Folk Songs of the Hills

~ Release by Merle Travis (see all versions of this release, 4 available)

Annotation

Copyright: © 1996 Capitol Records, LLC
℗ 1996 Capitol Records Nashville

Annotation last modified on 2025-12-31 13:43 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1Nine Pound Hammer
2:40
2John Henry
recording of:
John Henry
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Sonet Publishing Ltd.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 790)
3:05
3Sixteen Tons
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 105)
recording of:
Sixteen Tons (on 1946-08-08)
lyricist and composer:
Merle Travis
publisher:
American Music, Inc. and Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd.
2:50
4Dark as a Dungeon
recording of:
Dark as a Dungeon
lyricist and composer:
Merle Travis
2:48
5That’s All
3:00
6Over by Number Nine
3:08
7I Am a Pilgrim
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1946-08-13)
guitar:
Merle Travis (on 1946-08-13)
vocals:
Merle Travis (on 1946-08-13)
recording of:
I Am a Pilgrim (on 1946-08-13)
lyricist and composer:
Merle Travis
2:51
8Muskrat
recording of:
Muskrat
writer:
Harold Hensley and Merle Travis
publisher:
Cross Music Ltd.
2:34
9John Bolin
2:54
10Possum Up a Simmon Tree
2:37
11Barbara Allen
recording of:
Barbara Allen
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 54) and Child Ballads (number: 84)
4:02
12Lost John
1:55