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The Folk Ballads Of Ronnie Hawkins,Ronnie Hawkins

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Ronnie Hawkins
Released 1960

I Gave My Love A Cherry
02:59
91 plays

John Henry
02:01
40 plays

Love From Afar
02:29
38 plays

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- 1
- Summertime
- 02:39
- 129 plays

- 2
- Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
- 02:18
- 37 plays

- 3
- I Gave My Love A Cherry
- 02:59
- 91 plays

- 4
- Brave Man
- 02:37
- 27 plays

- 5
- A Poor Wayfaring Stranger
- 02:54
- 26 plays

- 6
- Virginia Bride
- 02:23
- 19 plays

- 7
- Mister And Mississippi
- 02:34
- 20 plays

- 8
- John Henry
- 02:01
- 40 plays

- 9
- Fare Thee Well
- 03:02
- 20 plays

- 10
- One Out Of A Hundred
- 02:22
- 13 plays

- 11
- The Death Of Floyd Collins
- 03:07
- 19 plays

- 12
- Love From Afar
- 02:29
- 38 plays

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album review

Originally issued on Roulette, this album was a kind of cash-in on the folk boom spawned the year before by Johnny Horton with his recording of "The Battle of New Orleans." The folk material here, includes a wailing version of "Motherless Child" and a subdued version of "The Cherry Song" (as "I Gave My Love a Cherry"), and works like "John Henry" and "Poor Wayfaring Stranger" (done very moodily) in Hawkins' arrangements, and there's also stuff like Gershwin's "Summertime" and "Brave Man" from a Paramount movie Red Garters. Hawkins' aggressively moody vocals make all of it appealing. The backing chorus that appears on most of the songs is a bit off-putting, but overall, this is a fairly appealing record of its kind, with Hawkins in fine musical form and generally on target in his interpretive decisions. (British import) ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide