Ella Jenkins - A Life Of Song

Known worldwide as "The First Lady of Children's Music," the incomparable Ella Jenkins, one of the original (and best selling) Folkways Records artists, releases ELLA JENKINS: A LIFE IN SONG, her first all-new release since 2005's Grammy-nominated SHARING CULTURES. This benchmark album is also the latest addition to Smithsonian Folkways African American Legacy series, co-produced with the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.

1) Pick a Bale of Cotton
2) One Two Three O'Leary
3) Calling a Square Dance
4) Black Royalty
5) Little Sally Walker
6) Cotton-Eyed Joe
7) I Want to Be Ready
8) He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
9) Swing Low Sweet Chariot
10) Rock My Soul in the Bosom of Abraham
11) Standing in the Need of Prayer
12) Amazing Grace
13) Somebody's Talking About Freedom
14) Sadie Complete
15) Uncle Flood and the Blues
16) Milk Cow Blues
17) Summertime
18) The Cuckoo
19) The Farmer in the Dell
20) This Is Your Year Children
21) I'm on My Way to Canaan Land