Blue Wheat: A Harvest of American Folk Songs
Dale Warland Singers
Dale Warland, Conductor
We're not sure what blue wheat is, but we are sure about this CD—it's pure gold. The Dale Warland Singer's all-time best-selling album (along with "Harvest Home: Songs from the Heart"), this recording features love songs, folk songs and spirituals sung in the best American choral tradition. Warm, wonderful, moving.
Oh, Shenandoah—traditional, arr. Alf S. Houkom
He’s Goin’ Away—traditional, arr. Gail Kubik
Skip to My Lou—traditional, arr. Edwin Fissinger
Steal Away—Spiritual, arr. Carol Barnett
Wayfarin’ Stranger—traditional, arr. Gilbert M. Martin:
Soldier, Soldier Won’t You Marry Me?—traditional, arr. Robert De Cormier
Pretty Saro—traditional, arr. Mark Keller
Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier—traditional, arr. Robert De Cormier
Black is the Color—traditional, arr. Norman Luboff
Red River Valley—traditional, arr. Carol Barnett
Nelly Bly—Stephen Foster, arr. Roger Wagner
My Lord, What a Mornin’—Spiritual, arr. Harry T. Burleigh
Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair—Foster, arr. Gail Kubik
Hard Times Come Again No More—Foster, arr. Mark Keller
Single Girl—traditional, arr. Stephen Paulus
Deep River—Spiritual, arr. Carol Barnett
Buffalo Gals—Cool White (John Hodges), arr. Alice Parker
The Water is Wide—Traditional, arr. Stephen Paulus
Black Sheep—African-American lullaby, arr. John Rutter