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Sara Cleveland (1905-1987)

This list from Sara Cleveland’s Folk-Legacy album’s booklet includes those songs and ballads which comprise her repertoire of “old traditional songs”, together with those few pieces either entirely composed by her or to which she has set tunes. Songs for which Sara has supplied a tune are followed by an asterisk (*); songs for which she has written both words and music are followed by a double asterisk (**). The titles given are those supplied by the singer.

  1. After the Ball (Roud 4859)
  2. Amazing Grace (Roud 5430; Sacred Harp 45t)
  3. Amber Tresses Tied in Blue (Roud 4230)
  4. Andrew Bergine (Roud 104; Child 167)
  5. Answer to ‘Nobody’s Darling’ (Roud 4338)
  6. Bad Companions (Roud 786; Laws E15)
  7. Barbara Allen (Roud 54; Child 84; G/D 6:1193; Henry H236)
  8. Barney, Come Home (Roud 19485)
  9. Barney McCoy (Roud 2094)
  10. The Battle of Lake Champlain* (Roud V63782)
  11. Before the Daylight in the Morning (Roud 5714)
  12. Bendemeer’s Stream (Roud V6220)
  13. Beyond the Clouds (Roud 27838)
  14. Billy the Kid (Roud 5097)
  15. The Bird in the Gilded Cage (Roud 4863)
  16. Birdy’s Dying
  17. The Blind Child (Roud 425)
  18. Bold Jack Donnahaugh (Roud 611; Laws L22)
  19. The Bonny Bon Boy (Roud 10; Child 12; G/D 2:209; Henry H814)
  20. The Bonny Laboring Boy (Roud 1162; Laws M14; Henry H576)
  21. The Boston Burglar (Roud 261; Laws L16B; G/D 2:260; Henry H691, H202)
  22. The Boy Who Lived Here**
  23. Brennan on the Moor (Roud 476; Laws L7; G/D 2:258)
  24. Brian O’Lynn (Roud 294; Henry H480a; TYG 27)
  25. Bringing Home the Cows*
  26. The Brooklyn Theatre Fire (Roud 3258)
  27. The Butcher Boy (Roud 409; Laws P24)
  28. Busted My Britches (fragment)
  29. Captain Webster (Roud 5713)
  30. Come All You Maidens (Roud 451)
  31. The Constant Farmer’s Son (Roud 675; Laws M33; G/D 2:221; Henry H806)
  32. The Croppy Boy (Roud 1030; Laws J14)
  33. The Cruel War Is Raging (Roud 401; Laws O33)
  34. The Cuckoo (Roud 413; G/D 6:1157; Henry H479)
  35. The Cuckoo’s Nest (Roud 1506, 5407)
  36. Danny Boy (Roud 23565)
  37. Darling Little Joe (Roud 3545)
  38. Don’t You Marry the Brant Lake Boys
  39. Down by the Weeping Willow (Roud 500; Laws F1)
  40. Drake’s Drums*
  41. The Dying Drummer’s Sweetheart*
  42. Empty is the Cradle (Roud 44864)
  43. Erin’s Green Shore (Roud 280; Laws Q27)
  44. Every Rose Grows Merry in Time (Roud 12; Child 2; G/D 2:329)
  45. Fair Fanny Moore (Roud 1001; Laws O38)
  46. Farther Along (Roud 18084)
  47. The Foggy Dew (Roud 558; Laws O3; G/D 7:1495)
  48. Four Thousand Years Ago (Roud 3127)
  49. Froggie Went A-Courting (Roud 16; G/D 8:1669)
  50. A Gay Spanish Maid (Roud 708; Laws K16)
  51. The Georgia Volunteer* (Roud 19052)
  52. The Girl I Left Behind (Roud 262; Laws P1; G/D 5:1059; Henry H188)
  53. Give an Honest Irish Lad a Chance (Roud 4522)
  54. Going for a Pardon (Roud 7390)
  55. Going to Leave the Old Home, Jim (Roud 7121)
  56. The Golden Glove (Roud 141; Laws N20; G/D 1:166; Henry H524)
  57. The Golden Vanity (Roud 122; Child 286; G/D 1:37)
