Jean Ritchie

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06	One Morning in May (Another Version)	Jean Ritchie	Mountain Hearth & Home	01:35
	Writer: Jean Ritchie
11	Gypsum Davy	Jean Ritchie	Mountain Hearth & Home	01:56
	Writer: Jean Ritchie
02	Jubilee	Jean Ritchie	Mountain Hearth & Home	02:11
	Writer: Jean Ritchie
03	The Keys of Canterbury	Jean Ritchie	Courtin's a Pleasure & Other Folk Songs of the Southern Appalachians	02:41
10	The Bluebird Song	Jean Ritchie	Marching across the Green Grass and Other American Children Game Songs	02:41
	Composers: Traditional
34	One I Love (Remastered)	Jean Ritchie	Mountain Hearth & Home	03:01
	Writer: Jean Ritchie
04	Shortnin' Bread	Jean Ritchie	Oscar Brand and Jean Ritchie	01:12
	Composers: Traditional
13	O Johnny's on the Water	Jean Ritchie	Mountain Hearth & Home	01:32
	Writer: Jean Ritchie
07	Now Is the Cool of the Day	Jean Ritchie	Songs for the Mountaintop	02:28
01	O Love Is Teasin'	Jean Ritchie	Mountain Hearth & Home	01:47
	Writer: Jean Ritchie
05	Marching across the Green Grass	Jean Ritchie	Marching across the Green Grass and Other American Children Game Songs	02:00
	Composers: Traditional
07	Old Virginny	Jean Ritchie	Mountain Hearth & Home	02:35
	Writer: Jean Ritchie
03	Train A Comin'	Jean Ritchie	Marching across the Green Grass and Other American Children Game Songs	02:03
	Composers: Jean Ritchie
17	Nottamun Town	Jean Ritchie	Mountain Hearth & Home	02:29
	Writer: Jean Ritchie
04	Shady Grove	Jean Ritchie	Marching across the Green Grass and Other American Children Game Songs	01:34
	Composers: Traditional
15	Keep Your Garden Clean	Jean Ritchie	Mountain Hearth & Home	01:23
	Writer: Jean Ritchie
15	Bandy Rowe	Jean Ritchie	Marching across the Green Grass and Other American Children Game Songs	02:50
	Composers: Traditional
14	Lazy John	Jean Ritchie	Marching across the Green Grass and Other American Children Game Songs	02:17
	Composers: Traditional
09	My Boy Willie (Version 2)	Jean Ritchie	Mountain Hearth & Home	01:25
	Writer: Jean Ritchie
24	Killy Kranky	Jean Ritchie	Mountain Hearth & Home	01:03
	Writer: Jean Ritchie
12	Open the Window	Jean Ritchie	Marching across the Green Grass and Other American Children Game Songs	02:25
	Composers: Traditional
01	Sailor, Sailor on the Sea	Jean Ritchie	Marching across the Green Grass and Other American Children Game Songs	02:56
	Composers: Jean Ritchie
11	King Quine Song	Jean Ritchie	Marching across the Green Grass and Other American Children Game Songs	01:55
	Composers: Traditional
02	Pussy Got the Measles	Jean Ritchie	Marching across the Green Grass and Other American Children Game Songs	02:06
	Composers: Traditional
13	Old Raggy	Jean Ritchie	Marching across the Green Grass and Other American Children Game Songs	01:50
	Composers: Jean Ritchie
06	All the Little Ones are Sleeping	Jean Ritchie	Marching across the Green Grass and Other American Children Game Songs	02:43
	Composers: Jean Ritchie
04	A Short Life of Trouble	Jean Ritchie	Mountain Hearth & Home	00:59
	Writer: Jean Ritchie
08	Goin' to Boston	Jean Ritchie	Marching across the Green Grass and Other American Children Game Songs	02:15
	Composers: Traditional
33	With Kitty I'll Go (Remastered)	Jean Ritchie	Mountain Hearth & Home	02:12
	Writer: Jean Ritchie
09	All You Jolly Huntsmen	Jean Ritchie	Marching across the Green Grass and Other American Children Game Songs	01:42
	Composers: Traditional
05	Bury Me Beneath the Willow	Jean Ritchie	Precious Memories: Jean Ritchie Sings Folk and Country Songs	02:36
	Composers: Traditional
09	Barbary Allen	Jean Ritchie	Jean Ritchie: Ballads from her Appalachian Family Tradition	05:04
10	Hush Little Baby	Jean Ritchie	Mountain Hearth & Home	01:01
	Writer: Jean Ritchie
16	Cedar Swamp	Jean Ritchie	Mountain Hearth & Home	01:17
	Writer: Jean Ritchie
15	The Wreck on the Highway	Jean Ritchie	Precious Memories: Jean Ritchie Sings Folk and Country Songs	02:07
	Composers: Unspecified
06	No Sir	Jean Ritchie	Precious Memories: Jean Ritchie Sings Folk and Country Songs	02:14
	Composers: Traditional
02	Barbary Allen	Jean Ritchie	Mountain Ballads	05:05
12	The Cuckoo	Jean Ritchie	Mountain Hearth & Home	02:25
	Writer: Jean Ritchie
08	Skin and Bones	Jean Ritchie	Mountain Hearth & Home	01:07
	Writer: Jean Ritchie
16	Old Bald Eagle	Jean Ritchie	Marching across the Green Grass and Other American Children Game Songs	01:24
	Composers: Traditional
03	Black Is the Color	Jean Ritchie	Mountain Hearth & Home	02:16
	Writer: Jean Ritchie
10	No, Sir	Jean Ritchie	Courtin's a Pleasure & Other Folk Songs of the Southern Appalachians	02:22
15	The Riddle Song	Paul Clayton	American Folk Tales and Songs	01:23
05	One Morning in May (aka the Nightingale)	Jean Ritchie	Mountain Hearth & Home	01:56
	Writer: Jean Ritchie
07	Hunt the Cows	Jean Ritchie	Marching across the Green Grass and Other American Children Game Songs	02:03
	Composers: Jean Ritchie
31	The L and N Don't Stop Here Anymore (Remastered)	Jean Ritchie	Mountain Hearth & Home	03:14
	Writer: Tom Hall
15	West Virginia Mine Disaster	Jean Ritchie	The Appalachians	02:45
	Writer: Jean Ritchie / Composers: Jean Ritchie
20	Most Fair Beauty Bright	Jean Ritchie	Classic Folk Music from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings	02:21
21	Dulcimer Pieces: Shady Grove, Old King Cole, Skip to My Lou	Jean Ritchie	Mountain Hearth & Home	01:44
14	Little Cory	Jean Ritchie	Mountain Hearth & Home	01:35
	Writer: Jean Ritchie
14	The Cuckoo (Another Version)	Jean Ritchie	Singing The Traditional Songs Of Her Kentucky Mountain Family	01:48
	Writer: Jean Ritchie

