Recorded May 1956 in New York
RIVERSIDE 12-620 SATURDAY NIGHT & SUNDAY TOO          LP 1956
SMITHSONIAN COLLECTION R 046 FOLK SONG AMERICA V.2    LP/CD 1991

Jean Ritchie, vocals, mountain dulcimer ;
Roger Sprung, violin, banjo.
notes by Jean Ritchie

Saturday:
Betty Larkin
Two dukes a-rovin'
Baby-o
Green grows the willow tree
Susan girl
Dear companion
Huntin' the buck
Lady Margaret
Charlie
Hop up my ladies
Sunday:
Been a long time a-travelling
The day is past and gone                  R046(11)
Father get ready
Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah
I've got a mother
Sing to me of Heaven
Hiram Hubbard
God bless them moonshiners
Shady Grove
Lullaby medley: [Go tell Aunt Rhody ; Dance to your daddy ; Swing a song Daisy Long ; What are we gonna do with the baby-o?].

fall 1956
TRADITION TLP 1011 AMERICAN FOLK TALES AND SONGS       LP 1956
EMPIRE(Universal) 50858 [The Tradition Years]          CD 2006
Reissue produced by Paul Klein
ESSENTIAL Media Group 952-31122-0                      CD, digital download 2007

Told by Richard Chase and sung by Jean Ritchie and Paul Clayton.
A1.The Gambling Suitor — Paul Clayton & Jean Ritchie
A2.That's Once — Richard Chase
A3.The Bashful Courtship — Jean Ritchie
A4.The Split Dog — Richard Chase
A5.Locks And Bolts — Paul Clayton
A6.The Snakebit Hoehandle — Richard Chase
A7.The Old Grey Goose Is Dead — Jean Ritchie
A8.The Big Toe — Richard Chase
A9.The Deaf Woman's Courtship — Paul Clayton & Jean Ritchie
B1.Wondrous Love — Jean Ritchie
B2.The Devil's Question — Jean Ritchie
B3.The Man In The Kraut Tub — Richard Chase
B4.The Swapping Song — Paul Clayton
B5.The Hickory Toothpick — Richard Chase
B6.The Riddle Song — Jean Ritchie & Paul Clayton



1957
ELEKTRA EKL-122 COURTIN'S A PLEASURE                      LP 1957
Jean Ritchie, Oscar Brand and Tom Paley
Side 1 - Courting Songs - Jean Ritchie and Oscar Brand [from EKL-22, minus 2 songs]
•Hey Little Boy
•I Wonder When I Shall be Married
•The Keys of Canterbury
•A Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn
•Hog Drivers
•Lazy John
•Kansas Boys
•My Good Old Man
•Paper of Pins
•No, Sir
[Side 2 Folksongs from the Southern Appalacian Mountains-Tom Paley, from EKL-12]



ELEKTRA EKL-125 JEAN RITCHIE               LP 1957
XTRA(Transatlantic, UK) 1030                LP xxxx
JEAN RITCHIE
[selections from EKL-2 (minus 9 songs) and EKL-25 (minus 2 songs)]
A1 Cedar Swamp   
A2 Nottamun Town   
A3 The Hangman Song   
A4 O Sister Phoebe   
A5 False Sir John   
A6 O Love Is Teasin'   
A7 Old Virginny   
A8 Skin And Bones   
A9 Dulcimer Pieces - Shady Grove - Old King Cole - Skip To My Lou   
B1 Bachelor's Hall   
B2 The Little Devils   
B3 Killy Kranky   
B4 Jemmy Taylor-O   
B5 The Cuckoo (Version 1)   
B6 The Cuckoo (Version 2)   
B7 Black Is The Color   
B8 Old Woman And Pig   
B9 The Little Sparrow   
B10 Goin' To Boston   



FOLKWAYS FC 7054                                  10" LP 1957
CHILDREN'S SONGS and GAMES from the SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS
Jean Ritchie Dulcimer; Guitar; Vocals

liner notes by Kenneth Goldstein
cover photo and design by George Pickow.

