Recording Details

FW03805
The Unfortunate Rake
Various Artists


Country(s) - United Kingdom

Culture Group(s) - Scottish; Anglo-American

Keyword(s) - Ballads; Blues; Cowboys--Songs and music; Folk songs--United States; Logging--Songs and music.; Love songs; Maritime; Military music; Mining--Songs and music; Music--British Isles; Occupational; Protest songs; Sports; Topical songs; Tragic songs; Wit and humor; Working class--Songs and music; World music

Instrument(s) - Banjo; Concertina; Guitar



Year of Release - 1960

Record Label - Folkways Records

Source Archive - Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Credits - Produced by Kenneth S. Goldstein ; Design by Ronald Clyne




Tracks -
101 The Unfortunate Rake
A. L. Lloyd and Alf Edwards
Duration:2:59




102 The Trooper Cut Down in His Prime
Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger
Duration:4:30




103 The Young Sailor Cut Down in His Prime
Harry Cox
Duration:1:57




104 Noo I'm a Young Man Cut Down in My Prime
Willie Mathieson
Duration:2:17




105 The Bad Girl's Lament
Wade Hemsworth
Duration:2:49




106 One Morning in May
Hally Wood
Duration:2:36




107 Bright Summer Morning
Viola Penn
Duration:2:24




108 The Girl in the Dilger Case
D. K. Wilgus
Duration:1:08




109 The Cowboy's Lament
Bruce Buckley
Duration:2:39




110 Streets of Laredo
Harry Jackson
Duration:4:59




201 St. James Hospital
Alan Lomax
Duration:3:33




202 Gambler's Blues
Dave Van Ronk
Duration:2:44




203 I Once Was a Carman - I Once Was a Carman in the Big Mountain Con
Guthrie T. "Gus" Meade
Duration:1:12




204 The Lineman's Hymn
Rosalie Sorrels
Duration:1:49




205 The Wild Lumberjack
Kenneth S. Goldstein
Duration:1:51




206 A Sun Valley Song
Jan Brunvand and Ellen Stekert
Duration:1:28




207 The Ballad of Bloody Thursday
John Greenway
Duration:3:44




208 Streets of Hamtramck
Bill Friedland, Mark Newman, and Morris Howarth
Duration:2:23




209 The Ballad of Sherman Wu
Pete Seeger
Duration:2:07




210 The Professor's Lament
Roger Abrahams
Duration:3:25