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's second

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, released in 1965. Though originally released on

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, it was never reissued on CD when the rest of Sainte-Marie's catalog for that label came out in the late 1990s. It was reissued on CD in Italy via Fontana Records, and in 2015 in the United Kingdom via Ace Records. The album contained a larger proportion of traditional material than her debut, including a number of

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. "Groundhog" shows Sainte-Marie playing her unique mouthbow. The song "The Piney Wood Hills" was re-recorded for ''

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'' three years later (in a Nashville country arrangement), and again thirty years later on the album ''

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Track listing

All tracks composed by Buffy Sainte-Marie, except where noted. Side one #"Must I Go Bound" (Traditional; arranged by Buffy Sainte-Marie) – 2:36 #"Los Pescadores (The Fishermen)" – 2:01 #"Groundhog" (Traditional) – 2:13 #"On the Banks of Red Roses" (Traditional; arranged by Buffy Sainte-Marie) – 2:36 #" Fixin' to Die" (

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) – 2:29 #"

" – 2:27 #"The Piney Wood Hills" – 3:40 Side two #

"Welcome, Welcome Emigrante" – 2:12

#"Broke Down Girl" – 2:00 #"Johnny Be Fair" – 1:44 #"Maple Sugar Boy" (Traditional; arranged by Buffy Sainte-Marie) – 1:42 #"Lazarus" (Traditional; arranged by Buffy Sainte-Marie) – 2:56 #" Come All Ye Fair and Tender Ladies" (Traditional; arranged by Buffy Sainte-Marie) – 4:48 #"Many a Mile" (

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) – 2:42

Personnel

*Buffy Sainte-Marie – vocals, guitar, mouthbow *

Russ Savakus Russell Savakus (May 13, 1925 – June 26, 1984) was an American session bass player (both electric and stand-up), violinist and singer. Savakus recorded with numerous artists in and around the 1960s folk and folk-rock movement in New York. Earl ...

– string bass *Daddy Bones – second guitar on "The Piney Wood Hills" *

– second guitar on "Many a Mile" ;Technical *Jules Halfant - design *Ken Van Sickle - photography

References

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