Published in 1927, populist poet Carl Sandburg’s anthology of American folksongs was in print for over 70 years. It influenced generations of musicians and is a cornerstone in the foundation of American folk and tradition. Sandburg himself described it as a “ragbag of stripes and streaks of color from nearly all ends of the earth…rich with the diversity of the United States.” Today’s show pulls samples from the book featuring performances by Dan Zanes, Bob Dylan, The Weavers, The Blue Sky Boys, and David Rawlings. True Americana from the deeper wells of America’s music.

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
1	Zora Layman & The Hometowners	When The Curtains Of The Night Are Pinned Back By The Stars	Howdy! 25 Hillbilly All-Time Greats
2	Johnny Cash	The Streets of Laredo	Come Along And Ride This Train [Disc 2]
3	Sons of the Pioneers	Lone Star Trail	Songs of the Prairie – CD2
4	Tex Ritter	Whoopee Ti Yi Yo (Git Along Little Dogies)	Have I Stayed Away Too Long
5	The Weavers	Get Along Little Dogies	The Weavers Almanac
6	Woody Guthrie	Buffalo Skinners (traditional, arr. Woody Guthrie)	Woody at 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection [Disc 2]
7	Oscar Brand	The Tenderfoot	Pie In The Sky
8	The Blue Sky Boys	Trail To Mexico	American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music: [Disc 1]
9	Marc Williams	The Little Old Sod Shanty On My Claim	Howdy! 25 Hillbilly All-Time Greats
10	Mac Wiseman	Turkey In The Straw	Sings Old Time Country Favorites
11	The Blue Sky Boys	Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet	Presenting The Blue Sky Boys
12	Dan Zanes	I Was Born Almost Ten Thousand Years Ago	Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag
13	Dan Zanes	California	Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag
14	Hylo Brown	Sweet Betsy From Pike	Legends & Tall Tales
15	BR5-49	Sweet Betsy from Pike	Song of America
16	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Who Will Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot	This Lusty Land
17	Gid Tanner & The Skillet Lickers	The Old Gray Mare	And The Skillet Lickers Vol. 2
18	David Rawlings	Money Is the Meat in the Coconut	Poor David's Almanack
19	Kilby Snow	Chicken Reel (Folk)	Masters of Old-Time Country Autoharp
20	The Everly Brothers	Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet	Songs Our Daddy Taught Us
21	Carolina Chocolate Drops	Sourwood Mountain	Dona Got A Ramblin' Mind
22	Molly Mason & Jay Ungar	The Lover's Lament	The Lovers' Waltz
23	Marty Robbins	Red River Valley	All-Time Greatest Hits
24	Dick Curless	Red River Valley	A Tombstone Every Mile (7CD Set) CD2 (1950-1969)
25	The Doc Watson Family	One Morning In May	Tradition
26	Dave Van Ronk	Kentucky Moonshiner	Inside Dave Van Ronk
27	Otis Redding	Down In The Valley	Dreams To Remember: The Otis Redding Anthology [Disc 1]
28	Slim Whitman	Down In The Valley	Country Greats #2
29	Bob Dylan	Froggie Went A-Courtin'	Good As I Been To You
30	Tex Ritter	Froggie Went A-Courtin'	Singing In The Saddle
31	Dan Zanes	The Monkey's Wedding	Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag
32	Doc Watson	The Ship That Never Returned	My Dear Old Southern Home
33	Hank Penny	It Ain't Gonna Rain No More	King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 1]