Jean Ritchie- Precious Memories

Today, it’s hard to imagine songs like “Rosewood Casket” or “Bury Me Beneath the Willow” as new-fangled pop songs, “hillbilly music” adored by the young and controversial to everyone else. Famed ballad singer Jean Ritchie shares some of the popular songs that caught her fancy as a youth.

Tracklist:

1. The Little Rosebud Casket
2. The Gypsy’s Warning
3. The Poor and Rambling Boy
4. Jim Blake
5. Bury Me Beneath The Willow
6. No Sir
7. The Printer’s Bride
8. Pretty Betty Martin
9. Precious Memories
10. The Great Speckled Bird
11. Sweet Willie
12. Two Little Children – The Orphan’s Last Plea
13. The Most Fair Beauty Bright
14. The Maple On The Hill
15. The Wreck On The Highway
16. Go Dig My Grave