Podcasts by Roger McGuinn
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I’ll Go Where You Want Me To Go from 2023-12-01T11:18:54
Mp3: I’ll Go Where You Want Me To Go – Click To Play Camilla was playing this lovely song written by Mary Brown in 1894, from her hymn book and I liked the melody so much that I decided...
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Hard Travelin’ from 2023-11-01T10:29:03
Mp3: Hard Travelin’ – Click To Play Camilla and I have been on the road since the beginning of September and are going to sea this week. We’ve been doing some hard traveling!!! Th...
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King’s Highway from 2023-08-01T10:09:48
Mp3: King’s Highway – Click To Play This is a gospel song I used to sing with a folk group I was in called “The Frets” in 1957. Johnny Carbo on 5-string banjo, Lou McDonald ...
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Happy Birthday from 2023-07-01T10:17:52
mp3: Happy Birthday – Click To Play The original song was “Good Morning To You” sung to teachers at the beginning of the school day. A dispute arose as to who the legitimate autho...
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May Morris Dance from 2023-05-01T09:41:32
Mp3: Morris Dance – Click To Play There are more songs written about the month of May than there are about Christmas. This comes from the 17th century as a celebration of Spring. It is also a...
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Same Boat Brother from 2023-04-01T09:40:07
CLICK TO PLAY – Same Boat Brother: We all are in the same boat. If you shake one end you’re going to rock the other! Lyrics: [A] We’re in the same boat, brother We’re in the...
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Bold Archer from 2023-03-01T12:01:36
How do I download this mp3? mp3: Bold Archer – Click To Play Known in Scotland as “Archie O’ Cawfield” this song tells the story of an outlaw who is aided in escaping prison...
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Jack Monroe from 2023-02-01T10:50:49
How do I download this mp3? mp3: Jack Monroe – Click To Play Jack Monroe AKA (Jackie Frazer; The Wars of Germany) [Laws N7] Roud (268) A rich girl loves a sailor; her father does not, and has...
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Road Through The Woods from 2022-03-01T10:24:35
How do I download this Mp3? Mp3: Road Through The Woods – Click To Play This is a famous poem by Rudyard Kipling set to a traditional folk tune. The arrangement is new in the style of the Byr...
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Cotton Eyed Joe from 2022-02-01T11:07:11
How do I download this Mp3? Mp3: Cotton Eyed Joe – Click To Play I first learned “Cotton Eyed Joe” at Chicago’s Old Town School of Folk Music in 1957. No one really knows wh...
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My Country,‘Tis of Thee from 2022-01-01T09:39:30
How do I download this mp3? mp3: My Country, ‘Tis of Thee – Click To Play An American patriotic song written by Samuel F. Smith while a student at the Andover Theological Seminary in An...
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Angels from the Realms of Glory from 2021-12-01T11:26:52
How do I download this mp3? mp3: Angels from the Realms of Glory – Click To Play This is my adaptation of a 19th century classic Christmas carol, written by Scottish poet James Montgomery. Ly...
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Keep Your Hands On That Plow from 2021-11-01T10:02:57
How do I download this mp3? mp3: Keep Your Hands On That Plow – Click To Play Luke 9:62 But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingd...
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Macpherson’s Lament from 2021-10-01T04:21:04
How do I download this mp3? m4v: Macpherson’s Lament – Click To Play Jamie Macpherson was a Scottish robber, born in 1675, the illegitimate son of a Highland laird and a gypsy woman. Wh...
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All Through The Night from 2021-08-01T11:09:16
How do I download this Mp3? Mp3: All Through The Night – Click To Play Traditional Welsh Folk Song Lyrics: [G] Sleep my [Em] child and [Am] peace [D] attend thee, [C] All [D] through the [G] ...
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Oh Sinner Man from 2021-07-01T10:15:47
How do I download this Mp3? Mp3: Oh Sinner Man – Click To Play Traditional Spiritual Lyrics: [Em] Oh, sinner man, where you’re gonna run to? [D] Oh, sinner man, where you’re gonna...
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Country Pickin’ from 2021-05-01T10:32:35
How do I download this Mp3? Country Pickin’ Download .MOV Youtube Video: VIDEO LINK: Country Pickin’ When I studied at the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago in the mid to late &#...
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The Weary Whaler from 2021-04-01T10:29:42
How do I download this Mp3? HTMLFont size The Weary Whaler This is a sea chantey from the golden age of sail. There’s a youtube video of me singing it when you click on the VIDEO LINK below: ...
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The Cowboy’s Dream from 2021-03-01T11:14:58
How do I download this Mp3? Mp3: The Cowboy’s Dream – Click To Play My friend Bill Lee recently said, “You haven’t done a cowboy song for the Folk Den in a long time. So her...
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Origin of “Kisses Sweeter Than Wine” from 2021-02-01T09:02:55
How do I download this Mp3? Mp3: Origin of “Kisses Sweeter Than Wine” – Click To Play This is the strange history of an obscure Irish ballad that became a popular song. I only pla...
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The Dodger Song from 2021-01-01T11:20:41
How do I download this Mp3? Mp3: The Dodger Song – Click To Play “The Dodger” was used as a campaign song to belittle Republican James G. Blaine in the 1884 Presidential election ...
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What A Friend We Have In Jesus from 2020-12-01T10:59:54
How do I download this Mp3? m4v: What A Friend We Have In Jesus – Click To Play What A Friend We Have In Jesus is an old Christian Hymn. The song started out as a poem written by Joseph M. Sc...
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Hush Little Baby from 2020-11-01T09:00:38
How do I download this m4v? m4v: Hush Little Baby – Click To Play This is a traditional Southern United States lullaby. The father promises many rewards for the baby’s silence. If one r...
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Flowers In The Valley from 2020-10-01T07:21:03
How do I download this m4v? m4v: Flowers In The Valley – Click To Play This is a traditional English song. I’ve created a little video with the lyrics to make it easy for you to sing al...
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The Keeper Did A-Hunting Go from 2020-09-01T10:19:44
How do I download this Mp3? Mp3: The Keeper Did A-Hunting Go – Click To Play – Photo by Linda Lee This old English song (Roud 1519) dates back to the 14th century. A favorite of school ...
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Farther Along from 2020-08-01T10:38:22
How do I download this Mp3? Mp3: Farther Along – Click To Play This is a traditional gospel song. We sang this in the Byrds and Clarence White did such a great vocal. We sang this at Clarence...
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Pretty Peggy-O from 2020-07-01T11:11:43
How do I download this Mp3? Mp3: Pretty Peggy-O – Click To Play Pretty Peggy-O is about the unrequited love between a captain of Irish dragoons for a beautiful Scottish girl in the fictional ...
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Courteous Knight from 2020-06-01T12:22:06
How do I download this Mp3? Mp3: Courteous Knight – Click To Play This is Child Ballad #112 and has many variants. One of the most interesting to me is the sea chantey “Blow Ye Winds Of...
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