Songs of Free Men
Paul Robeson, Bass-Baritone

Lawrence Brown, Piano
Columbia Concert Orchestra
Emanuel Balaban, Conductor
rec 1942, 1945, 1947
SONY MHK 63223
[71.23]
1 Balm in Gilead 2'28
Spiritual - Harry T. Burleigh, arr.
Paul Robeson, Baritone
Lawrence Brown, Piano
recorded 1/27/42

LEHMAN ENGEL (1910-1982)
2 Chassidic Chant 2'41
Paul Robeson, Baritone
Lawrence Brown, Piano
recorded 1/27/42

IVAN DZERZHINSKY (1909-1978)
3 From Border to Border 2'25
(from "Quiet Flows the Don")
Paul Robeson, Baritone
Lawrence Brown, Piano
recorded 1/27/42

IVAN DZERZHINSKY (1909-1978)
4 Oh, How Proud Our Quiet Don 3'17
(from "Quiet Flows the Don")
Paul Robeson, Baritone
Lawrence Brown, Piano
recorded 1/27/42

FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847)
5 The Lord God of Abraham, 3'07
from "Elijah", Op. 70 Previously unreleased
Paul Robeson, Baritone
Lawrence Brown, Piano
recorded 1/30/42

MARC BLITZSTEIN (1905-1964)
6 The Purest Kind of Guy 3'18
[Joe's Birthday Song, from the opera "No For An Answer"]
Paul Robeson, Baritone
Lawrence Brown, Piano
recorded 1/30/42

EARL ROBINSON (b. 1910)
7 Joe Hill 2'39
Alfred Hayes, lyrics
Paul Robeson, Baritone
Lawrence Brown, Piano
recorded 1/30/42

ANONYMOUS
8 The Peat-Bog Soldiers 2'24
("Moorsoldaten" - song from a German concentration camp)
Hanns Eisler (1898-1962), arr.
Paul Robeson, Baritone
Lawrence Brown, Piano
recorded 1/30/42

9 The Four Insurgent Generals 2'11
Spanish Loyalist Song
Paul Robeson, Baritone
Lawrence Brown, Piano
recorded 1/30/42

ISAAC DONAYEVSKY (1900-1955)
10 Native Land 2'18
Paul Robeson, Baritone
Lawrence Brown, Piano
recorded 1/30/42

11 Song of the Plains 3'04
Red Army Song - Lev Knipper
(1898-1974), arr.
Paul Robeson, Baritone
Lawrence Brown, Piano
recorded 1/30/42

ALEXANDER GRETCHANINOFF (1864-1956)
12 Cradle Song 3'49
Paul Robeson, Baritone
Lawrence Brown, Piano
recorded 2/2/42

MODEST MUSSORGSKY (1839-1881)
13 Within Four Walls 3'30
Paul Robeson, Baritone
Lawrence Brown, Piano
recorded 2/2/42

14 By an' By 2'26
Folksong - Harry T. Burleigh, arr.
Paul Robeson, Baritone
Lawrence Brown, Piano
recorded 12/28/45

15 Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child 2'28
Folksong - Lawrence Brown, arr.
Paul Robeson, Baritone
Lawrence Brown, Piano
recorded 12/28/45

16 John Henry 2'27
Folksong - Hall Johnson, arr.
Paul Robeson, Baritone
Lawrence Brown, Piano
recorded 12/28/45

AVERY ROBINSON (1877-1965)
17 Water Boy 2'32
Paul Robeson, Baritone
Lawrence Brown, Piano
recorded 12/28/45

GEORGE H. CLUTSAM (1866 - 1951)
18 My Curly Headed Baby 2'43
Normand Lockwood (b. 1906), arr.
Paul Robeson, Baritone
Columbia Concert Orchestra
Emanuel Balaban, Conductor
recorded 11/7/47

LILY STRICKLAND (1887-1958)
19 Mah Lindy Lou 3'08
Normand Lockwood (b. 1906), arr.
Paul Robeson, Baritone
Columbia Concert Orchestra
Emanuel Balaban, Conductor
recorded 11/7/47

PETER DEROSE (1900-1953)
20 Wagon Wheels 2'42
William J. Hill, lyrics, Normand Lockwood, arr.
Paul Robeson, Baritone
Columbia Concert Orchestra
Emanuel Balaban, Conductor
recorded 11/7/47

EARL ROBINSON (b. 1910)
21 The House I Live In 3'08
Lewis Allan, lyrics - Normand Lockwood (b. 1906), arr.
Paul Robeson, Baritone
Columbia Concert Orchestra
Emanuel Balaban, Conductor
recorded 11/7/47

OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN (1846-1919) & JEROME KERN (1885-1945)
22 I Still Suits Me (from "Showboat") 2'32
Normand Lockwood (b. 1906), arr.
Paul Robeson, Baritone
Columbia Concert Orchestra
Emanuel Balaban, Conductor
recorded 11/8/47

OLEY SPEAKS (1874-1948)
23 Sylvia 2'06
Clinton Scollard (1860-1932), lyrics - Normand Lockwood (b. 1906), arr.
Paul Robeson, Baritone
Columbia Concert Orchestra
Emanuel Balaban, Conductor
recorded 11/8/47

OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN (1846-1919) & JEROME KERN (1885-1945)
24 Ol' Man River (from "Showboat") 3'08
Normand Lockwood (b. 1906), arr.
Paul Robeson, Baritone
Columbia Concert Orchestra
Emanuel Balaban, Conductor
recorded 11/8/47

GEORGE GERSHWIN (1898-1937)
25 It Ain't Necessarily So 2'35
Ira Gershwin (1896-1983) & Dubose Heyward, lyrics - Normand Lockwood (b. 1906), arr.
Paul Robeson, Baritone
Columbia Concert Orchestra
Emanuel Balaban, Conductor
recorded 11/8/47