On The Great Divide

The New Lost City Ramblers

Folkways

Tracks

Side A:

• John Brown's Dream
• Old Johnny Booker Won't Do
• Railroading On The Great Divide
• Love Of Polly And Jack Monroe
• Walking Boss
• Who Killed Poor Robin
• The Old Man At The Mill
• On Our Turpentine Farm
• Little Satchel

• Dry And Dusty
• If The River Was Whisky
• Come All You Tender Hearted
• The Time's Been Swiftly Rolling By
• There's Coming A Time
• A Night At The Country Opera
• Hawkins Rag
• La Valsse De Bambocheurs
• Cotton Eyed Joe

• John Cohen - guitar, banjo, vocals
• Tracy Schwarz - guitar, banjo, fiddle, spoons, vocals
• Mike Seeger - guitar, mandolin, fiddle, dulcimer, autoharp, french harp, mouth harp, vocals

• Recording engineer - Chris Strachwitz
• Mixing, editing - Mike Seeger
• Final remix - Bill Shubart of Philo Records
• Cover photograph - FSA Russell Lee
• Design, notes - Tracy Schwarz, John Cohen
• Recorded at the Boarding House, San Francisco in September 1973
• Side B was recorded live at a performance at the Boarding House

The sleeve notes provide information about the source or inspiration for each of the songs:

• John Brown's Dream - Da Costa Waltz Southern Broadcasters Tommy Jarrell and Fred Cockerham, County 713
• Old Johnny Booker Won't Do - Jerry Jordan, Supertone 9407
• Railroading On The Great Divide - Pine Mountain Records PMR 208
• Love Of Polly And Jack Monroe - George Davis, Folkways FTS 31016
• Walking Boss - learned from Tom Ashley at his home (also Folkways 2359)
• Who Killed Poor Robin - Archive of American Folksong (Library of Congress) sung by Edith Harmon recorded in 1939 near Maryville TN
• The Old Man At The Mill - adapted by Tom Ashley, from Folkways FA 2435 and Galax Old Fiddlers Convention
• On Our Turpentine Farm - Pigmeat Pete & Catjuice Charlie, Col 14485
• Little Satchel - Fred Cockerham, County 713
• Dry And Dusty - Morrison Twin Brothers String Band, Vi 40323
• If The River Was Whisky - Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers, Col 15545
• Come All You Tender Hearted - from Carter Stanley vie personal tape made by Larry Erlich in 1956 of Stanley Brothers at Bristol TN
• The Time's Been Swiftly Rolling By - Dillard Chandler, Folkways 309
• There's Coming A Time - from Roscoe Holcomb
• A Night At The Country Opera - adapted from The One Man Melodrama, Fiddler Joe, Okeh 40344
• Hawkins Rag - Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers, Bb B 5435
• La Valsse De Bambocheurs - Dewey Balfa, Swallow 6011
• Cotton Eyed Joe - Carter Bros. And Son, Okeh