John Jacob Niles

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Go 'Way From My Window 01:50 Tools
I Wonder as I Wander 00:00 Tools
John Henry 00:00 Tools
The Maid Freed From The Gallows 00:00 Tools
Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair 00:00 Tools
The Hangman 00:00 Tools
Lulle Lullay 00:00 Tools
The Cherry Tree 00:00 Tools
The Gypsie Laddie 00:00 Tools
The Lass From The Low Country 00:00 Tools
Jimmy Randal 00:00 Tools
Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head 00:00 Tools
I Had A Cat 00:00 Tools
Mary Hamilton 00:00 Tools
The Death Of Queen Jane 00:00 Tools
Look Down That Lonesome Road 00:00 Tools
Little Mohee 00:00 Tools
Waken, Little Shepherd 00:00 Tools
Edward 00:00 Tools
Bowie, Bowerie 00:00 Tools
The Ballad Of Barberry Ellen 00:00 Tools
Jack O' Diamonds 00:00 Tools
The Sea Witch 00:00 Tools
The Irish Girl 00:00 Tools
I'm Goin' Away 00:00 Tools
In That Lovely Far-Off City 00:00 Tools
Frog Went A-Courtin' 00:00 Tools
The Murdered Brother 00:00 Tools
I'm in the Notion Now 00:00 Tools
Old Bangum 00:00 Tools
The Roving Gambler 00:00 Tools
You Got To Cross That Lonesome Valley 00:00 Tools
Bonny Farday 00:00 Tools
The Fency King And The English King 00:00 Tools
When Jesus Lived In Galilee 00:00 Tools
The Cuckoo 00:00 Tools
Venezuela 00:00 Tools
Little Black Star 00:00 Tools
The Gypsy Laddie 00:00 Tools
The Turtle Dove 00:00 Tools
Little Mattie Groves 00:00 Tools
The Black Dress 00:00 Tools
Brother's Revenge 00:00 Tools
The Frog in the Spring 00:00 Tools
The Seven Joys Of Mary 00:00 Tools
Posheen, Posheen, Posho 00:00 Tools
The Frog Went Courting 00:00 Tools
I'm So Glad Trouble Don't Last Always 00:00 Tools
The Two Sisters 00:00 Tools
Sing We the Virgin Mary 00:00 Tools
Frog Went A-Courting 00:00 Tools
When I Gets Up Into Heaven 00:00 Tools
O Waly, O Waly 00:00 Tools
The Old Woman and the Pig 00:00 Tools
Love Henry Or Young Bunting 00:00 Tools
The Carrion Crow 00:00 Tools
The Gambling Song of the Big Sandy River 00:00 Tools
Lady Margot And Love Henry 00:00 Tools
The Farmer's Cursed Wife 00:00 Tools
The Dreary Dream 00:00 Tools
Who Killed Cock Robin 00:00 Tools
The Lady And The Gypsy 00:00 Tools
Our Goodman Or Old Cuckold 00:00 Tools
Who Killed Cock Robin? 00:00 Tools
Three Little Hunters 00:00 Tools
Who's Goin' To Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot? 00:00 Tools
Barb'ry Ellen 00:00 Tools
The Gambler's Lullaby 00:00 Tools
The Weep-Willow Tree 00:00 Tools
Gambler, Don't Lose Your Place at God's Right Hand 00:00 Tools
Carol Of The Birds 00:00 Tools
American Street, Field and Jail House Cries 00:00 Tools
The Maid Freed From The Gallows (Child Ballad No 95) 00:00 Tools
Brothers Revenge 00:00 Tools
Go Find My True Love 00:00 Tools
Go 'Way From My Window / One Morning In May 00:00 Tools
The Old Woman And The Devil 00:00 Tools
Anonymous: I Wonder As I Wander (Appalachian Traditional, arr. Andrew Carter) 00:00 Tools
The Shepherd's Daughter And The King 00:00 Tools
Fair John And The Seven Foresters 00:00 Tools
The Wife Of Usher's Well 00:00 Tools
The Lass From The Cow Countree 00:00 Tools
John Of Hazel Green 00:00 Tools
Waken, Little Sheperd 00:00 Tools
The Unwilling Bride 00:00 Tools
Bonnie Farday Aka Babylon 00:00 Tools
My Little Mohee 00:00 Tools
The Carol of the Birds 00:00 Tools
Jack O'Diamonds 00:00 Tools
The Good Old Man 00:00 Tools
I Wonder As I Wander Out Under The Sky 00:00 Tools
The Ballad Of Barbary Ellen 00:00 Tools
Lulle Lullaby 00:00 Tools
(introduction) Go 'Way From My Window 00:00 Tools
Bonnie Farday Or Babylon 00:00 Tools
Love Henry 00:00 Tools
The Lass from the Low Country (Oh Sorrow) 00:00 Tools
Barbary Ellen 00:00 Tools
The Lass from the Low Countree 00:00 Tools
The Hangman, Or The Maid Freed From The Gallows 00:00 Tools
The Rosy Peach 00:00 Tools
The Little Mohee 00:00 Tools
I Wonder as I Wander - Vocal 00:00 Tools
Oh Waly, Waly 00:00 Tools
(introduction) Venuzuela 00:00 Tools
John Jacob Niles / The Maid Freed From The Gallows 00:00 Tools
The Maid Freed From The Gallows / John Jacob Niles 00:00 Tools
Frog In The Spring 00:00 Tools
The Ballad Of Barberry Ellen (Child Ballad No 84) 00:00 Tools
The Cherry Tree (Child Ballad No 54) 00:00 Tools
Who's Goin' To Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot 00:00 Tools
Jesus, Jesus Rest Your Head 00:00 Tools
Love Henry (Child Ballad No 68) 00:00 Tools
