Sing Folk Songs, Glenn Yarbrough, Music CD

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Sing Folk Songs


1	We Come for to Sing / Marilyn Child 1:26
2	Wee Cooper O' Fife / Marilyn Child 2:08
3	Lilli-i-o / Marilyn Child 1:42
4	Bound for the Promised Land / Marilyn Child 1:34
5	Weel Man the Keel Row / Marilyn Child 1:51
6	Wayfaring Stranger / Marilyn Child 1:11
7	Nickety Nack / Marilyn Child 1:43
8	Three Jolly Sailor Boys / Marilyn Child 2:13
9	Gently Johnny, My Jingalo / Marilyn Child 2:28
10	Mary Had a Baby / Marilyn Child 2:33
11	New York Girls / Marilyn Child 2:06
12	Red River Valley / Marilyn Child 2:35
13	An Irish Fragment / Marilyn Child 2:02
14	Buffalo Boy / Marilyn Child 2:05
15	Who Killed Cock Robin? / Marilyn Child 2:49
16	Now, Let Me Fly / Marilyn Child 2:26
17	Everywhere I Look This Morning / Marilyn Child 2:07

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For Glenn Yarbrough's second album for Jac Holzman's fledgling Elektra Records, Holzman paired him with folk singer Marilyn Child for 1958's Marilyn Child and Glenn Yarbrough Sing Folk Songs, and sing folk songs is exactly what they do, accompanied by Fred Hellerman on acoustic guitar (Erik Darling contributes banjo to three songs as well). The whole set was recorded live and it sounds pretty much like a typical coffee house performance from the early days of the Folk Revival, with traditional material getting the rough edges knocked off until it all shines with a kind of pretty afterglow. This is pre-Limeliters Yarbrough, but his high, clear, and mannered tenor is intact, and Child's voice matches up well with his, and it's obvious they both know how to work this side of the street. Not much really leaps out, though, except for the lively and spirited "Lilli-I-O," the earnest and lovely "Everywhere I Look This Morning," and the nursery song "Who Killed Cock Robin?," which hints at mysterious political betrayals although Child and Yarbrough render it fairly harmless here. The whole set is pleasant if not exactly stirring. Better things would come for Yarbrough down the road. Steve Leggett, All Music Guide

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Sing Folk Songs


1	We Come for to Sing / Marilyn Child 1:26
2	Wee Cooper O' Fife / Marilyn Child 2:08
3	Lilli-i-o / Marilyn Child 1:42
4	Bound for the Promised Land / Marilyn Child 1:34
5	Weel Man the Keel Row / Marilyn Child 1:51
6	Wayfaring Stranger / Marilyn Child 1:11
7	Nickety Nack / Marilyn Child 1:43
8	Three Jolly Sailor Boys / Marilyn Child 2:13
9	Gently Johnny, My Jingalo / Marilyn Child 2:28
10	Mary Had a Baby / Marilyn Child 2:33
11	New York Girls / Marilyn Child 2:06
12	Red River Valley / Marilyn Child 2:35
13	An Irish Fragment / Marilyn Child 2:02
14	Buffalo Boy / Marilyn Child 2:05
15	Who Killed Cock Robin? / Marilyn Child 2:49
16	Now, Let Me Fly / Marilyn Child 2:26
17	Everywhere I Look This Morning / Marilyn Child 2:07

All Music Guide

For Glenn Yarbrough's second album for Jac Holzman's fledgling Elektra Records, Holzman paired him with folk singer Marilyn Child for 1958's Marilyn Child and Glenn Yarbrough Sing Folk Songs, and sing folk songs is exactly what they do, accompanied by Fred Hellerman on acoustic guitar (Erik Darling contributes banjo to three songs as well). The whole set was recorded live and it sounds pretty much like a typical coffee house performance from the early days of the Folk Revival, with traditional material getting the rough edges knocked off until it all shines with a kind of pretty afterglow. This is pre-Limeliters Yarbrough, but his high, clear, and mannered tenor is intact, and Child's voice matches up well with his, and it's obvious they both know how to work this side of the street. Not much really leaps out, though, except for the lively and spirited "Lilli-I-O," the earnest and lovely "Everywhere I Look This Morning," and the nursery song "Who Killed Cock Robin?," which hints at mysterious political betrayals although Child and Yarbrough render it fairly harmless here. The whole set is pleasant if not exactly stirring. Better things would come for Yarbrough down the road. Steve Leggett

Product Details

Format: CD
Release Date: 01/13/2009
Label: COLLECTOR'S CHOICE
Catalog No.: 977
UPC: 617742097726
Sales Rank: 35,885

Album Credits
Performance Credits
Glenn Yarbrough		Primary Artist
Erik Darling		Banjo
Fred Hellerman		Guitar

Technical Credits
Bob Fisher		Mastering
Allan Shaw		Liner Notes
Robert B. Sherman		Liner Notes
William S. Harvey		Cover Design