Anthologies   •   Songs Of The Working People — From the American Revolution to the Civil War

• Songs Of The Working People — From the American Revolution to the Civil War
  • 1988 - Flying Fish 483 LP (USA)

• Side One
  1. Free Amerikay (Trad. Add'l Verses: D. Arkin) & Jefferson and Liberty (Trad. New Verse: Earl Robinson) — Chorus: Earl, Pete
  2. Bennington Rifles (Trad.) — Pete
  3. Greenland Fisheries (Trad.) — Ronnie, Chet, Pete and Chorus
  4. Buffalo Skinners (Trad.) — Alan
  5. Step by Step (Trad., New Melody: E. Robinson) — Ronnie, Chet, Earl
  6. John Henry (Trad. Arr. & Lyrics: E Robinson, A Lomax) — Odetta and Ronnie

• Side Two
  7. No Irish Need Apply (Trad. Add'l Lyrics: T. Makem) — Tommy and Chorus
  8. Life is a Toil (Trad.) — Ronnie, Lorin
  9. Follow the Drinkin' Gourd (Trad. Arr. & Add'l Tune: E. Robinson) — Chet, Mama Pat, Michelle
  10. No More Auction Block (Trad. Arr. & Add'l Lyrics: A. Lomax, E. Robinson) — Chet, Mama Pat, Michelle & Chorus
  11. Jimmy Crack Corn (Trad.) — Earl, Mama Pat, Michelle
  12. The Farmer is the One (Arr. P. Seeger) — Steve with Bill
  13. Seneca Canoe Song (Trad. Speech Chief Seattle, Arr. & Narrated: E. Robinson) — Earl, Narrator and Chorus

• Musicians
  • Vocals:
    • Pete Seeger, Ronnie Gilbert, Odetta, Alan Lomax, Chet Washington, Tommy Makem, Steve Stanne, Earl Robinson, Mama Pat and Michelle Bayard
      • Assisted by Lorin Grean, Bill Griffin
      • Additional Solo and Choral: Mama Pat and Michelle Bayard
      • The chorus utilizes at various times nearly every person in the cast above.
  • Instrumentation:
    • Earl Robinson: Piano, Harpsichord
    • Pete Seeger: Banjo
    • Randy Cobb: Acoustic And Electric Guitar
    • Dominique Camardella: Organ
    • Dennis Fetchet: Fiddle Lorin Grean: Recorder
    • Bill Griffin: Nylon String Mandolin
    • Mitch Kashmir: Harmonica Randy Tico: Bass
    • Mike Shapiro: Drums, Percussion
    • Katryn Price: Hammered Dulcimer
    • Perry Robinson: Clarinet
    • Steve Stanne: Dobro
      

• Credits
  • Production & Arrangements: Earl Robinson
  • Executive Producer: Richard Bullock
  • Basic tracks recorded at Sound Ideas, NYC.
  • Co-producer: Bob Golden, Engineer: Jim Anderson
  • Co-production, arranged and mixed by Dan Protheroe at Santa Barbara Sound, Santa Barbara, CA
  • Cover illustration: Mick Wiggins
  • Cover concept: James McCaffery
  • Art direction: Jennifer Berman
  • Angel: Jessie Lloyd O'Connor