The Essential Charlie Poole

Tracklist

• CD 1: White House Blues
• 1
  The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee

  Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers
  3:29
• 2
  I’m the Man Who Rode the Mule Around the World

  Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers
  3:13
• 3
  Can I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight Mister

  Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers
  3:08
• 4
  Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down Blues

  Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers
  2:51
• 5
  Flyin’ Clouds

  Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers
  3:16
• 6
  Wild Horse

  Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers
  3:06
• 7
  Forks of Sandy

  Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers
  2:57
• 8
  Mountain Reel

  Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers
  3:03
• 9
  Good‐Bye‐Booze

  Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers
  3:15
• 10
  Monkey on a String

  Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers
  3:06
• 11
  Too Young to Marry

  Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers
  3:05
• 12
  Ragtime Annie

  Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers
  3:12
• 13
  A Kiss Waltz

  Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers
  3:08
• 14
  Leaving Home

  Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers
  3:09
• 15
  Budded Rose

  Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers
  3:01
• 16
  There’ll Come a Time

  Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers
  3:28
• 17
  White House Blues

  Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers
  3:27
• 18
  The Highwayman

  Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers
  3:17
• 19
  Hungry Hash House

  Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers
  3:24
• 20
  If I Lose, I Don’t Care

  Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers
  3:04
• CD 2: Old & Only in the Way
• 1
  You Ain’t Talkin’ to Me

  Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers
  2:54
• 2
  Coon From Tennessee

  Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers
  3:07
• 3
  The Letter That Never Came

  Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers
  2:47
• 4
  Take a Drink on Me

  Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers
  3:14
• 5
  Falling by the Wayside

  Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers
  3:05
• 6
  Sunset March

  Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers
  2:36
• 7
  Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down Medley

  Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers
  3:12
• 8
  A Young Boy Left His Home One Day

  Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers
  3:05
• 9
  My Wife Went Away and Left Me

  Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers
  2:53
• 10
  Husband & Wife Were Angry One Night

  Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers
  2:48
• 11
  Ramblin’ Blues

  Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers
  3:04
• 12
  Old and Only in the Way

  Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers
  3:27
• 13
  Shootin’ Creek

  Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers
  3:22
• 14
  Baltimore Fire

  Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers
  3:10
• 15
  Sweet Sunny South

  Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers
  2:53
• 16
  He Rambled

  Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers
  2:59
• 17
  Under the Double Eagle

  The Highlanders
  2:54
• 18
  Richmond Square

  The Highlanders
  2:52
• 19
  Flop Eared Mule

  The Highlanders
  2:56
• 20
  Lynchburg Town

  The Highlanders
  3:02
• CD 3: A Trip to New York
• 1
  The Brave Engineer

  Roy Harvey
  3:16
• 2
  Dark Eyes

  Roy Harvey
  2:48
• 3
  Willie, Poor Boy

  Roy Harvey
  2:46
• 4
  When the Bees Are in the Hive

  Roy Harvey
  3:00
• 5
  Daisies Won’t Tell

  Roy Harvey
  2:58
• 6
  The Wreck of Virginian No. 3

  Roy Harvey
  3:07
• 7
  I Cannot Call Her Mother

  The North Carolina Ramblers
  2:58
• 8
  Pearl Bryant

  The North Carolina Ramblers
  3:02
• 9
  Bill Mason

  The North Carolina Ramblers
  2:36
• 10
  Kitty Blye

  The North Carolina Ramblers
  2:37
• 11
  The Bluefield Murder

  The North Carolina Ramblers
  3:03
• 12
  I’ll Be There, Mary Dear

  The North Carolina Ramblers
  3:03
• 13
  What Is Home Without Love

  The North Carolina Ramblers
  2:57
• 14
  As We Sat Beneath the Maple on the Hill

  Posey Rorer
  3:05
• 15
  San Antonio

  Fred Newman
  2:41
• 16
  What Is a Home Without Babies

  Fred Newman
  2:50
• 17
  A Trip to New York (Part 1)