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Discography

Albums

: 01-08-2012

Mountain Ballads

01	Fair Annie Of Lochroyan	Jean Ritchie	Mountain Ballads	09:05
02	Barbary Allen	Jean Ritchie	Mountain Ballads	05:05
03	Old Bangum	Jean Ritchie	Mountain Ballads	01:58
04	Lord Lovel	Jean Ritchie	Mountain Ballads	04:46
05	The Merry Golden Tree	Jean Ritchie	Mountain Ballads	02:14
06	Lord Thomas And Fair Ellender	Jean Ritchie	Mountain Ballads	05:33
07	The House Carpenter	Jean Ritchie	Mountain Ballads	04:25

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℗ 2004 Elektra Entertainment Group. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.: 18-03-2004

Mountain Hearth & Home

01	O Love Is Teasin'	Jean Ritchie	Mountain Hearth & Home	01:47
	Writer: Jean Ritchie
02	Jubilee	Jean Ritchie	Mountain Hearth & Home	02:11
	Writer: Jean Ritchie
03	Black Is the Color	Jean Ritchie	Mountain Hearth & Home	02:16
	Writer: Jean Ritchie
04	A Short Life of Trouble	Jean Ritchie	Mountain Hearth & Home	00:59
	Writer: Jean Ritchie
05	One Morning in May (aka the Nightingale)	Jean Ritchie	Mountain Hearth & Home	01:56
	Writer: Jean Ritchie
06	One Morning in May (Another Version)	Jean Ritchie	Mountain Hearth & Home	01:35
	Writer: Jean Ritchie
07	Old Virginny	Jean Ritchie	Mountain Hearth & Home	02:35
	Writer: Jean Ritchie

