a woman's love for "an arrant rover" and her jealousy of his other women. Burl Ives recorded it on 3 March 1941 for his debut album Okeh Presents the Wayfaring Stranger. Since then, many artists have recorded it, including Pete Seeger, The Clancy...

Record 3 (Okeh 6317; Columbia 36735)

Side	Track	Song Title
1.	1.	Peter Gray Peter Gray (song) "Peter Gray" is an American ballad about a young man whose fiancee is sent out west after her father discovers their plan to wed. The man goes west and is scalped by Indians. The song appears to date back to at least 1858. It was recorded by Burl Ives on 3 March 1941 for his debut album Okeh...
2.	1.	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...
2.	2.	On Top of Old Smoky On Top of Old Smoky "On Top of Old Smoky" is a traditional folk song and a well-known ballad of the United States which, as recorded by The Weavers, reached the pop music charts in 1951....

Record 4 (Okeh 6318; Columbia 36736)

Side	Track	Song Title
1.	1.	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...
2.	1.	Leather-Winged Bat Leather-Winged Bat "Leather-Winged Bat" is a well-known English folk song about a bat, a blackbird, a woodpecker, a turtle dove, and a bluejay. Each "bird" has something to say about love and courtship. It was recorded by Burl Ives on 31 January 1941 and released in August 1941 on the album Okeh Presents the...
2.	2.	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...

See also

• Burl Ives, The Wayfaring Stranger
  The Wayfaring Stranger (1944 Asch album)
  The Wayfaring Stranger is an album consisting of three 10-inch records by Burl Ives. It was released in 1944, but it should not be confused with Ives' The Wayfaring Stranger , which was also released in 1944 but contains different songs...
  
  , Asch 345, 1944.