Spoken Word Folk "Songs"

Thanks to Paul Stamler for many of these.

"Peter Kagan and the Wind," by Gordon Bok
Pete Seeger "Abiyoyo", on multiple albums including "Children's Concert at
Town Hall" (Columbia) and "Abiyoyo and Other Story Songs" (Folkways)
Pete Seeger "Oh Worry Care", on "Abiyoyo and other...", ibid.
Pete Seeger "The Foolish Frog", on "Birds, Beasts, Bugs and Fishes"
(Smithsonian/Folkways), and on "Story Songs" (Columbia)
Pete Seeger "Cumberland Mountain Bear Chase", on "Birds, Beasts, etc." (ibid.)
Art Thieme "Old Blue/Split Dog Story", on "Outright Bold-Faced Lies"(Kicking Mule)
Art Thieme "Uncle Eph's Got the Coon", on "That's the Ticket!" (Folk-Legacy)
David Holt "The Magic Fiddle", on "The Hairy Man and Other Wild Tales" (High Windy)
Sam Hinton "Barney McCabe", on "Of Frogs and Dogs and Such" (SH
Enterprises); the original was on a collection of field recordings, "Been in
the Storm So Long" (Smithsonian/Folkways)
Ramblin' Jack Elliott "912 Greens", on "Young Brigham" (Reprise, reissued on
Rounder) and elsewhere
Gamble Rogers "The Joe Turner Talking Blues", on "The Warm Way Home" (I
forget the label, but it's been reissued); the original was Big Bill
Broonzy's, and it's on a recent Smithsonian/Folkways reissue -- is the album
"Black, Brown and White"?
Spider John Koerner "Rent Party Rag", from an Elektra LP in the early 1960s.
...and of course various songs by Arlo Guthrie, including "Alice's
Restaurant" and the second version of "The Motorcycle Song". (If you listen
hard you'll hear a strong resemblance to "Rent Party Rag" in these songs.)
Mississippi John Hurt "Talking Casey", on "Today!" (Vanguard), "The Complete
Vanguard Studio Recordings" (ditto) and one of the earlier recordings that
was reissued on Rounder
Jeff Black has "The Leaving," which is beautiful
Joel Mabus: The Banjo Monologues
Bob? Dylan's? "If Dogs Run Free"
Colorblind James' had several songs that were more spoken than sung.? 
One of my favs: "I'm Considering a Move to Memphis"
John Trudell: Baby Boom Che
Tom Russell: What Work Is
             Four Chambered Heart
Waddie Mitchell'S CD "Lone Drigtin' Rider"
Greg Brown's "44 & 66"
John Flynn's The Advice
"The Mountain Whippoorwill (Or, How Hill-Billy Jim Won the Great Fiddlers' Prize)" By Stephen Vincent Benet is done by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (actually John McEuen with banjo) on "Stars and Stripes Forever"
Stan Rogers' "Finch's Complaint," the last track on his first album, 
"Fogarty's Cove."
"Arkansas Traveler" Michael Cooney, Sam Hinton, New Lost City Ramblers, Stanley Brothers etc.
Pete Seeger's "Seek and You Shall Find" on "Waist Deep in the Big Muddy"
Aengus Finan's Sandy's Story from his North Wind CD on Borealis.  From Slaid
Cleave's Breakfast in Hell, adapted by Finnan.
T.Texas Tyler does several. My favorite is The Deck Of Cards
Bascom Lamar Lunsford's "Mister Garfield", on the Smithsonian/Folkways
compilation of his work, and Art Thieme's superb cover of it, on "On the
Wilderness Road" (Folk-Legacy).
Rosalie Sorrels "Social Security" etc.
Utah Phillips - many
Guy Clark's "The Randall Knife"?
Rodney Crowell's "Ignorance is the Enemy"?
Michael Cooney does a fine job with Bascom Lunsford/Pete Seeger's "Cumberland Mountain Bear
Chase" on his Folk-Legacy CD-35 - "The Cheese Stands Alone."

Additional song suggestions? Email Richard Gillmann