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: 22-04-2003

Jean Ritchie: Ballads from her Appalachian Family Tradition

01	Gypsy Laddie	Jean Ritchie	Jean Ritchie: Ballads from her Appalachian Family Tradition	02:50
02	False Sir John	Jean Ritchie	Jean Ritchie: Ballads from her Appalachian Family Tradition	04:21
03	Hangman	Jean Ritchie	Jean Ritchie: Ballads from her Appalachian Family Tradition	02:00
04	Lord Bateman	Jean Ritchie	Jean Ritchie: Ballads from her Appalachian Family Tradition	06:05
05	The House Carpenter	Jean Ritchie	Jean Ritchie: Ballads from her Appalachian Family Tradition	04:22
06	Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender	Jean Ritchie	Jean Ritchie: Ballads from her Appalachian Family Tradition	05:30
07	The Merry Golden Tree	Jean Ritchie	Jean Ritchie: Ballads from her Appalachian Family Tradition	02:12

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: 01-01-1971

Clear Waters Remembered

01	Pretty Nancy	Jean Ritchie	Clear Waters Remembered	03:42
02	Young Man Who Wouldn't Raise Corn	Jean Ritchie	Clear Waters Remembered	01:43
03	Johnny Collins	Jean Ritchie	Clear Waters Remembered	02:45
04	Shoemaker's Song	Jean Ritchie	Clear Waters Remembered	01:33
05	See The Waters A-Glidin'	Jean Ritchie	Clear Waters Remembered	04:16
06	Morning Come, Maria Gone	Jean Ritchie	Clear Waters Remembered	02:53
07	Black Waters	Jean Ritchie	Clear Waters Remembered	03:48

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(P) 1968 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Originally released on Folkways Records.: 01-01-1968

Marching across the Green Grass and Other American Children Game Songs

01	Sailor, Sailor on the Sea	Jean Ritchie	Marching across the Green Grass and Other American Children Game Songs	02:56
	Composers: Jean Ritchie
02	Pussy Got the Measles	Jean Ritchie	Marching across the Green Grass and Other American Children Game Songs	02:06
	Composers: Traditional
03	Train A Comin'	Jean Ritchie	Marching across the Green Grass and Other American Children Game Songs	02:03
	Composers: Jean Ritchie
04	Shady Grove	Jean Ritchie	Marching across the Green Grass and Other American Children Game Songs	01:34
	Composers: Traditional
05	Marching across the Green Grass	Jean Ritchie	Marching across the Green Grass and Other American Children Game Songs	02:00
	Composers: Traditional
06	All the Little Ones are Sleeping	Jean Ritchie	Marching across the Green Grass and Other American Children Game Songs	02:43
	Composers: Jean Ritchie
07	Hunt the Cows	Jean Ritchie	Marching across the Green Grass and Other American Children Game Songs	02:03
	Composers: Jean Ritchie

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(P) 1967 © Archive Of Folk & Jazz Music.™ a division of 43 North Broadway, LLC. WARNING: All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws.: 15-11-1967

Oscar Brand and Jean Ritchie

01	The Devils Nine Questions	Oscar Brand	Oscar Brand and Jean Ritchie	02:40
	Composers: Traditional
02	A Farmer's Wife	Jean Ritchie	Oscar Brand and Jean Ritchie	01:19
	Composers: Traditional
03	The Good Peanuts	Oscar Brand	Oscar Brand and Jean Ritchie	02:40
	Composers: Traditional
04	Shortnin' Bread	Jean Ritchie	Oscar Brand and Jean Ritchie	01:12
	Composers: Traditional
05	Cripple Creek	Oscar Brand	Oscar Brand and Jean Ritchie	01:14
	Composers: Traditional
06	Devilish Mary	Oscar Brand	Oscar Brand and Jean Ritchie	02:00
	Composers: Traditional
07	The Blackest Crow	Jean Ritchie	Oscar Brand and Jean Ritchie	01:30
	Composers: Traditional

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(P) 1962 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Originally released on Folkways Records.: 01-01-1962

Precious Memories: Jean Ritchie Sings Folk and Country Songs

01	The Little Rosebud Casket	Jean Ritchie	Precious Memories: Jean Ritchie Sings Folk and Country Songs	03:11
	Composers: Unspecified
02	The Gypsy's Warning	Jean Ritchie	Precious Memories: Jean Ritchie Sings Folk and Country Songs	02:39
	Composers: Traditional
03	The Poor and Rambling Boy	Jean Ritchie	Precious Memories: Jean Ritchie Sings Folk and Country Songs	03:51
	Composers: Unspecified
04	Jim Blake	Jean Ritchie	Precious Memories: Jean Ritchie Sings Folk and Country Songs	04:32
	Composers: Unspecified
05	Bury Me Beneath the Willow	Jean Ritchie	Precious Memories: Jean Ritchie Sings Folk and Country Songs	02:36
	Composers: Traditional
06	No Sir	Jean Ritchie	Precious Memories: Jean Ritchie Sings Folk and Country Songs	02:14
	Composers: Traditional
07	The Printer's Bride	Jean Ritchie	Precious Memories: Jean Ritchie Sings Folk and Country Songs	03:53
	Composers: Unspecified

