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My Eyes Have Seen
Original LP coverStudio album by Odetta Released 1959 Genre Folk, blues Length 40:16 Label Vanguard Professional reviews Odetta chronology At the Gate of Horn
(1957)My Eyes Have Seen
(1959)Ballad For Americans and Other American Ballads
(1960)Alternative Cover The CD re-issue of My Eyes Have SeenMy Eyes Have Seen is the third album by American folk singer Odetta, first released in 1959. After two small releases, Odetta had now moved to the larger, more folk and jazz oriented label Vanguard.
Milt Okun arranged and conducted a choir on a portion of the songs, notably "Motherless Children", "Ox-Driver Song" and the title piece.
My Eyes Have Seen was re-released on CD in 1994.
Track listing
All songs Traditional unless otherwise noted.
- "Poor Little Jesus" – 1:54
- "Bald Headed Woman" – 2:20
- "Motherless Children" – 2:10
- "I Know Where I'm Going" – 2:00
- "The Foggy Dew" (Canon Charles O’Neill) – 5:29
- "I've Been Driving on Bald Mountain/Water Boy" (Avery Robinson) – 6:54
- "Ox-Driver Song" – 2:35
- "Down on Me" – 2:55
- "Saro Jane" – 2:45
- "Three Pigs" – 1:18
- "No More Cane on the Brazos" – 3:38
- "Jumpin' Judy" – 2:26
- "Battle Hymn of the Republic" (Julia Ward Howe) – 3:52
Personnel
- Odetta Holmes – vocals, guitar
- Bill Lee – bass
Categories:- 1959 albums
- Odetta albums
- Vanguard Records albums
- English-language albums
- Albums conducted by Milton Okun
- Albums arranged by Milton Okun
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