  58. The Great Milwaukee Fire (Roud 3255; Laws G15)
  59. The Green Beds (Roud 276; Laws K36; G/D 1:48; Henry H779)
  60. The Greenwood Sidie (Roud 9; Child 20; G/D 2:193; TYG 73)
  61. Hear the Nightingales Sing (Roud 140; Laws P14; TYG 34)
  62. The Hell Bound Train (Roud 5103)
  63. Henry Green (Roud 693; Laws F14)
  64. Her Little Boy in Blue (Roud 41825)
  65. The Hill of Benefee
  66. Ray’s Parody on ‘Home Sweet Home’
  67. The House Carpenter (Roud 14; Child 243; G/D 2:332)
  68. I Know That She Is Waiting
  69. I Served Seven Long Years in State’s Prison (Roud 691; Laws E17)
  70. I Won’t Have to Cross Jordan Alone (Roud 45116)
  71. I’ll Be All Smiles Tonight (Roud 3615)
  72. I’ll Take You Home Again Kathleen (Roud 12907)
  73. I’m Tying the Leaves (Roud 17009)
  74. In the Baggage Coach Ahead (Roud 3529)
  75. In Bonny Scotland (Roud 2550; Laws N2; G/D 1:185; Henry H120)
  76. The Irishman’s Shanty (fragment) (Roud 4838)
  77. It’s a Letter From My Sweetheart
  78. Jack of all Trades
  79. Jack the Jolly Tar (Roud 511; Laws K40)
  80. The Jam on Gerry’s Rock (Roud 256; Laws C1; G/D 2:230)
  81. James Bird (Roud 2204; Laws A5)
  82. James MacDonald (Roud 1412; Laws P38; G/D 2:204)
  83. Jesse James (Roud 2240; Laws E1)
  84. Johnny of Hazel Green (Roud 250; Child 293; G/D 5:1029)
  85. Johnny’s History Lesson*
  86. Just a Handful of Earth from Mother’s Grave (Roud 16354)
  87. Just Across the Bridge of Gold
  88. Just As the Sun Went Down (Roud 4873)
  89. Just Plain Folks (Roud 7533)
  90. Kenny Waggoner (Roud 978; Laws E7)
  91. Kitty of Coleraine (Roud 6534)
  92. Kitty Wells (Roud 2748)
  93. The Lake of Coolfin (Roud 189; Laws Q33; G/D 2:228; Henry H176)
  94. The Last Great Charge (Roud 629; Laws A17; G/D 1:105)
  95. Lather and Shave (Roud 571; Laws Q15)
  96. The Letter Edged in Black (Roud 3116)
  97. Life’s Railway to Heaven (Roud 13933)
  98. Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane (Roud 2473)
  99. Little Rosewood Casket (Roud 426)
  100. The Little Temple Boy*
  101. Liza Dear (Roud 711; Laws G21)
  102. Lorena (Roud 4246)
  103. Mad Carew*
  104. The Magpie’s Nest (Roud 2127)
  105. The Maid of the Sweet Brown Knowe (Roud 562; Laws P7; Henry H84, H688)
  106. The Maiden’s Lament (Roud 3)
  107. The Mantle So Green (Roud 714; Laws N38; G/D 5:1033; Henry H76)
  108. Many, Many Years Ago (Roud 21675)
  109. Marrow Bones (Roud 183; Laws Q2; G/D 2:318; Henry H174; TYG 6)
  110. Mary Across the Wild Moor (Roud 155; Laws P21; G/D 6:1175)
  111. May I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight, Mister (Roud 768)
  112. The Mermaid (Roud 124; Child 289; G/D 1:27)
  113. The Mines of Irvingdale (Roud 698; Laws G6)
  114. Molly Bawn (Roud 166; Laws O36; Henry H114)
  115. Molly Malone (Roud 16932)
  116. The Moon Behind the Hill (Roud 31735)
  117. Moorlock Mary (Roud 2742; Henry H173)
  118. Mushadorrinanon (Roud 520; Laws J8; G/D 1:79)
  119. My Boy Willie (Roud 273; Laws K12; G/D 6:1245)
  120. My Dad’s Dinner Pail (Roud 5257)
  121. My Pretty Quadroon (Roud 4965)
  122. Neddie’s Visit*