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(P) 1960 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Originally released on Folkways Records.: 01-01-1960

British Traditional Ballads (Child Ballads) in the Southern Mountains, Vol. 1

01	Gypsy Laddie	Jean Ritchie	British Traditional Ballads (Child Ballads) in the Southern Mountains, Vol. 1	02:50
	Composers: Traditional
02	False Sir John	Jean Ritchie	British Traditional Ballads (Child Ballads) in the Southern Mountains, Vol. 1	04:22
	Composers: Traditional
03	Hangman	Jean Ritchie	British Traditional Ballads (Child Ballads) in the Southern Mountains, Vol. 1	02:01
	Composers: Traditional
04	Lord Bateman	Jean Ritchie	British Traditional Ballads (Child Ballads) in the Southern Mountains, Vol. 1	06:05
	Composers: Traditional
05	House Carpenter	Jean Ritchie	British Traditional Ballads (Child Ballads) in the Southern Mountains, Vol. 1	04:22
	Composers: Traditional
06	Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender	Jean Ritchie	British Traditional Ballads (Child Ballads) in the Southern Mountains, Vol. 1	05:30
	Composers: Traditional
07	The Merry Golden Tree	Jean Ritchie	British Traditional Ballads (Child Ballads) in the Southern Mountains, Vol. 1	02:11
	Composers: Traditional

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(P) 1960 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Originally released on Folkways Records.: 01-01-1960

British Traditional Ballads (Child Ballads) in the Southern Mountains, Vol. 2

01	The Unquiet Grave	Jean Ritchie	British Traditional Ballads (Child Ballads) in the Southern Mountains, Vol. 2	04:01
	Composers: Traditional
02	Little Devils	Jean Ritchie	British Traditional Ballads (Child Ballads) in the Southern Mountains, Vol. 2	01:37
	Composers: Traditional
03	Sweet William and Lady Margaret	Jean Ritchie	British Traditional Ballads (Child Ballads) in the Southern Mountains, Vol. 2	06:52
	Composers: Traditional
04	There Lived an Old Lord	Jean Ritchie	British Traditional Ballads (Child Ballads) in the Southern Mountains, Vol. 2	05:28
	Composers: Traditional
05	Wife of Usher's Well	Jean Ritchie	British Traditional Ballads (Child Ballads) in the Southern Mountains, Vol. 2	05:21
	Composers: Traditional
06	Cherry Tree Carol	Jean Ritchie	British Traditional Ballads (Child Ballads) in the Southern Mountains, Vol. 2	03:47
	Composers: Traditional
07	Edward	Jean Ritchie	British Traditional Ballads (Child Ballads) in the Southern Mountains, Vol. 2	02:34
	Composers: Traditional

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: 01-01-1959

A Folk Concert in Town Hall, New York

01	Shortenin' Bread	Jean Ritchie	A Folk Concert in Town Hall, New York	01:25
02	Ha Ha This-a-Way	Jean Ritchie	A Folk Concert in Town Hall, New York	02:12
03	Shady Grove	Jean Ritchie	A Folk Concert in Town Hall, New York	02:26
04	The Rolling of the Stones	Jean Ritchie	A Folk Concert in Town Hall, New York	02:58
05	Pretty Polly	Jean Ritchie	A Folk Concert in Town Hall, New York	03:37
06	The Admiral	Jean Ritchie	A Folk Concert in Town Hall, New York	03:17
07	Dhrinnin Dhu Dhrinnin	Jean Ritchie	A Folk Concert in Town Hall, New York	01:52

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: 01-01-1959

Carols of All Seasons (Remastered)

01	The Carnal and the Crane	Jean Ritchie	Carols of All Seasons (Remastered)	00:45
02	I Saw Three Ships	Jean Ritchie	Carols of All Seasons (Remastered)	01:25
03	Dame Get up and Bake Your Pies	Jean Ritchie	Carols of All Seasons (Remastered)	00:53
04	Little Bitty Baby (Children Go Where I Send Thee)	Jean Ritchie	Carols of All Seasons (Remastered)	02:11
05	Down in Yon Forest	Jean Ritchie	Carols of All Seasons (Remastered)	01:31
06	Brightest and Best	Jean Ritchie	Carols of All Seasons (Remastered)	03:06
07	The Kentucky Cherry Tree Carol	Jean Ritchie	Carols of All Seasons (Remastered)	03:30

