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PHILCO'S FRIENDLY TROUBADOUR 4-CD Set
Philco's Friendly Troubadour features 20 vintage radio broadcasts from 1946-47 on 4 CDs. The 73 selections include some of Burl's most memorable hits as performed live on the radio. Between the songs Burl jokes, tells stories and shares his wry observations.
Disc 1:
- Show #1 broadcast 10/18/46
On Top of Old Smokey, Wooly Boogy Bee, The Golden Vanity, Blue Tail Fly
- Show #2 broadcast 10/25/46
Careless Love, The Fox, Down In The Valley, Big Rock Candy Mountain
- Show #3 broadcast 11/1/46
The Gypsy Maid (The Gypsy's Wedding Day), Wraggle-Taggle Gypsies, Barbara Allen, The Bird's Courting Song
- Show #4 broadcast 11/8/46
The Bold Soldier, Dublin City, The E-RI-E, Old Dan Tucker
- Show #5 broadcast 11/15/46
Billy the Kid, Jesse James, John Hardy, Brennan on the Moor
Disc 2:
- Show #6 broadcast 11/22/46
Robin He Married a Wife From the West, Poor Boy, The Three Crows, Goin' Down This Road Feelin' Bad
- Show #7 broadcast 11/29/46
Streets of Laredo (Cowboy's Lament), The Riddle Song (I Gave My Love A Cherry), I Know Where I'm Going (Handsome Johnny), Sweet Betsy From Pike
- Show #10 broadcast 12/20/46
Big Rock Candy Mountain, Good King Wenceslas, The Twelve Days of Christmas, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
- Show #11 broadcast 12/27/46
Deck The Halls, The Twelve Days of Christmas, Landlord Fill The Wassail Bowl, Richard of Taunton Dean
- Show #12 broadcast 1/3/47
Careless Love, Green Broom, Go Tell Aunt Rhody, When Cockelshells Turn Silver Bells (Waly, Waly), The Devil and the Farmer's Wife
Disc 3:
- Show #16 broadcast 1/31/47
Skip To My Lou, Blow Away The Morning Dew, The Wee Cooper Of Fife, Boll Weevil
- Show #21 broadcast 3/7/47
Robin He Married A Wife From the West, The Little Mohee, Lord Randall's Son, Hares On The Mountain
- Show #23 broadcast 3/21/47
Tam Pierce (Widdecome Fair), On Top Of Old Smoky, Edward, Midnight Special
- Show #24 broadcast 3/28/47
Roving Gambler, Foggy Foggy Dew, The Tailor And The Mouse, Mister Rabbit, On The Old Grand Canyon Line (duet with Burl Ives)
- Show #25 broadcast 4/4/47
With Special Guest Bing Crosby
Wooly Boogy Bee, Big Rock Candy Mountain, Red River Valley (Bing), Three Green Bottles (duet with Bing Crosby), Wayfaring Stranger
Disc 4:
- Show #28 broadcast 4/25/47
Stand Around The Jimmy John, Story of Jack D'eauville, Roving Gambler, Black Is The Color, Locked In The Arrow Rock Jail
- Show #29 broadcast 5/2/47
Camptown Ladies, Peter Gray, Cindy, Drill, Ye Tarriers, Drill, On the Old Grand Canyon Line (trio with Burl Ives and Burl Ives)
- Show #30 broadcast 5/9/47
Skip To My Lou, When Cockleshells Turn Silver Bells (Waly, Waly), Robin, He Married A Wife From The West, A Small Bird Or Two (Two Maidens Went Milking One Day), Wraggle-Taggle Gypsies
- Show #32 broadcast 5/23/47
Sweet Betsy From Pike, Molly Malone, The Bailiff's Daughter Of Islington, Cindy, That's What The Little Girl Said
- Show #33 broadcast 5/30/47
Goin' down This Road Feelin' Bad, Lonesome Road, They Gypsy Maid (The Gypsy's Wedding Day), Henry Martin, Git Along Little Dogies
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