| Sod Buster Ballads | ||||
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| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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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