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Hermes Nye

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Hermes Nye (February 11, 1908 – January 1, 1981) was an American folksinger and attorney. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Nye later settled in Dallas, Texas, where he became known for his involvement in American folk music as well as his work as a practicing attorney. In addition to his legal career, Nye was a folksinger, folklorist, novelist, and local activist. During the 1960s folk music revival, he authored a guide to folk songs titled How to be a Folksinger; How to Sing and Present Folksongs; or

Top songs

  1. The Devil Made Texas
  2. Sam Bass
  3. Thomas, the Rhymer
  4. Old Abe Lincoln
  5. Oh, I'm a Good Old Rebel
  6. King O'Luve - Fause Foodrage
  7. Devil Made Texas
  8. Robin Hood's Golden Prize
  9. Abolitionist Hymn
  10. Farewell Mother
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  1. The Death of Robin Hood
  2. Binnorie - The Cruel Sister
  3. The Outlandish Knight
  4. Bonnie And Clyde
  5. Old Rebel
  6. Battle Hymn of the Republic
  7. Davy Crockett
  8. Rob Roy
  9. Get Up and Bar the Door
  10. Lincoln and Liberty
  11. Bucking Bronco (My Love Is A Rider)
  12. Lord Thomas and Fair Ellinor
  13. When This Cruel War Is Over
  14. Whittingham Fair
  15. Abe Lincoln
  16. Goober Peas
  17. Sir Patrick Spens
  18. The Bonnie Blue Flag
  19. A North Country Maid
  20. Mary Hamilton
  21. The Bailiff's Daughter of Islington
  22. When Johnny Comes Marching Home
  23. Why, Soldiers Why
  24. O, Waly, Waly
  25. Diamond Joe
  26. Queen Eleanor's Confession
  27. The Toolie's Death
  28. Roll, Alabama, Roll
  29. Greenland Whale Fisheries
  30. There Was an Old Soldier
  31. King Arthur Had Three Sons
  32. Clerk Saunders
  33. Lorena
  34. My Love Built Me a Bonnie Bower
  35. Louisiana Gals
  36. Farewell, Mother
  37. Tomorrow Is St. Valentine's Day
  38. Santa Anna
  39. Earl Richard
  40. Free America
  41. King O'Luve (Fause Foodrage)
  42. Boll Weevil
  43. Cumberland Gap
  44. Earl of Murray
  45. Amazing Grace
  46. All Quiet Along the Potomac
  47. Lizzie Lindsay
  48. Shorty George
  49. The Three Ravens- Twa Corbies
  50. Bad Brahma Bull
  51. The Cumberland's Crew
  52. Glenlogie - Jean O Bethelnie
  53. Part I - The Struggle: John Brown's Body
  54. Mustang Grey
  55. General Patterson
  56. Buffalo Skinners
  57. In Charleston Jail
  58. The Lament of the Border Widow
  59. John Peel
  60. Corrido de Kansas
  61. The Mermaid (Landlubber)
  62. The Three Ravens- Twa Corbies
  63. Longstreet's Rangers
  64. The Red Herring
  65. Butternut Hill
  66. Binnorie (The Cruel Sister)
  67. Part I - The Struggle: John Brown
  68. The Battle of Saratoga
  69. Ballad of the Tea Party
  70. I Don't Want to Join the Army
  71. Saro Jane
  72. Bennington Skirmish
  73. Constitution and Guerrier
  74. Why, Soldiers, Why
  75. Benny Haven
  76. The Regular Army
  77. Bell Bottom Trousers
  78. How Happy the Soldier
  79. The Engineers
  80. Gee But I Want to GO Home
  81. Were You with the Marines
  82. I Landed in London
  83. The Officers Ride the Whale Boats
  84. The Three Ravens (Twa Corbies)
  85. The Fighting Q.M.C.
  86. The Buffalo Skinners
  87. Mademoiselle from Armentiers
  88. The One Eyed Reilly (Reilly's Daughter)
  89. The Lament of the Border Widow (Proud Lady Margaret)
  90. The Calvary Remount

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