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Root Hog Or Die (100 Songs, 100 Years) (An Alan Lomax Centennial Tribute)

by Various

Release Details

Year
2016
Format
Vinyl — LP, Compilation
Country
US
Label
Mississippi Records
Catalog #
MRP-060
Tracks
107

Tracklist

  1. Root Hog Or Die Volume 1: I'm A Rambler, I'm A Gambler
  2. Root Hog Or Die Volume 2: Sing Anything
  3. Root Hog Or Die Volume 3: Sailing In The Boat When The Tide Runs Strong
  4. Root Hog Or Die Volume 4: This Old World Is In A Tangle
  5. Root Hog Or Die Volume 5: The Day Is Past And Gone
  6. Root Hog Or Die Volume 6: Free A Little Bird
  7. A1I'm A Rambler, I'm A Gambler
  8. A2I Could Hear My Name A Ringin'
  9. A3One, Two, Three
  10. A4Carnival Comes And Goes
  11. A5Le Jour De L'An = New Year's Day
  12. A6Hambone
  13. A7Dinah
  14. A8Steal Away / Didn't Hear Nobody Pray
  15. B1Alabama Bound
  16. B2Sally Ann Johnson
  17. B3Go Down Old Hannah
  18. B4New Prospect
  19. B5Finnish Waltz
  20. B6Faro
  21. B7Banshi Instrumental
  22. B8High Society
  23. C1Sing Anything
  24. C2Como Las Propias Rosas
  25. C3Amen, Amen, Amen
  26. C4Madame Young / Mon Chère Bébé Créole
  27. C5Her Mantle So Green
  28. C6Meet Me On The Road
  29. C7Nnuena = Christmas Novena
  30. C8Cindy
  31. C9Pu'in Bracken = Pulling Bracken
  32. D1Cherry Ball Blues
  33. D2Downhearted Blues
  34. D3Baile De Ibio = Warrior Dance
  35. D4Big Kilmarnock Bonnet
  36. D5Chèz-O, Prete M Yon Chèz-O = Chair, Oh! Let Me Have A Chair
  37. D6Train On The Island
  38. D7Arkansas Traveler
  39. D8Cornbread Rough, Biscuit Tough
  40. E1Down In Arkansas
  41. E2Jolly Tinker / The Pretty Girls Of Mayo
  42. E3You Got To Reap What You Sow / A Little Talk With Jesus Makes It Right
  43. E4Since You Have Disdained Me I'll Cross The Deep Blue Sea
  44. E5Bonsoir Moreau
  45. E6In A Shanty In Old Shanty Town
  46. E7Tramps And Hawkers
  47. E8Remember Jesus Died When He Was Young
  48. E9Ninna Nanna
  49. F1Read 'Em John
  50. F10Lord Have Mercy
  51. F2Strigaturi
  52. F3Flirtation Dance
  53. F4Zoological Gardens
  54. F5Indian Red
  55. F6Lenga Serpentina = Serpent Tongue
  56. F7Laura Lee
  57. F8Sailing In The Boat When The Tide Run Strong
  58. F9When I Reach That Other Shore
  59. G1When I Can Read My Titles Clear
  60. G2Going To Fishing
  61. G3Cruising Round Yarmouth
  62. G4Rambleaway
  63. G5Fare You Well My Little Annie Darling
  64. G6Join This Food Campaign
  65. G7My Gal's A Corker
  66. G8Jerusalem Cuckoo
  67. H1Memories Of The 1940 National Folk Festival / Fisher's Hornpipe
  68. H2Calypso Invasion
  69. H3Mo Nighean Donn Á Còrnaig
  70. H4This Old World's In A Tangle
  71. H5Tammuriata = Drum Rhythms
  72. H6Wi' My Rovin' Eye
  73. H7Diamond Joe
  74. H8So Soon I'll Be At Home
  75. I1Cold Mountains
  76. I2Masters Of War
  77. I3Reuben Train
  78. I4MacPherson's Rant
  79. I5Hundredth Man Blues
  80. I6I Wonder Where My Mother Has Gone
  81. I7Coco Rico De La Habana = Good Coconuts From Havana
  82. J1Roll Roll Roll And Go
  83. J2The Day Is Past And Gone
  84. J3Cosher Bailey Had An Engine
  85. J4Stop All The Buses
  86. J5Ya Malikna = Oh, Our King
  87. J6Yo Sí La Quería
  88. J7Di Yo Pa Hele Pou Nou
  89. J8I'll Be Waiting There
  90. K1Early In The Morning
  91. K2Prayer / Doption
  92. K3Nottamun Town
  93. K4Fandango De Comares
  94. K5Two Step De Eunice
  95. K6Blues #2
  96. K7High Force Agricultural Show
  97. K8Al-Hamdulillah = Thanks Be To God
  98. L1Little And Low
  99. L10I Bid You Goodnight
  100. L2Mèt Kafou Men Djab-la = Master Of The Crossroads, Here Is The Devil
  101. L3Keen For A Dead Child
  102. L4Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed
  103. L5Grace's Favorite
  104. L6Free A Little Bird
  105. L7Mormond Braes
  106. L8I'm Tired
  107. L9Duérmete, Niño Angelito = Sleep, Angel Baby

Notes

Comes with 22-page booklet-style insert with photos, background on Lomax, and credits. LPs are in individual glossy printed inner covers, housed inside a sturdy chipboard box with tip-on cover. A1 recorded 1959. A2 recorded Mar 2, 1947 in New York City, NY. A3 recorded Jul 10, 1962 in Brick Kiln Village, Nevis, West Indies. A4 recorded Sep 23, 1954 in Parre, Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy. A5 recorded Oct 12, 1938 in Baraga, MI. A6 recorded 1950 in Harlem, New York City, NY. A7 recorded Sep 6

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