Country Songs, Old and New

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{{Infobox album|

| name = Country Songs Old & New

| type = studio

| artist = Country Gentlemen

| cover = 1960_countrysongs.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1960, reissued in 1991

| recorded = 1960

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Bluegrass, progressive bluegrass

| length = 44:05

| label = Folkways, Smithsonian Folkways

| producer = Country Gentlemen

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Folk Songs & Bluegrass

| next_year = 1961

}}

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite web|last=Wynn |first=Ron |url={{AllMusic|class=album |id=r95236 |pure_url=yes}} |title=Allmusic review |publisher=Allmusic.com |date= |accessdate=2012-06-20}}

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Country Songs, Old and New is the debut album by the progressive bluegrass band Country Gentlemen, recorded in 1960 and reissued in 1991.{{cite web |url=http://music.barnesandnoble.com/Country-Songs-Old-New/The-Country-Gentlemen/e/093074000427/?itm=1&usri=country+songs+old+++new |title=Album info |publisher=Music.barnesandnoble.com |date= |accessdate=2012-06-20 |archive-date=2012-04-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405173147/http://music.barnesandnoble.com/Country-Songs-Old-New/The-Country-Gentlemen/e/093074000427/?itm=1&usri=country+songs+old+++new |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.answers.com/topic/country-songs-old-new |title=Album overview |publisher=Answers.com |date= |accessdate=2012-06-20}}{{cite web|url=http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=288 |title=Album info |publisher=Folkways.si.edu |date= |accessdate=2012-06-20}}

Track listing

;Side 1

  1. "Roving Gambler" – 3:07
  2. "The Little Sparrow" – 3:31
  3. "Drifting Too Far" – 3:27
  4. "Weeping Willow" (A.P. Carter) – 2:01
  5. "Tomorrow's My Wedding Day" – 2:09
  6. "The Story Of Charlie Lawson" – 3:03
  7. "Turkey Knob" (Eddie Adcock) – 2:18
  8. "Paul And Silas" – 2:26

;Side 2

  1. "Ellen Smith" – 2:13
  2. "The Long Black Veil" (Danny Dill, Marijohn Wilkin) – 3:35
  3. "Honky Tonk Rag" (John Duffey) – 2:26
  4. "Jesse James" – 2:35
  5. "Have Thine Own Way" – 2:51
  6. "A Good Woman's Love" (Cy Coben) – 3:25
  7. "The Double Eagle" (Josef Wagner) – 2:54
  8. "Darling Alalee" – 2:04

Personnel

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