Burl Ives - Wayfaring Stranger: Selected Classics 1941-62 vinyl record cover

Wee Cooper O' Fife

Cowboy's Lament

I Know Where I'm Going

Tam Pierce

Peter Gray

On Top of Old Smoky

Cotton Eyed Joe

Darlin' Cory

Foggy, Foggy Dew

Blue Tail Fly

Big Rock Candy Mountain

Old Dan Tucker

Eddystone Light

Fox

Aunt Rhody

Down in the Valley

I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes

Turtle Dove

Po' Boy

Lavender Blue

On the Grand Canyon Line

Wayfaring Stranger

Riders in the Sky

Roving Gambler

John Hardy

Worried Man Blues

Mr Froggie Went A-Courtin

Mule Train

John Henry

Doughnut Song

Pretty Polly

Green Broom

Pig Pig

Wild Side of Life

This Time Tomorrow

Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves

Goober Peas

Git Along Little Dogies

Hush Little Baby

I Know An Old Lady

Nellie McNess

Molly Malone

Liza Jane

Barbara Allen

Close the Door Richard

Crawdad Song

Casey Jones

Ballad of Davy Crockett

Wabash Cannonball

Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor

Ox Driver's Song

Waltzing Matilda (The Jolly Swagman's Song)

Wild Rover

Frankie and Johnny

Prisoner's Song (Midnight Special)

Santy Anna

Blow Ye Winds!

Drunken Sailor

Rolling Home

Maid of the Sweet Brown Knowe

Kilgary Mountain

Nell Flaherty's Drake

Paddy and the Whale

Squirrel

Horace the Horse

Bestiary

The Monkey and the Elephant

In the Evening By the Moonlight

Man on the Flying Trapeze

Grandfather's Clock

Man That Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo

Wild Colonial Boy

A Nautical Yarn

Botany Bay

Oh By Jingo (Oh By Gee, You're the Only Girl for Me)

Tit Willow

I Never See Maggie Alone

There Is a Tavern in the Town

There's a Hole in My Bucket

Marianne

Long Black Veil

Little Bitty Tear

Shanghied

Mockin' Bird Hill

Funny Way of Laughin'

Mother Wouldn't Do That

Call Me Mr. In-Between

Mary Ann Regrets

Item UPC: 824046918224

Date First Available: April 03, 2026

Label: ACROBAT

Burl Ives

Wayfaring Stranger: Selected Classics 1941-62

Name: Burl Ives - Wayfaring Stranger: Selected Classics 1941-62
Brand: Burl Ives
SKU: 824046918224
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ABOUT THE ALBUM

Burl Ives was a unique and remarkable entertainer, a folk and pop singer and guitarist, composer, radio performer and stage and film actor, who helped to popularise traditional folk music across all generations but also had pop hits in his later career. Born in Illinois in 1909, he gave up training to be a teacher to become an itinerant troubadour-style entertainer, working on radio where he could and once jailed for vagrancy in Utah. After Army service in WWII, and appearing in Irving Berlin's "This Is The Army", he became a radio regular, and started recording, revving many US and British folk songs. His early recordings of songs like "Blue Tail Fly", "Big Rock Candy Mountain" and "I Know An Old Lady" became children's radio favourites for decades. This 87-track 3-CD collection comprises selected A & B sides from releases on the Columbia & Decca labels from these years, plus selected titles from the Decca albums "A Collection of Ballads & Folk Songs", "Ballads & Folk Songs Vol 2", "Folk Songs - Dramatic And Humorous", "Women (Folk Songs About The Fair Sex)", "Wild Side Of Life", "Men: Songs For And About Men", "Down To The Sea In Ships", "Songs Of Ireland", "Capt. Burl Ives Ark", "Old Time Varieties", "Australian Folk Songs" and "Cheers". It includes his hits "Riders In The Sky, "Marianne", "A Little Bitty Tear", "Funny Way Of Laughing", "Call Me Mr. In-Between" and "Mary Ann Regrets". He was a one of a kind performer, and this selection from his prolific recorded canon is a celebration of his distinctive contribution to popular culture.

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