British Traditional Ballads in the Southern Mountains, Volume 2

Jean Ritchie is a national treasure, one of America's finest and best known traditional singers. She grew up in Viper, Kentucky, and is part of a large family, the famous "Singing Ritchies of Kentucky." The ballads on this recording are outstanding Appalachian versions of the "Child ballads," English and Scottish narrative songs collected and published by scholar Francis James Child in the late 19th century. The songs tell of true and lost love, jealousy, treachery, grief, death, and the supernatural. This landmark Folkways recording brings her clear, pure voice and timeless songs to new generations of listeners.

Track Listing

101	The Unquiet Grave	Jean Ritchie	04:01
102	Little Devils (The Farmer's Curst Wife)	Jean Ritchie	01:37
103	Sweet William and Lady Margaret	Jean Ritchie	06:52
104	There Lived an Old Lord	Jean Ritchie	05:28
105	Wife of Usher's Well	Jean Ritchie	05:21
201	Cherry Tree Carol	Jean Ritchie	03:47
202	Edward	Jean Ritchie	02:34
203	Gentle Fair Jenny (The Wife Wrapt in Wether's Skin)	Jean Ritchie	02:19
204	Lord Randall	Jean Ritchie	02:53
205	Little Musgrave (Matty Groves)	Jean Ritchie	12:07