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Jean Ritchie

Jean Ritchie

111 songs
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2021
Album
Nov 2021
Life’s Work: A Retrospective

1 track

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Album
Nov 2021
Life’s Work: A Retrospective

1 track

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2004
Album
Jan 2004
Mountain Hearth and Home

37 tracks

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Album
Jan 2004
Mountain Hearth and Home

37 tracks

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2003
Album
Jan 2003
Jean Ritchie: Ballads from Her Appalachian Family Tradition

5 tracks

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Album
Jan 2003
Jean Ritchie: Ballads from Her Appalachian Family Tradition

5 tracks

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1977
Album
Jan 1977
None But One

3 tracks

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Album
Jan 1977
None But One

3 tracks

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1968
Album
Jan 1968
Something to Sing About

2 tracks

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Album
Jan 1968
Something to Sing About

2 tracks

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1963
Album
Jan 1963
Jean Ritchie and Doc Watson at Folk City

1 track

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Album
Jan 1963
Jean Ritchie and Doc Watson at Folk City

1 track

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1962
Album
Jan 1962
Precious Memories

15 tracks

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Album
Jan 1962
Precious Memories

15 tracks

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1960
Album
Jan 1960
British Traditional Ballads in the Southern Mountains, Volume 1

11 tracks

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Album
Jan 1960
British Traditional Ballads in the Southern Mountains, Volume 1

11 tracks

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1960
Album
Jan 1960
British Traditional Ballads in the Southern Mountains, Volume 2

4 tracks

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Album
Jan 1960
British Traditional Ballads in the Southern Mountains, Volume 2

4 tracks

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1959
Album
Jan 1959
Carols for All Seasons

1 track

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Album
Jan 1959
Carols for All Seasons

1 track

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1956
Album
Jan 1956
Saturday Night and Sunday Too

1 track

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Album
Jan 1956
Saturday Night and Sunday Too

1 track

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1956
Album
Jan 1956
American Folk Tales and Songs

1 track

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Album
Jan 1956
American Folk Tales and Songs

1 track

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1952
Album
Jan 1952
Singing the Traditional Songs of Her Kentucky Mountain Family

1 track

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Album
Jan 1952
Singing the Traditional Songs of Her Kentucky Mountain Family

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Top Songs

#1
March Down to Old Tennessee
#2
O Sister Phoebe
#3
Gypsum Davy
#4
Lord Bateman
#5
Jemmy Taylor-O
#6
Gentle Fair Jenny
#7
Nottamun Town
#8
Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies

About Jean Ritchie

Also known as
Than Hall

Discography

Mountain Hearth and Home
37 tracks · 2004
Precious Memories
15 tracks · 1962
British Traditional Ballads in the Southern Mountains, Volume 1
11 tracks · 1960
Jean Ritchie: Ballads from Her Appalachian Family Tradition
5 tracks · 2003
British Traditional Ballads in the Southern Mountains, Volume 2
4 tracks · 1960
None But One
3 tracks · 1977
Something to Sing About
2 tracks · 1968
Life’s Work: A Retrospective
1 track · 2021
Jean Ritchie and Doc Watson at Folk City
1 track · 1963
Carols for All Seasons
1 track · 1959
Saturday Night and Sunday Too
1 track · 1956
American Folk Tales and Songs
1 track · 1956
Singing the Traditional Songs of Her Kentucky Mountain Family
1 track · 1952

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Popular lyrics by Jean Ritchie

March Down to Old Tennessee

Here stands a couple, joined hearts and hands He wants a wife, and she wants a man Soon they will get married, if they can agree They'll mar…

O Sister Phoebe

[Verse 1] O sister Phoebe, how merry was she The night she sat under the juniper tree The juniper tree, hi-oh, hi-oh The juniper tree, hi-oh…

Gypsum Davy

[Verse 1] It was late in the night when the lord came home Inquiring for his lady Servants said on every hand She's gone with the Gypsum Dav…

Lord Bateman

[Verse 1] Lord Bateman was a noble lord He thought himself of a high degree He could not rest nor be contented Till he had sailed the old sa…

Jemmy Taylor-O

[Verse 1] Had a little trouble down in Mexico Nobody hurt by Jimmy Taylor-o Hi ho diddle-i-day [Verse 2] Had a little trouble [?] into town …

Gentle Fair Jenny

[Verse 1] I married me a wife and took her home Gentle fair Jenny, fair Rosy Marie I ofttimes wished that I'd let her alone As the dew flies…

Nottamun Town

[Verse 1] In Nottamun Town not a soul would look up Not a soul would look up, not a soul would look down Not a soul would look up, not a sou…

Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies

[Verse 1] Come all you fair and tender ladies Take a warning how you court your man They’re like a bright star on a cloudy morning First app…

Hangman

[Verse 1] Hangman, hangman Slack up your rope, oh, slack it for a while I look down yonder and I seen Pa comin' He's walked for a many long …

Dulcimer Pieces (Shady Grove, Old King Cole, Skip to My Lou)

[Instrumental]

Discography at a glance

111

Songs on Lyrks

13

Albums

28

Singles

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Popular tracks by Jean Ritchie include March Down to Old Tennessee, O Sister Phoebe, Gypsum Davy, Lord Bateman, Jemmy Taylor-O. Browse full lyrics on Lyrks.

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