The Weavers on Tour

RELEASE
1970
LABEL
Vanguard
GENRES
Folk, Traditional Folk, Folk Revival, Folksongs

Album Review

A sleeve note claims this album, like its predecessor, The Weavers at Carnegie Hall, was "recorded on location at Carnegie Hall, Christmas 1955," but other sources suggest it was drawn from subsequent shows. Wherever the recordings were made, the album is a worthy successor to its landmark predecessor, leading off with "Tzena, Tzena, Tzena," a spirited early hit not included on the first live album. The set is divided into four parts, "songs that never fade," "tall tales," "history and geography," and "of peace and good will," and the selections range from traditional folk songs of various countries to originals like Lee Hays' "Wasn't That a Time." Not as historic as The Weavers at Carnegie Hall, The Weavers on Tour is at times just as enjoyable.
William Ruhlmann, Rovi

Track Listing

  1. Tzena, Tzena, Tzena
  2. On Top of Old Smokey
  3. Drill, Ye Tarriers, Drill
  4. Fi-Li-Mi-Oo-Re-Ay
  5. Over the Hills
  6. Clementine
  7. The Frozen Logger
  8. The Boll Weevil
  9. Talking Blues
  10. I Don't Want to Get Adjusted
  11. So Long (It's Been Good to Know Yuh)
  12. Michael, Row the Boat Ashore
  13. Wreck of the John B
  14. Two Brothers (The Blue and the Gray)
  15. Ragaputi
  16. Wasn't That a Time
  17. Go Tell It on the Mountain
  18. Poor Little Jesus
  19. Mi Y'malel
  20. Santa Claus Is Coming (It's Almost Day)
  21. We Wish You a Merry Christmas