Folksongs and Ballads

This 1956 compilation on the Riverside label has many of the classics in versions that you may not have previously heard.

 
Southern Mountain Folksongs and Ballads

Artus Moser - Bonny Blue Eyes
Harry & Jeanie West - Nine Pound Hammer
George Pegram - The Boston Burglar
George Pegram - Mountain Fox Chase
Harry & Jeanie West - Banks of the Ohio
Virgil Sturgill - Devilish Mary
Obray Ramsey - Jim Gunter and the Steer
Artus Moser - The Sailor on the Deep Blue Sea
Harry & Jeanie West - Bury Me Beneath the Willow
Artus Moser - I Went Up On the Mountain
Harry & Jeanie West - Knoxville Girl
George Pegram & Walter "Red" Parham - I Am a Pilgrim
Virgil Sturgill - Charles Guiteau
Artus Moser - Mole in the Ground
Harry & Jeanie West - Wild Bill Jones
George Pegram & Walter "Red" Parham - Pickin' and Blowin'
Artus Moser - The Cherry Tree Carol
Obray Ramsey - On Top of Old Smoky