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Carols for All Seasons

01	The Carnal and the Crane	Jean Ritchie	Carols for All Seasons	00:45
	Composers: Jean Ritchie - Traditional
02	I Saw Three Ships	Jean Ritchie	Carols for All Seasons	01:25
	Composers: Jean Ritchie - Traditional
03	Dame Get up and Bake Your Pies	Jean Ritchie	Carols for All Seasons	00:53
	Composers: Jean Ritchie - Traditional
04	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Jean Ritchie	Carols for All Seasons	02:11
	Composers: Jean Ritchie - Traditional
05	Down in Yon Forest	Jean Ritchie	Carols for All Seasons	01:31
	Composers: Jean Ritchie - Traditional
06	Brightest and Best	Jean Ritchie	Carols for All Seasons	03:06
	Composers: Jean Ritchie - Traditional
07	Cherry Tree of Cumberlands	Jean Ritchie	Carols for All Seasons	03:30
	Composers: Jean Ritchie - Traditional

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(P) 1957 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Originally released on Folkways Records.: 01-01-1957

Children's Songs and Games from the Southern Mountains

01	Jenny, Put the Kettle On	Jean Ritchie	Children's Songs and Games from the Southern Mountains	00:23
	Composers: Unspecified
02	Go in and Out the Window	Jean Ritchie	Children's Songs and Games from the Southern Mountains	00:58
	Composers: Traditional
03	The Old Soup Gourd	Jean Ritchie	Children's Songs and Games from the Southern Mountains	01:11
	Composers: Unspecified
04	Among the Little White Daisies	Jean Ritchie	Children's Songs and Games from the Southern Mountains	01:30
	Composers: Jean Ritchie
05	Sally Goodin	Jean Ritchie	Children's Songs and Games from the Southern Mountains	00:31
	Composers: Traditional
06	Fiddle-I-Fee	Jean Ritchie	Children's Songs and Games from the Southern Mountains	02:04
	Composers: Traditional
07	Old Bald Eagle Kettle On	Jean Ritchie	Children's Songs and Games from the Southern Mountains	01:04
	Composers: Unspecified

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℗ 1952 Elektra Entertainment. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.: 01-11-1952

Singing The Traditional Songs Of Her Kentucky Mountain Family

01	O Love Is Teasin'	Jean Ritchie	Singing The Traditional Songs Of Her Kentucky Mountain Family	01:47
	Writer: Jean Ritchie
02	Jubilee	Jean Ritchie	Singing The Traditional Songs Of Her Kentucky Mountain Family	02:11
	Writer: Jean Ritchie
03	Black Is the Color	Jean Ritchie	Singing The Traditional Songs Of Her Kentucky Mountain Family	02:16
	Writer: Jean Ritchie
04	A Short Life of Trouble	Jean Ritchie	Singing The Traditional Songs Of Her Kentucky Mountain Family	00:59
	Writer: Jean Ritchie
05	One Morning in May (aka the Nightingale)	Jean Ritchie	Singing The Traditional Songs Of Her Kentucky Mountain Family	01:56
	Writer: Jean Ritchie
06	One Morning in May (Another Version)	Jean Ritchie	Singing The Traditional Songs Of Her Kentucky Mountain Family	01:35
	Writer: Jean Ritchie
07	Old Virginny	Jean Ritchie	Singing The Traditional Songs Of Her Kentucky Mountain Family	02:35
	Writer: Jean Ritchie

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Splits

: 15-01-2013

Courtin's a Pleasure & Other Folk Songs of the Southern Appalachians

01	Hey, Little Boy	Jean Ritchie	Courtin's a Pleasure & Other Folk Songs of the Southern Appalachians	01:58
02	I Wonder When I Shall Be Married	Jean Ritchie	Courtin's a Pleasure & Other Folk Songs of the Southern Appalachians	02:03
03	The Keys of Canterbury	Jean Ritchie	Courtin's a Pleasure & Other Folk Songs of the Southern Appalachians	02:41
04	A Young Man Who Shouldn't Hoe Corn	Jean Ritchie	Courtin's a Pleasure & Other Folk Songs of the Southern Appalachians	01:23
05	Hog Drovers	Jean Ritchie	Courtin's a Pleasure & Other Folk Songs of the Southern Appalachians	02:02
06	Lazy John	Jean Ritchie	Courtin's a Pleasure & Other Folk Songs of the Southern Appalachians	02:06
07	Kansas Boys	Jean Ritchie	Courtin's a Pleasure & Other Folk Songs of the Southern Appalachians	02:13

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