The Wayfaring Stranger: Selected Singles & Album Tracks 1941–62

Album by Burl Ives

Released 6 March 2026

Tracklist

  • CD 1
  • 1
    Wee Cooper o’ Fife
    1:28
  • 2
    Cowboy’s Lament
    2:37
  • 3
    I Know Where I’m Going
    1:28
  • 4
    Tam Pierce
    2:13
  • 5
    Peter Gray
    2:30
  • 6
    On Top of Old Smoky
    1:35
  • 7
    Cotton Eyed Joe
    0:46
  • 8
    Darlin’ Cory
    3:13
  • 9
    Foggy, Foggy Dew
    2:34
  • 10
    Blue Tail Fly
    2:03
  • 11
    Big Rock Candy Mountain
    2:40
  • 12
    Old Dan Tucker
    1:15
  • 13
    The Eddystone Light
    1:18
  • 14
    The Fox
    2:09
  • 15
    Aunt Rhody
    1:14
  • 16
    Down in the Valley
    3:12
  • 17
    I’m Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes
    3:16
  • 18
    Turtle Dove
    3:20
  • 19
    Po’ Boy
    2:50
  • 20
    Lavender Blue
    2:19
  • 21
    On the Grand Canyon Line
    2:22
  • 22
    Wayfaring Stranger
    1:21
  • 23
    Riders in the Sky
    3:07
  • 24
    Roving Gambler
    1:40
  • 25
    John Hardy
    2:28
  • 26
    Worried Man Blues
    2:38
  • 27
    Mr Froggie Went A‐Courtin
    3:01
  • 28
    Mule Train
    2:39
  • 29
    John Henry
    2:52
  • 30
    Doughnut Song
    2:56
  • 31
    Pretty Polly
    3:07
  • CD 2
  • 1
    Green Broom
    2:50
  • 2
    Pig Pig
    2:37
  • 3
    The Wild Side of Life
    3:00
  • 4
    This Time Tomorrow
    2:24
  • 5
    Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves
    2:25
  • 6
    Goober Peas
    2:30
  • 7
    Git Along Little Dogies
    1:48
  • 8
    Hush Little Baby
    1:43
  • 9
    I Know an Old Lady
    2:51
  • 10
    Nellie McNess
    3:00
  • 11
    Molly Malone
    2:12
  • 12
    Liza Jane
    2:11
  • 13
    Barbara Allen
    4:22
  • 14
    Close the Door Richard
    2:28
  • 15
    The Crawdad Song
    2:31
  • 16
    Casey Jones
    2:43
  • 17
    The Ballad of Davy Crockett
    2:54
  • 18
    Wabash Cannonball
    2:41
  • 19
    Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor
    2:43
  • 20
    Ox Driver’s Song
    2:43
  • 21
    Waltzing Matilda (The Jolly Swagman’s Song)
    2:22
  • 22
    The Wild Rover
    2:20
  • 23
    Frankie and Johnny
    2:18
  • 24
    Prisoner’s Song (Midnight Special)
    2:29
  • 25
    Santy Anna
    2:35
  • 26
    Blow Ye Winds!
    2:30
  • 27
    The Drunken Sailor
    2:18
  • 28
    Rolling Home
    2:23
  • CD 3
  • 1
    Maid of the Sweet Brown Knowe
    2:03
  • 2
    Kilgary Mountain
    2:41
  • 3
    Nell Flaherty’s Drake
    2:22
  • 4
    Paddy and the Whale
    1:56
  • 5
    The Squirrel
    2:45
  • 6
    Horace the Horse
    2:43
  • 7
    The Bestiary
    1:50
  • 8
    The Monkey and the Elephant
    3:15
  • 9
    In the Evening by the Moonlight
    2:57
  • 10
    The Man on the Flying Trapeze
    2:34
  • 11
    Grandfather’s Clock
    2:22
  • 12
    The Man That Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
    2:12
  • 13
    The Wild Colonial Boy
    2:20
  • 14
    A Nautical Yarn
    2:02
  • 15
    Botany Bay
    3:23
  • 16
    Oh by Jingo (Oh by Gee, You’re the Only Girl for Me)
    1:52
  • 17
    Tit Willow
    3:03
  • 18
    I Never See Maggie Alone
    2:11
  • 19
    There Is a Tavern in the Town
    2:14
  • 20
    There’s a Hole in My Bucket
    2:28
  • 21
    Marianne
    2:54
  • 22
    The Long Black Veil
    3:01
  • 23
    A Little Bitty Tear
    2:05
  • 24
    Shanghaied
    2:07
  • 25
    Mockin’ Bird Hill
    2:34
  • 26
    Funny Way of Laughin’
    2:36
  • 27
    Mother Wouldn’t Do That
    2:28
  • 28
    Call Me Mr. In‐Between
    2:42
  • 29
    Mary Ann Regrets
    3:33

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