Mockin’ Bird Hill is a song written in 3/4 time by Carl “Calle” Jularbo, with lyrics by George Vaughn Horton and perhaps best known through recordings by Patti Page, DonnaContinue readingMockin’ Bird Hill
Love Lifted Me
“Love Lifted Me” is a popular hymn written by James Rowe in 1912. The lyrics draw from the stories of Jesus and his disciples at sea from the book ofContinue readingLove Lifted Me
The Last Thing on My Mind
“The Last Thing on My Mind” is a song written by American musician and singer-songwriter Tom Paxton in the early 1960s and recorded first by Paxton in 1964. It isContinue readingThe Last Thing on My Mind
Green, Green Grass of Home
“Green, Green Grass of Home”, written by Claude “Curly” Putman Jr. and first recorded by singer Johnny Darrell in 1965, is a country song made popular by Porter Wagoner theContinue readingGreen, Green Grass of Home
The Wayfaring Stranger
“The Wayfaring Stranger” (also known as “Poor Wayfaring Stranger” or “I Am a Poor Wayfaring Stranger”), is a well-known American folk and gospel song likely originating in the early 19thContinue readingThe Wayfaring Stranger
Deep Blue Sea
Pete Seeger sang Deep Blue Sea at a Ballads and Blues concert at St. Pancras Town Hall Theatre on 4 October 1959, that was released in 1963 on the FolkloreContinue readingDeep Blue Sea
Cotton Fields
“Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song)” is a song written by American blues musician Huddie Ledbetter, better known as Lead Belly, who made the first recording of the song in 1940.Continue readingCotton Fields
Good Old Mountain Dew
“Good Old Mountain Dew” , sometimes called simply “Mountain Dew” or “Real Old Mountain Dew”, is an Appalachian folk song composed by Bascom Lamar Lunsford and Scotty Wiseman. There areContinue readingGood Old Mountain Dew