"This 2014 compilation ventures beyond the blues to show the true breadth of African American secular song. Drawing 21 classic tracks - including five previously unreleased -from the deep well of Smithsonian Folkways’ archives, this connoisseur collection spotlights songs from ragtime, country, Tin Pan Alley, pre-blues songs, blues hybrids, and old-timey string band. Marquee-name artists Big Bill Broonzy, Brownie McGhee, Lead Belly, Peg Leg Sam, Mississippi John Hurt, John Cephas..."

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• 1 Bring it On Down to My House
• 2 Talking Blues
• 3 Nobody’s Business (If I Do)
• 4 Alabama Bound
• 5 Pallet on the Floor
• 6 Chicken You Can’t Roost Too High For Me
• 7 My Hula Love
• 8 Candy Man
• 9 Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
• 10 Froggy Went-a-Courting
• 11 Monday Morning Blues
• 12 The Boys of Your Uncle Sam
• 13 Raise a Ruckus Tonight
• 14 Reno Factory
• 15 Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
• 16 Honeysuckle Rose
• 17 Bill Bailey
• 18 When the Roses Bloom Again
• 19 Straighten Up and Fly Right
• 20 Careless Love
• 21 They Cut Down the Old Pine Tree