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Jean Ritchie

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Jean Ritchie (December 8, 1922 – June 1, 2015) was an American folk singer and Appalachian dulcimer player. Became known as "The Mother of Folk". As well as work songs and ballads, Jean knew hymns from the "Regular Baptist" church she attended in Jeff, Kentucky. These were sung as "lining out" songs, in a lingering soulful way. One of the songs they sang was Amazing Grace. She wrote some songs, including one on the effects of strip mining in Kentucky.

Top songs

  1. One Morning In May - Another Version
  2. Jubilee
  3. A Short Life Of Trouble
  4. Black Is The Color
  5. O Love Is Teasin'
  6. With Kitty I'll Go - Remastered
  7. Cedar Swamp
  8. Shady Grove
  9. Skin And Bones
  10. Old Virginny
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  1. One Morning in May (AKA the Nightingale)
  2. The Cuckoo
  3. Nottamun Town
  4. Keep Your Garden Clean
  5. The Little Devils
  6. Barbry Ellen (Barbara Allen)
  7. Let The Sun Shine Down On Me - Remastered
  8. Hush Little Baby
  9. Gypsum Davy
  10. Little Cory
  11. My Boy Willie - Version 2
  12. One I Love - Remastered
  13. O Johnny's On The Water
  14. The L And N Don't Stop Here Anymore - Remastered
  15. The Cuckoo - Another Version
  16. Hangman
  17. False Sir John
  18. The Hangman Song
  19. Go Dig My Grave
  20. Edward
  21. The Unquiet Grave
  22. Barbary Allen
  23. Now Is the Cool of the Day
  24. The House Carpenter
  25. Dulcimer Pieces: Shady Grove, Old King Cole, Skip To My Lou
  26. Gypsy Laddie
  27. Swing And Turn Jubilee
  28. Most Fair Beauty Bright
  29. Killy Kranky
  30. One I Love
  31. O Sister Phoebe
  32. Wild Horses - Remastered
  33. Old Bangum
  34. Lord Randall
  35. Lord Bateman
  36. Bachelor's Hall
  37. Lord Thomas And Fair Ellender
  38. Sweet William and Lady Margaret
  39. Jemmy Taylor-O
  40. Pretty Saro
  41. The Merry Golden Tree
  42. Cherry Tree Carol
  43. West Virginia Mine Disaster
  44. With Kitty I'll Go
  45. Goin' to Boston
  46. Old Woman and Pig
  47. Old King Cole
  48. One More Mile - Remastered
  49. Come All You Fair And Tender Ladies - Remastered Version
  50. Barbry Ellen
  51. One Morning In May [aka The Nightingale]
  52. There Lived an Old Lord
  53. Black Waters
  54. The May Day Carol
  55. Bury Me Beneath the Willow
  56. Barbara Allen
  57. The Bluebird Song
  58. PRETTY POLLY
  59. Movin' On Down The River - Remastered
  60. Hiram Hubbard
  61. Storms are on the Ocean
  62. Blue Diamond Mines - Remastered
  63. Little Musgrave
  64. One Morning In May (Another Version)
  65. Golden Ring Around The Susan Girl - Remastered
  66. One Morning In May
  67. Precious Memories
  68. Blue Diamond Mines
  69. My Boy Willie
  70. Fair Annie Of Lochroyan
  71. Go In and Out the Window
  72. Open the Window
  73. Over The River Charlie
  74. The Great Speckled Bird
  75. The Little Rosebud Casket
  76. East Virginia
  77. Lord Lovel
  78. Wabash Cannonball
  79. Over The River To Feed My Sheep
  80. Wondrous Love
  81. Let the Sun Shine Down on Me
  82. The Carnal and the Crane
  83. House carpenter
  84. The L And N Don't Stop Here Anymore
  85. Two Little Children - The Orphan's Last Plea
  86. The Gypsy's Warning
  87. Train a Comin'
  88. Where are You Going?
  89. Soldier's Joy
  90. Sailor, Sailor on the Sea

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