A1 Jenny, Put The Kettle On       Jean Ritchie   0:23
A2 Go in and Out the Window       Jean Ritchie   0:58
A3 The Old Soup Gourd             Jean Ritchie   1:11
A4 Among the Little White Daisies Jean Ritchie   1:30
A5 Sally Goodin                   Jean Ritchie   0:31
A6 Fiddle-I-Fee                   Jean Ritchie   2:04
A7 Old Bald Eagle Kettle On       Jean Ritchie   1:04
A8 Two Dukes A-Riding             Jean Ritchie   1:34
A9 Kitty Alone                     Jean Ritchie   2:22
B1 Love Somebody, yes I Do         Jean Ritchie   0:42
B2 The Swapping Song               Jean Ritchie   2:23
B3 Old King Cole                   Jean Ritchie   1:10
B4 The Old Man In The Woods       Jean Ritchie   2:18
B5 Old Shoe Boots                  Jean Ritchie   1:20
B6 Sourwood Mountain               Jean Ritchie   1:22
B7 Green Gravels                   Jean Ritchie   0:20
B8 Mammy Had an Old Goose          Jean Ritchie   1:18
B9 Who Killed Cock Robin?          Jean Ritchie   1:47



RIVERSIDE RLP 12-653 SINGING FAMILY OF THE CUMBERLANDS            LP 1957
Jean Ritchie
Erik Darling, banjo, guitar
Liner notes: Kenneth S. Goldstein
A1 A Haunt Tale And Ballad   
A2 How I Learned A New Song   
A3 We Hear Hezzie Kilburn Sing   
A4 One Christmas   
B1 Working In The Fields   
B2 Granny Katty In Church   
B3 A Molasses Stir-Off And My First Kiss   
B4 A Lonely Time And A Happy Reunion   



Recorded in New York City, Apr. 6, 1957
RIVERSIDE RLP 12-646 RIDDLE ME THIS                            LP 1957
WASHINGTON   WLP 706 COURTING AND RIDDLE SONGS                  LP 1961 Billboard Dec 4, 1961
Prestige PRCD9911 The Riverside Folklore Series Vol. 3          CD
Singing the New Tradition Songs, Singers, and Instrumentalists of the Folk Revival

Riddle Me This
sung by Jean Ritchie and Oscar Brand.
Jean Ritchie, dulcimer and voice ;
Oscar Brand, guitar and voice ;
Dave Sears, banjo
notes by Kenneth S. Goldstein

A1 The Cambric Shirt   
A2 The Deaf Woman's Courtship   
A3 I Will Give My Love An Apple   
A4 Marching Across The Green Grass   
A5 Riddle Me This                  JR OB             PRCD9911(18)   
A6 What Are Little Boys Made Of   
A7 Madam, Will You Walk   
A8 Big Glass Doll   
B1 Soldier, Soldier                JR OB             PRCD9911(15)
B2 My Good Old Man   
B3 Jennie Jenkins   
B4 The Riddle Song   
B5 Paper of Pins                   JR OB             PRCD9911(16)   
B6 Pretty Li'l Reckless Boy       JR OB             PRCD9911(17)   
B7 Who Killed Cock Robin   
B8 Billy Boy



1958

FOLKWAYS FA 2316 THE RITCHIE FAMILY OF KENTUCKY          LP 1958
Jean Ritchie Interviews Her Family, With Documentary Recordings
A1 Green Gravels / Lord Thomas and Fair Ellender/ Somebody's Tall and Handsome (medley) 8:32
A2 Brightest and Best      2:53
A3 A Young Man That Wouldn't Hoe Corn / I Wonder When I Shall Be Marrired (medley)      3:49
A4 Charlie / Turn Julie Ann Turn / Joe Bowers / Pretty Saro (medley)                   7:45
B1 Lord Bateman and the Turkish Lady                                                    7:06
B2 Amazing Grace / Sweet Rivers of Redeeming Love (medley)                              3:31
B3 Darby Ram (Ram of Darby) / Dance to Your Daddy / Go Tell Aunt Rhody / Five Ten/
    London Bridge / Skip to My Lou (medley)                                              5:06
B4 Five-Ten / London Bridge / Skip to My Lou (medley)                                  3:11
B5 Twilight A-Stealing      



1959

Radio WNYC   February 10, 1959 FOLKSONG FESTIVAL                WNYC Archive 13447                      Hally Wood (Texas singer), Andrew Rowan Summers (VA.), Cynthia Goodings, Shantyboys (Roger Sprung, Mike Cohen, Lionel Kilberg), Peter Seeger, Jean Ritchie, Frank Warner, Macbeth the Great,
Lord Invader, The Tarriers, Len Chandler, Buf
Jean Ritchie - Johnny's on the Water   

