English ballads

Wild Mountain Thyme
Greensleeves
Amazing Grace
The Death Of Queen Jane
Froggie Went A Courtin'
Billy Boy
Scarborough Fair
Matty Groves
Pretty Polly
Barbara Allen
Lord Thomas
So Early In The Spring

        working man's ballads

Shenandoah
Drunken Sailor
Erie Canal
The Wagoner's Lad
John Henry
Casey Jones
She'll Be Comin' 'Round The Mountain
The Moonshiner
Clementine
Oh Susanna
Oh Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie
Streets Of Laredo
Cowboy's Lament
Home On The Range
You Are My Sunshine

        spiritual ballads

Balm In Gilead
John The Revelator
I Saw The Light Come Shining (Dry Bones)
Elijah Rock
Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho
Twelve Gates To The City
Jesus Met The Woman At The Well

        freedom ballads

Motherless Child
O Mary Don't You Weep
Go Down Moses
Go Tell It On The Mountain
Keep Your Eyes On The Prize
Swing Low Sweet Chariot
Wade In The Water
All My Trails
Angel Band
Wayfaring Stranger
God's Gonna Cut You Down
Down In The River To Pray

        prison & murder ballads

Murderer's Home
No More My Lord
Midnight Special
In The Pines
Tom Dooley
Stagger Lee

        Carter Family ballads

Will The Circle Be Unbroken
Keep On The Sunny Side
Worried Man Blues
Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow
Row Your Boat

        ragtime ballads

St James Infirmary
Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
After You've Gone
Weary Blues

        nu ballads

Boll Weevil
I'll Fly Away
Precious Lord
Lost Highway
Satisfied Mind
Ghost Riders In The Sky
Crow On The Cradle
Greystone Chapel
High Flying Bird
Sunny
Girl From Ipanema
Chan Chan
O Pastor