JOHN RILEY

Created on 18/10/2025
Latest update on 22/11/2025

Artist: Pete Seeger
Author: traditional
Label: Folkways
Year: 1950

On album Darling Corey, edited by Alan Lomax. Roud #264.

Covers:

1952:

Sarah Makem [as John Reilly; Peter Kennedy recording, released on anthology As I Roved Out ('11)]

1957:

Bob Gibson

1960:

Odetta [At Carnegie Hall]

1960:

Joan Baez [on debut album]

1961:

Judy Collins

1964:

Ian Campbell Folk Group [as Remember Me]

1966:

Byrds

1983:

Rainy Day [with members of Rain Parade]

1988:

Walkabouts

2001:

Roger McGuinn & Judy Collins

2005:

Coope, Boyes & Simpson [as Riley The Fisherman]

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