Songs of Love and Humanity Volume 1
This is a personal collection of folk songs that have been important and influential in my career performing, teaching, and leading sing-alongs for more than fifty years. Some are traditional, as old as one to two hundred years, while others were composed in the early-20th century, or in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. These folk songs contain messages of love, work, struggle, and hope and are a mirror of the human experience.
Harley Rothstein lead vocals, harmony, and guitar
Recorded by John Shepp at John Shepp Productions
Vancouver, BC, 2006 / 2018–2019
All songs arranged and produced by Harley Rothstein and John Shepp
Graphic design by John Endo Greenaway, Big Wave Design
Photography by John Munro and Eleanor Boyle
Manufactured in Canada by Pressing Media, Vancouver, 2022
All songs, unless otherwise indicated, are in the public domain or have been licensed from the Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency (CMRRA).
To purchase a copy of Songs of Love and Humanity: Folks Songs of Fifty Years Volume 1, email harleyrothstein@gmail.com
Pay what you can | Streaming and downloading will be available in the near future
1. Blowing Down The Road | Woody Guthrie | 2:24
2. The Water Is Wide | Traditional English / Collected by Cecil Sharp | 2:38
3. The Ox Driver Traditional American 3:11
4. Avre Este Abajour Traditional Ladino / Bridge: Moshe Denburg 2:12
5. Four Strong Winds Ian Tyson 3:20
6. We Shall Not Be Moved Traditional Spiritual 2:32
7. Ain’t No More Cane On This Brazos Traditional American 2:53
8. Hard Travelin’ Woody Guthrie 2:34
9. Erev Shel Shoshanim Music: Yosef Hadar / Words: Moshe Dor 2:24
10. Early Morning Rain Gordon Lightfoot 3:00
11. Red River Valley (Forty Below) Words: Christopher Dafoe / Music: Traditional American 2:25
12. The Garden Song David Mallett 2:22
13. Can’t Help But Wonder Where I’m Bound Tom Paxton 3:04
14. Los Bilbilicos Traditional Ladino 2:17
15. Bread And Roses Poem: James Oppenheim / Music: Mimi Fariña 2:19
16. This Little Light Of Mine Traditional Spiritual 2:30
17. Wild Mountain Thyme Traditional Scottish / Arrangement: Francis McPeake 3:16
18. The Mary Ellen Carter Stan Rogers 4:35
Total time 50:15