Radio WNYC February 10, 1959 FOLKSONG FESTIVAL-Oscar Brand    WNYC Archive 13448
Peter Seeger, Jean Rithie, Frank Warner, MacBeth the Great, Lord Invader,
The Tarriers (Alan Arkin, Eric Weissberg, Marshall Brickman, Clarence Cooper)
Jean Richie - Cock Robbin
Jean Richie - Johnny's on the Water
Jean Richie - God Bless the Moonshiners
Jean Richie - The Greenwood Laddie



CLASSIC EDITIONS CE 1043 A DAY IN THE PARK             LP 1959 review BILLBOARD Apr 20 1959
Music for a Child's World
[Side 1 The AMERICAN RECORDER CONSORT]
Side 2 JEAN RITCHIE
English and Irish Folk Songs:
Down the green fields
It's with Kitty I'll go
I have a bonnet trimmed in blue
The sheep shearing
As I roved out
Oh come all you jolly huntsmen
American folk songs:
The Red River valley
Barb'ry Allen
Old Tare River
The wayfarin' stranger
Down in the valley
On top of Old Smokey
Casey Jones
Performers Jean Ritchie, vocals ; Manhattan Recorder Consort



Recorded at the Newport Folk Festival July 11/12, 1959
VANGUARD VRS-9064/VSD 2055 NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL 1959 Volume 3      LP 1959
TOP RANK(UK) 35/072                                                 LP 19xx
FONTANA(UK) TFL 6009                                                 LP 19xx
NOT NOW MUSIC(UK)                                                 3-CD 2015

Jean Ritchie
A2 3.2 What're We Going To Do With The Baby-Oh
A3 3.3 Pretty Saro
A4 3.4 Shady Grove
Jean Ritchie & Oscar Brand (accompanied by Billy Faier & Oscar Brand, g; Jean Ritchie, dulcimer)
A5 3.5 Paper Of Pins



TRADITION TLP 1031   CAROLS OF ALL SEASONS         LP 1959
TRADITION (Rykodisc) TCD 1058                      CD 1997
ESSENTIAL Media Group 942-31196-5                  CD, digital download 2009
Carols of All Seasons
◦Jean Ritchie: Vocals, Dulcimer
◦Robert Abramson: Harpsichord
◦LaNoue Davenport: Recorder

A1.Carnal and the Crane
A2.I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing
A3.Dame Get Up and Bake Your Pies
A4.Children Go Where I Send Thee
A5.Down in Yon Forest
A6.Brightest and Best
A7.Cherry Tree Carol (Cherry Tree of Cumberlands)
A8.Pig Went Out to Dig
A9.Christ Church Bells
B1.Flower Carol
B2.May Day Carol (Night Song)
B3.Cambridge May Song
B4.Holy Well
B5.Little Family
B6.Christ Was Born in Bethleham
B7.Holly Bears a Berry (Holly Bears the Berry)
B8.Wassail Song



FOLKWAYS FA 2428   A FOLK CONCERT IN TOWN HALL, NEW YORK          LP 1959
Jean Ritchie, Oscar Brand, David Sear
A1 Shortenin' Bread             Jean Ritchie, Oscar Brand and David Sear   1:25
A2 Ha Ha This-a-Way             Oscar Brand, David Sear                   2:12
A3 Shady Grove                   Jean Ritchie                               2:26
A4 The Rolling of the Stones    Oscar Brand                               2:58
A5 Pretty Polly                  Jean Ritchie, David Sear                   3:37
A6 The Admiral                   Jean Ritchie, Oscar Brand and David Sear   3:17
A7 Dhrinnin Dhu Dhrinnin         David Sear                                 1:52
A8 My Willy Boy                  Jean Ritchie, Oscar Brand and David Sear   2:19
B1 Poor Howard                   Jean Ritchie, Oscar Brand and David Sear   1:44
B2 Lord Randall                  Jean Ritchie, Oscar Brand and David Sear   2:58
B3 Ennery My Son (Lord Randall) Jean Ritchie                               1:49
B4 The Inniskillin Dragoon       Oscar Brand                               3:10
B5 Trip Trap Robbers in the Sea Jean Ritchie                               1:27
B6 Talking Atom                  Oscar Brand                               2:55
B7 Aiken Drum                   David Sear, Oscar Brand                   1:56
B8 Fair and Tender Ladies       Jean Ritchie, Oscar Brand and David Sear   2:31
B9 Black-Eyed Susie             Jean Ritchie, Oscar Brand and David Sear   2:29