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Cumberland Three
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Product Details

  • Audio CD (February 1, 1991)
  • Original Release Date: February 1, 1991
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Rhino / Wea
  • ASIN: B0000032MD
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #52,388 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. Hallowed Ground
2. I Don't Want No Pardon
3. Lay Ten Dollars Down
4. Number 292
5. Aura Lee
6. Yellow Rose of Texas
7. Goober Peas
8. Picket's Lament
9. Hold Our Glasses Steady
10. Bessie
11. Coward
12. We'll All Take a Ride
13. Down to Washington
14. Marching Home
15. Story of the Lamb
16. Tobacco Box
17. Gonna Get You
18. Bring the Good Old Bugle
19. Song of the Hungry
20. Shipmates Come Gather
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Superb Songs, Singers, and Sound Quality, November 20, 2002
I've bought several collections of CW music, and this one is by far my favorite. The Cumberland Three are wonderful singers and they can convey a wide range of moods - bitter, jubilant, wistful, proud, sorrowful. The sound quality is exceptional considering how long ago it was recorded (40+ years?)

My favorite aspect of this is the balance of Rebel vs. Union songs - the first half being pro-CSA, and then the second half being pro-USA. Even though I'm a true-blue Unionist to the bone, I still love hearing those Rebs singing "The lyin', thievin' Yankees, I hate 'em worse than dust!". Could you even release such a song in this PC-polarized era? Heck no! But the one I can't get out of my mind is "Mary had a little lamb, it was always on the go, shouting the battle cry of freedom!"

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Simple, authentic, moving, February 9, 2001
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I bought this C.D. out of duty, as part of a project for my drama students, but it's become one of my favourites. I imagine this is pretty much how the songs would have sounded at the time. I much prefer this to the sanitized sound of a choir and orchestra. Only one drawback - my students can't stop singing "Goober Peas"!
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars I bought this for "I Don't Want No Pardon.", December 5, 1999
By Esther L. Clarke (Northeastern Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
I knew I wanted to hear "I Don't Want No Pardon," but I had no idea how much I would enjoy all 23 songs on this CD. Other favorites are "Lay l0 Dollars Down" and "Gonna Get You." "Song of the Hungry" is the soldier's rewrite of Stephen Foster's "Hard Times Come Again No More." "The Boys Are Home" is the Cumberland Three's haunting version of "When Johnny Comes Marching Home." This is a CD for the whole family. Our children, aged 8, ll and l3 sing along. John Stewart, John Montgomery and Gil Robbins recorded these songs 40 years ago, but sound reproduction is excellent.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Kingston Trio Style
The War of Northern Agressiion one reviewer said. Better to call the Civil War the War of Southern Treason and Greed for Human Property. But I wouldn't call it that either. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars This is my favorite recording of all time!
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1.0 out of 5 stars What ! No Dixie?
"Songs of the Civil War" without "Dixie" is like all-time Christmas carol favorites without "Silent Night." Is this political correctness, or what?
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4.0 out of 5 stars Songs of the Civil War
When I bought the CD I was interested in only one of the songs. However having listened to the entire CD I found it quite good. Read more
Published on January 27, 2000 by Harold D. Meads

2.0 out of 5 stars Not what I expected.
Sorry, but I can't share the positive opinions of my fellow reviewers. It was quite a disappointing experience listening to this CD and I have to say that the singers can in no... Read more
Published on December 10, 1999 by E. Tromp

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent.....American folk at its best
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