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1956 studio album Album Set by Burl Ives

Burl Ives Sings... For Fun

Studio album Album Set by Burl Ives

Released

1956

Genre

Folk

Length

30:54

Label

Decca

Burl Ives chronology

Burl Ives Sings In the Quiet of the Night
(1956)

Burl Ives Sings... For Fun
(1956)

Children's Favorites
(1956)

Burl Ives Sings... For Fun is a 1956 album by American folk singer Burl Ives.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

In his Allmusic review, critic Bruce Eder wrote of the album: "The mood is lighthearted, but it's not all wafting innocuous melodies, as "Goober Peas" calls up some serious echoes."

Track listing

Side	Track	Song Title	Length
1.	1.	The Fox	2:08
1.	2.	The Three Jolly Huntsmen	2:52
1.	3.	The Erie Canal	1:37
1.	4.	My Good Old Man	3:11
1.	5.	Old Dan Tucker	1:14
1.	6.	Wooly Boogie Bee	1:42
1.	7.	Blue Tail Fly	2:02
2.	1.	The Boll Weevil	1:35
2.	2.	Let's Go Hunting	2:28
2.	3.	Goober Peas	2:29
2.	4.	Aunt Rhody	1:13
2.	5.	Killigrew's Soiree	3:14
2.	6.	Big Rock Candy Mountain	2:39
2.	7.	I'm Goin' Down the Road (with The Andrews Sisters and Vic Schoen's Orchestra)	2:32

References

^ Eder, Bruce. "Burl Ives Sings... For Fun > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved November 7, 2011.

v t e Burl Ives
Albums	Okeh Presents the Wayfaring Stranger (1941) The Wayfaring Stranger (1944) The Return of the Wayfaring Stranger (1949) Historical America in Song (1950) Christmas Day in the Morning (1952) Down to the Sea in Ships (1956) Burl Ives Sings... For Fun (1956) Australian Folk Songs (1958) Little White Duck (1959) The Versatile Burl Ives! (1961) Songs of the West (1961) It's Just My Funny Way of Laughin' (1962) Sing of Faith and Joy (1963) America's Musical Heritage (1963) Animal Folk (1963) Scouting Along (1964) Pearly Shells (1964) Chim Chim Cheree (1964) Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) Have a Holly Jolly Christmas (1965) The Times They Are a-Changin' (1968) Christmas at the White House (1972) Christmas by the Bay (1977)
Singles	"Blue Tail Fly" "Foggy Dew" "The Wayfaring Stranger" "Lavender's Blue" "The Big Rock Candy Mountains" "Riders in the Sky" "On Top of Old Smoky" "The Wild Side of Life" "A Little Bitty Tear" "Funny Way of Laughin'" "Chim Chim Cher-ee" "A Holly Jolly Christmas"
Related	List of works by Burl Ives

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