  123. Ninety and Nine (Roud 13145)
  124. Nobody’s Darling But Mine (Roud 21528)
  125. O’Donnald Abu (Roud 34321)
  126. The Old Maid and the Burglar (Roud 658; Laws H23)
  127. The Old Oak Tree (Roud 569; Laws P37; Henry H207)
  128. Old Rosin the Beau (Roud 1192; G/D 3:698; Henry H698)
  129. The Old Rugged Cross (Roud 22417)
  130. The Old Wooden Rocker (Roud 15907)
  131. On Board the Nightingale (Roud 1093; Laws M37; G/D 1:18; Henry H75a)
  132. One and a Few (Roud 19051)
  133. Only a Tramp (Roud 17691)
  134. Only a Violet (Roud V43078)
  135. Over There (Roud 4455)
  136. The Pardon of Sidna Allen (Roud 3117)
  137. A Picture No Artist Can Paint (Roud 7441)
  138. Poor Little Joe (Roud 3111)
  139. The Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow (Roud 3139)
  140. Pretty Polly (Roud 15; Laws P36B)
  141. Put My Little Shoes Away (Roud 4340)
  142. Queen Jane (Roud 39; Child 52; G/D 7:1395)
  143. Queenstown Warning (Roud 2195; Laws H14)
  144. Rineordine (Roud 397; Laws P15; G/D 2:333)
  145. Ring Down the Curtain (Roud 16334)
  146. Roll Along Silvery Moon (Roud 906)
  147. The Rose of Tralee (Roud 1978)
  148. Rum-She-Idity (Roud 1212)
  149. She’s the Rose of Arranmore (Roud 5672)
  150. The Ship that Never Returned (Roud 775; Laws D27)
  151. The Ship’s Carpenter (Roud 15; Laws P36A; G/D 2:201, 2:202)
  152. Sinful to Flirt (Roud 421; Laws G19)
  153. Sister and I* (Roud V18368)
  154. A Soldier’s Letter**
  155. The Spanish Cavalier (Roud 2684)
  156. The Star of Logy Bay (Roud 4421)
  157. A Starry Night for a Ramble (Roud 972)
  158. The State of Arkansas (Roud 257; Laws H1; Henry H0)
  159. The Story in a Stocking*
  160. The Streets of Laredo (Roud 23650; Laws B1; Henry H680)
  161. The Tale the Church Bell Tolled
  162. The Tanyard Side (Roud 1021; Laws M28; Henry H52b)
  163. That’s the Song of Songs for Me
  164. Three Drowned Sisters (Roud 3257; Laws G23)
  165. Three Hunters (Roud 283; G/D 2:283)
  166. Three Leaves of Shamrock (Roud 3769)
  167. To Wear a Green Willow (Roud 567; Laws P31; G/D 6:1199; Henry H60ab)
  168. The Tramp
  169. The Turkish Lady (Roud 40; Child 53L; G/D 5:1023; Henry H470)
  170. Two Little Children (Roud 458)
  171. Two Orphan Boys of Ireland (Roud 1986)
  172. The Two Sisters (Roud 8; Child 10; G/D 2:213)
  173. Up to Your Neck in Irish Blood (fragment)
  174. Utah Carl* (Roud 1929; Laws B4)
  175. The Wexford Lass (Roud 263; Laws P35; G/D 2:200)
  176. When I Dream of Old Erin (Roud 9593)
  177. When I Was Single (Roud 437)
  178. When the Honeymoon Was Over
  179. When the Ties of Love Are Broken
  180. When the Work’s All Done this Fall (Roud 450; Laws B3)
  181. Where the Moorcocks Crow (Roud 2124; Henry H32)
  182. The Wild Colonial Boy (Roud 677; Laws L20; Henry H750)
  183. The Woodsman’s Alphabet (Roud 21101)
  184. The Wreck of the Number Nine (Roud 3229; Laws G26)
  185. Yellow Papers**
  186. Young Charlotte (Roud 260; Laws G17)
  187. Your Sweetheart Waits For You, Jack (Roud 3244; Laws B24)
  188. Your Heart Will Break Someday
  189. Zeb Turney’s Gal (Roud 2249; Laws E18)