  Allegheny Highlanders
  3:00
• 18
  A Trip to New York (Part 2)

  Allegheny Highlanders
  2:51
• 19
  A Trip to New York (Part 3)

  Allegheny Highlanders
  2:42
• 20
  A Trip to New York (Part 4)

  Allegheny Highlanders
  2:52
• CD 4: If the River Was Whiskey
• 1
  Just Pickin’

  Roy Harvey & Leonard Copeland
  3:16
• 2
  Beckley Rag

  Roy Harvey & Leonard Copeland
  2:48
• 3
  Underneath the Sugar Moon

  Roy Harvey & Leonard Copeland
  2:46
• 4
  Lonesome Weary Blues

  Roy Harvey & Leonard Copeland
  3:00
• 5
  Sweet Sixteen

  Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers
  2:58
• 6
  My Gypsy Girl

  Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers
  3:07
• 7
  The Only Girl I Ever Loved

  Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers
  2:58
• 8
  Write a Letter to My Mother

  Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers
  3:02
• 9
  If the River Was Whiskey

  Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers
  2:36
• 10
  It’s Moving Day

  Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers
  2:37
• 11
  Southern Medley

  Charlie Poole & Roy Harvey
  3:03
• 12
  Honeysuckle

  Charlie Poole & Roy Harvey
  3:03
• 13
  Greasy Wagon

  Roy Harvey & Leonard Copeland
  2:57
• 14
  Mother’s Waltz

  Roy Harvey & Leonard Copeland
  3:05
• 15
  Back to the Blue Ridge

  Roy Harvey & Leonard Copeland
  2:41
• 16
  Goodbye Sweet Liza Jane

  Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers
  2:50
• 17
  Look Before You Leap

  Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers
  3:00
• 18
  Just Keep Waiting Till the Good Times Come

  Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers
  2:51
• 19
  Mother’s Last Farewell Kiss

  Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers
  2:42
• 20
  Where the Whippoorwill Is Whispering Good‐Night

  Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers
  2:52

More by Charlie Poole

You Ain’t Talkin’ to Me: Charlie Poole and the Roots of Country Music

You Ain’t Talkin’ to Me: Charlie Poole and the Roots of Country Music 2005

Charlie Poole With the North Carolina Ramblers #A

Charlie Poole With the North Carolina Ramblers #A 2005

The Legend of Charlie Poole, Volume 3

The Legend of Charlie Poole, Volume 3 1998

Volume Two

Volume Two 1996

Old Time Songs

Old Time Songs 1993

Volume 4

Volume 4 1976

Release credits

• Charlie Poole
  banjo [1.1, 1.3-6, 1.8-10, 1.12-20, 4.5-6, 4.8, 4.11-12, 3.17, 2.1-6, 2.9-16, 2.19-20], spoken vocals [11], vocal [4.5-6, 4.8, 2.1-5, 2.9-16, 2.20, 1.1, 1.3-4, 1.9-10, 1.14-20, 3.17]
• Leonard Copeland
  guitar [4]
• Lonnie Austin
  fiddle [2.9-14, 2.16, 2.19-20, 3.17]
• Lucy Terry
  piano [2.6, 2.19-20, 3.17]
• Norman Woodlieff
  guitar [1, 3-4]
• Odell Smith
  fiddle [3.17, 4.5-6, 4.8, 4.12, 2.19-20], spoken vocals [12]
• Posey Rorer
  fiddle [2.1-5, 2.15, 1.1, 1.3-6, 1.8-10, 1.12-20]
• Roy Harvey
  guitar [2.1-5, 2.9-16, 2.19-20, 3.17, 1.5-6, 1.8-10, 1.12-13, 1.15-20, 4.4-6, 4.8, 4.11-12], spoken vocals [11-12], vocal [17]

Issues

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  The Essential Charlie Poole

  4x CD
  2009