The Arkansas Traveler:
Music from Little House on the Prairie

Eighteen songs are woven into "Little House on the Prairie", many of them among the greatest in 19th Century American music. This recording gives new voice and sound to the music from a classic book, music which has remained silent on the page for far too long.

To read the book and hear the music adds fresh, emotional depth to a familiar story, as Wilder herself wrote, "if you want the spirit of these times, you should [hear] these old songs."

• The Battle Cry of Freedom (John Cowan)
  
• Old Dan Tucker (Elizabeth Cook)
  
• The Gum Tree Canoe (Buddy Greene)
  
• Money Musk (Pa's Fiddle Band)
  
• Green Grows the Laurel (Deborah Packard/John Mock)
  
• Daisy Deane (Mike Eldred/Nashville Mandolin Ensemble)
  
• Irish Washerwoman (Pa's Fiddle Band)
  
• Roll on Silver Moon (Judith Edelman/Blair String Quartet)
  
• The Blue Juniata (Riders in the Sky)
  
• Dixie's Land (Bob Carlin)
  
• Happy Land (Peggy Duncan SIngers)
  
• The Monkey's Wedding (Mac Wiseman)
  
• The Devil's Dream (Butch Baldassari/David Schnaufer)
  
• Oh! California [Oh! Susanna] (Andrea Zonn/Alison Brown)
  
• The Gypsy King (Jeff Black)
  
• Bye Baby Bunting (Deborah Packard)
  
• The Arkansas Traveler (Riders in the Sky)
  
• BONUS: "...in the pot" Fantasy on "Pease Porridge Hot"
  (Stan Link)

John Cowan • Mac Wiseman
Butch Baldassari • Riders in the Sky
Andrea Zonn • Alison Brown
Deborah Packard • Elizabeth Cook
John Mock • Buddy Greene
Judith Edelman • The Blair String Quartet
Bob Carlin • Peggy Duncan Singers
David Schnaufer • Jeff Black • Stan Link
Mike Eldred • Nashville Mandolin Ensemble

Produced by Butch Baldassari
and Dale Cockrell

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Happy Land: Musical Tributes
to Laura Ingalls Wilder

“There is one thing that will always remain the same to remind people of little Laura’s days on the prairie, and that is Pa’s fiddle.”
--Laura Ingalls Wilder

Embedded in Laura Ingalls Wilder’s stories are references to 126 separate songs and tunes. Happy Land is the first in a series of musical tributes to Wilder (1867-1957) for her efforts to illuminate, explain, and capture the place that music-making once occupied in the family life of ordinary Americans.

This first installment of the Pa's Fiddle Project pays homage to the spiritual aspect of life on the prairie.

In her famous series of eight Little House® books, Laura traces her own family’s history, against the musical background of her father, Charles “Pa” Ingalls (1835-1902), who missed few opportunities to sing and play his fiddle. Whether it's parlor songs, stage songs, minstrel show songs, patriotic songs, Scottish and Irish songs, hymns, spirituals, fiddle tunes, singing school songs, play party songs, folk songs, a Child ballad, broadside ballads, Christmas songs, catches and rounds, or cowboy songs--all are threads in the harmonic tapestry woven by “Pa’s fiddle.”

• The Girl I Left Behind Me (Jep Bisbee) [Recorded by T. A. Edison, 1923]
• The Girl I Left Behind Me (Pat Enright)
  
• Sweet By and By (Andrea Zonn)
  
• The Blue Juniata ( Riders in the Sky)
  
• Oh! Suzanna (Keith Little)
  
• Roll the Old Chariot Along (The Princely Players)
  
• Highland Mary (Deborah Packard)
  
• The Arkansas Traveler/The Devil's Dream (Pa's Fiddle Band)
  
• Captain Jinks (Riders in the Sky)
  
• Oft in the Stilly Night (Deborah Packard & John Mock)
• The Big Sunflower (Doug Green)
  
• Happy Land (Peggy Duncan Singers & Pa's Fiddle Band)
  
• Barbara Allen (Deborah Packard)
  
• Nelly Was a Lady (Dave Olney)
  
• Uncle Sam's Farm (Doug Green)
  
• Promised Land (Harpeth Valley Sacred Harp Singers)
  
• On Jordan's Stormy Banks (Walnut Grove Church)
  
• The Devil's Dream (Jep Bisbee) [Recorded by T. A. Edison, 1923]
  

BREAKING NEWS:
"Happy Land" Honored by
National Endowment for the Humanities:
Added to Prestigious
"We The People Bookshelf"

Riders in the Sky • Dave Olney
Andrea Zonn • Pat Enright
Doug Green • Butch Baldassari
Keith Little • Deborah Packard
John Mock • Jep Bisbee
The Princely Players

Produced by Butch Baldassari
and Dale Cockrell
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Happy Land Companion Songbook

Sample Pages (pdf)

• Morning Has Broken • Wayfaring Stranger • Simple Gifts • Redeemed • Down To The River To Pray • Leaning On The Everlasting Arms • What A Friend We Have In Jesus • Amazing Grace

• Unclouded Day • I Am A Pilgrim • Precious Memories • Sweet Hour Of Prayer • Life Is Like A Mountain Railway • Pass Me Not, O Gentle Saviour • Softly and Tenderly

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Evergreen (Compact Disc - Family) Mandolin Music for Christmas
Produced by Butch Baldassari • God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman/We Three Kings • Do You Hear What I Hear? • What Child Is This? • Angels We Have Heard On High • The Little Drummer Boy • Beautiful Star of Bethlehem • Joy To The World • Silent Night • It Came Upon a Midnight Clear • O Little Town of Bethlehem • Away In a Manger • O Holy Night • The First Noel • Deck the Halls • We Wish You a Merry Christmas	EVERGREEN Mandolin Music for Christmas Butch Baldassari and a cast of top-flight musicians bring their fresh acoustic touch to these classic Christmas songs. Evergreen creates a gentle, celebratory mood for your holiday gatherings or travels. An ideal "pre-Christmas" gift for yourself or a friend. Butch Baldassari has appeared on "A Prairie Home Companion," "CBS This Morning," and "Riders in the Sky Radio Theatre." Also Available: a convenient 2-pack so that you can share with a friend. EVERGREEN Mandolin Music for Christmas CD Item # MND02 . . . $15.00 EVERGREEN 2-pack (2 copies) Share EVERGREEN with a Friend! Item # MND02-2PK . . . $25.00
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Pa's Fiddle Cap Whether you play a musical instrument or just enjoy listening to someone else, you'll be right at home with this 100% cotton cap with it's embroidered Pa's Fiddle Recordings logo. It has an adjustable strap to fit most everybody--and to keep it in place if you've a mind to get up and "do-si-do." We'd like to think that if Pa Ingalls were around today, he'd wear it with pride. One Color (Black) Item #PFCAP1. . . $15.00
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