Lulle Lullay (Coventry Carol) 00:00 Tools
The Kentucky Wassail Song 00:00 Tools
I Wonder as I Wander - Voice 00:00 Tools
John Jacob Niles / Love Henry aka Young Bunting 00:00 Tools
The Maid Freed from the Gallows (Child Ballad No. 95) 00:00 Tools
Little Lullaby 00:00 Tools
When Jesus Lived In Galalee 00:00 Tools
Frog Went A’ Courtin’ 00:00 Tools
See Jesus the Saviour 00:00 Tools
Bonnie Farday (Child Ballad No 14) 00:00 Tools
Go’ Way from My Window 00:00 Tools
John Jacob Niles / Our Goodman aka Old Cuckold 00:00 Tools
Black is the color 00:00 Tools
John Jacob Niles / Edward 00:00 Tools
Bonnie Farday 00:00 Tools
John Jacob Niles / Jimmy Randal 00:00 Tools
Mary Hamilton (Child Ballad No 173) 00:00 Tools
American Songs 00:00 Tools
Jesus, the Christ is Born 00:00 Tools
Niles : Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair 00:00 Tools
John Jacob Niles / The Gypsie Laddie 00:00 Tools
John Jacob Niles / The Ballad Of Barberry Ellen 00:00 Tools
I Wonder As I Wander / The Gravel Walk / Over The Isles To America (Arr. Jeannette Sorrell) 00:00 Tools
The Gypsy Laddie (Child Ballad No 200) 00:00 Tools
John Jacob Niles / Bonnie Farday aka Babylon 00:00 Tools
John Jacob Niles / The Cherry Tree 00:00 Tools
Veni, veni, Emmanuel (O come, O come, Emmanuel) - I Wonder as I Wander (arr. D. Gillis) 00:00 Tools
Traditional USA 00:00 Tools
John Jacob Niles / Mary Hamilton 00:00 Tools
Our Goodman (Child Ballad No 274) 00:00 Tools
One Morning in May 00:00 Tools
Twelve Days of Christmas 00:00 Tools
A Christmas Carol 00:00 Tools
Our Goodman or Old Cuckold (Album Version) 00:00 Tools
Folk Songs (1964): Black is the colour... 00:00 Tools
I Wonder as I Wander (arr. K. Grafton) 00:00 Tools
Venuzuela 00:00 Tools
Jimmy Randal (Child Ballad No 12) 00:00 Tools
Go'way from My Window 00:00 Tools
Go Away From My Window 00:00 Tools
Go 'Way From My Window/One Morning In May 00:00 Tools
Folk Songs (1964): I wonder as I wander... 00:00 Tools
Brothers Revenge (The Ballads/American folk) 00:00 Tools
Bonnie Farday or Babylon (Child Ballad No. 14) 00:00 Tools
Niles : Go 'way from My Window 00:00 Tools
I Wonder As I Wonder 00:00 Tools
‘Go 'way From My Window’ 00:00 Tools
Carol of the Birds - Voice 00:00 Tools
The Maid Freed from the Gallows (Child #95) 00:00 Tools
The Rovin' Gambler 00:00 Tools
Cuckoo 00:00 Tools
Death Of Queen Jane 00:00 Tools
The Maid Freed From The Gallow 00:00 Tools
Lullay, thou tiny little child 00:00 Tools
The Cuckoo - John Jacob Niles 00:00 Tools
I Wonder as I Wander (Arr. M.D. Nielsen) [Live] 00:00 Tools
Three Carols: I Wonder as I Wander 00:00 Tools
‘You Got To Cross That Lonesome Valley’ 00:00 Tools
Jack Oediamonds 00:00 Tools
the maid freed from the gallows [ost 'mr.lonely'] 00:00 Tools
Untitled 00:00 Tools
What songs were sung 00:00 Tools
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John Jacob Niles (born April 28, 1892 in Louisville, Kentucky, died March 1, 1980 in Lexington, Kentucky) was an American composer, singer, and collector of traditional ballads. He is often called "The Dean of American Balladeers". Niles is well known for his original song "Go 'Way From My Window", as well as the many traditional ballads he collected in the Appalachian region of the United States, such as "Pretty Polly" and "Barbara Allen". He also composed the haunting Christmas song "I Wonder As I Wander". He performed such material in an intense, dramatic manner, his voice frequently extending into a very high falsetto (which he often used to portray female characters in the ballads). He often accompanied himself on an Appalachian dulcimer or other plucked stringed instruments, many of which were self-made. He made several recordings and many of his songs were later performed by other folk singers, including Joan Baez, Burl Ives, and Peter, Paul and Mary. Marlene Dietrich recorded "Go 'Way From My Window" and included it in her stage show. Also, the song was a notable influence on Bob Dylan, who appropriated the first line for use in his song "It Ain't Me Babe". He also composed a sizable number of art songs for voice and piano in classical style. Niles is buried at St. Hubert's Episcopal Church in Clark County, Kentucky. The John Jacob Niles Center for American Music at the University of Kentucky, in Lexington is named for him. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.