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Sara Cleveland: Ballads & Songs of the Upper Hudson Valley

Sara Cleveland: Ballads & Songs of the Upper Hudson Valley (Folk-Legacy FSA-33)

Ballads & Songs of the Upper Hudson Valley
Sara Cleveland

Folk-Legacy Records FSA-33 (LP, USA, 1968)
Folk-Legacy Records CD-33 (CD, USA, 2006)

 Sara Cleveland: Ballads & Songs of the Upper Hudson Valley (Folk-Legacy CD-33)

Recorded by Sandy Paton in Brant Lake, New York, 1966
Digital master by Dave Paton
Notes by Kenneth S. Goldstein
Photo and graphics by Sandy Paton

Folk-Legacy album booklet

Musicians

Sara Cleveland: vocals

Tracks

Side 1

  1. To Wear a Green Willow (Roud 567; Laws P31; G/D 6:1199; Henry H60ab) (4.48)
  2. Queen Jane (Roud 39; Child 52; G/D 7:1395) (7.04)
  3. Molly Bawn (Roud 166; Laws O36; Henry H114) (3.16)
  4. My Bonny Bon Boy (Roud 10; Child 12; G/D 2:209; Henry H814) (2.37)
  5. Every Rose Grows Merry in Time (Roud 12; Child 2; G/D 2:329) (5.08)

Side 2

  1. Come All You Maidens (Roud 451) (2.48)
  2. The Maiden’s Lament (Roud 3) (5.08)
  3. In Bonny Scotland (Roud 2550; Laws N2; G/D 1:185; Henry H120) (6.41)
  4. Captain Webster (Roud 5713) (4.44)
  5. Before the Daylight in the Morning (Roud 5714) (3.04)

All tracks trad.

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Sara Cleveland: Sara Cleveland

Sara Cleveland: Sara Cleveland (Philo PHILO 1020)

Sara Cleveland
Sara Cleveland

Philo Records PHILO 1020 (LP, USA, 1975)

Produced by John Diamond;
Recorded by William H. Schubart;
Notes by Kenneth S. Goldstein
Photograph of Sara Cleveland by Ann Meuer;
Design by Margot Zalkind-Schur

Musicians

Sara Cleveland: vocals

Tracks

Side 1

  1. Utah Carl (Roud 1929; Laws B4)
  2. Great Milwaukee Fire (Roud 3255; Laws G15)
  3. James Bird (Roud 2204; Laws A5)
  4. Georgia Volunteer (Roud 19052)
  5. Mines of Irvingdale (Roud 698; Laws G6)

Side 2

  1. The Woodman’s Alphabet (Roud 21101)
  2. Queenstown Warning (Roud 2195; Laws H14)
  3. James McDonald (Roud 1412; Laws P38; G/D 2:204)
  4. The Boy That Lives Here
  5. One and a Few (Roud 19051)

All tracks trad. except
Track 9 Sara Cleveland