[ProtectOurFreedom]

True ballads?

I Dream of Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair (Stephen Foster)
John Henry (Steel Driving Man)
Battle of New Orleans, Johnny Horton
16 Tons, Ernie Ford
Erie Canal

[ConservativeStatement]

Jimmy Dean - Big Bad John

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx59fmP7jYE

[FredZarguna]

Johnny Horton is the King of the Balladeers. North to Alaska, Sink the Bismark, The Ballad of New Orleans, Young Abe Lincoln, The Ballad of Jim Bridger, Johnny Freedom, ... I can't believe more FReepers don't know him.