John Jacob Niles (28 Apr 1892 - 01 Mar 1980)
Male Person - United States American folklorist and folk musician
Releases (9)
Official
Album - Compilation
- I Wonder as I Wander: Carols & Love Songs 1957
- John Jacob Niles Sings Folk Songs 1964
- The Best of (Remastered) 21 Jul 2009
Album
- American Folk & Gambling Songs 1956
- An Evening With John Jacob Niles 1959
- My Precarious Life In the Public Domain 16 Jan 2006
- The Ballads Of John Jacob Niles 2007
- Child Ballads 02 Jun 2008
Recordings by (98)
- The Two Sisters 5:39 (1956)
- The Old Woman and the Pig 2:30 (1956)
- The Frog Went Courting 1:03 (1956)
- The Carrion Crow 1:34 (1956)
- Edward 4:31 (1956)
- The Hangman 3:27 (1956)
- I'm in the Notion Now 2:06 (1956)
- The Farmer's Cursed Wife 2:54 (1956)
- Three Little Hunters 2:50 (1956)
- Who Killed Cock Robin 3:15 (1956)
- Jack O'Diamonds 1:44 (1956)
- The Roving Gambler 2:31 (1956)
- Gambler, Don't Lose Your Place at God's Right Hand 1:55 (1956)
- The Gambler's Lullaby 1:32 (1956)
- The Gambling Song of the Big Sandy River 1:10 (1956)
- Little Black Star 1:56 (1956)
- American Street, Field and Jail House Cries 5:45 (1956)
- Waken, Little Shepherd 2:05 (1957)
- Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head 2:20 (1957)
- Frog Went A-Courtin' 2:01 (1957)
- Little Mohee 1:56 (1957)
- The Sea Witch 3:20 (1957)
- The Irish Girl 2:23 (1957)
- Go 'Way From My Window 2:36 (1957)
- In That Lovely Far-Off City 1:36 (1957)
- Look Down That Lonesome Road 2:16 (1957)
- I Wonder as I Wander 2:20 (1957)
- When Jesus Lived in Galilee 2:12 (1957)
- Lulle Lullay 1:53 (1957)
- Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair 2:06 (1957)
- Venezuela 3:36 (1957)
- I Had a Cat 1:54 (1957)
- The Lass From the Low Country 2:34 (1957)
- John Henry 2:07 (1957)
- I'm Goin' Away 2:11 (1957)
- The Carol of the Birds 2:47 (1959)
- Jock O’ Diamonds 1:42 (1959)
- The Turtle Dove 2:28 (1959)
- I’m in the Notion Now 2:06 (1959)
- Sing We the Virgin Mary 2:30 (1959)
- The Black Dress 2:46 (1959)
- The Cuckoo 2:12 (1959)
- O Waly, O Waly 2:18 (1959)
- When I Gets Up Into Heaven 1:50 (1959)
- The Frog in the Spring 1:09 (1959)
- The Seven Joys of Mary 4:13 (1959)
- You Got to Cross That Lonesome Valley 1:59 (1959)
- The Hangman, or the Maid Freed From the Gallows ?:?? (1962)
- Frog Went A-Courting 2:10 (1964)
- I'm So Glad Trouble Don't Last Always 2:09 (1964)
On Recordings (1)
Arranged
Credited as (8)
- John Jacob Niles
- John Jacob Niles arr. Steve Pilkington
- JJ Niles
- John Jacob Niles / Andrew Carter
- [traditional] / John Jacob Niles
- John Jacob Niles arr. John Rutter
- John Jacob Niles / Traditional
- John Jacob Niles arr. Patrick Dupré Quigley
Works (13)
Wrote
Composed
- I Wonder as I Wander (16 Jul 1933 - 04 Oct 1933)
- I Wonder as I Wander
- Folk Songs: I. Black Is the Colour
- Folk Songs: II. I Wonder as I Wander
- I Wonder as I Wander
- Fee Simple
- I Wonder as I Wander
Lyrics
- I Wonder as I Wander (16 Jul 1933 - 04 Oct 1933)
- I wonder as I wander
- I Wonder as I Wander
Links (17)
Other Databases
- https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1863035A
- https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n79094608
- https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1494593
- http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6sn1g14
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79094608
- https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14003226p
- https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/john_jacob_niles
- https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102494