Sod Buster Ballads | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1941 | |||
Genre | Folk | |||
Label | General | |||
Producer | Alan Lomax | |||
Almanac Singers chronology | ||||
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Sod Buster Ballads is a 1941 album by the Almanac Singers: Woody Guthrie, Millard Lampell, Lee Hays and Pete Seeger. The songs are: [1]
Track | Song Title | By |
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1. | The Dodger Song | Traditional |
2. | Ground Hog | Traditional |
3. | Hard, Ain't It Hard | Woody Guthrie |
4. | House of the Rising Sun | Traditional |
5. | I Ride an Old Paint | Traditional |
6. | State of Arkansas | Traditional |
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