Track Listing

1. Little Bitty Tear
2. Call Me Mr. In-Between
3. Blue Tail Fly
4. Goober Peas
5. Funny Way of Laughing
6. My Gal Sal
7. Long Black Veil
8. Pearly Shells (Popo O Ewa)
9. Polly Wolly Doodle
10. Waltzing Matilda

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #112594 in Music
• Released on: 1995-01-01
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .20 pounds

Album Description
Folk-pop singer and actor. Best known songs include "A Little Bitty Tear" (1962), "Funny Way Of Laughin'" (1962), and "Call Me Mr. In-Between" (1962). Unviersal. 2005.

Customer Reviews

A pretty good disc, but there's only one!
The reviews posted for this album are a bit confusing, so I'll begin with this brief disclaimer: Little Bitty Tear is a single disc, with 10 tracks, on the MCA label. It is an AAD recording, totally dependent on original analog recordings as its source material. Perhaps some of the negative comments on sound quality are due to that.

So far as the songs, Little Bitty Tear offers Burl Ives at his maudlin best. The top cuts are the title tune and Funny Way of Laughing, both soft country tear jerkers that stay oddly touching, despite their somewhat dated sound. The album also includes interesting renditions of Blue Tail Fly, Polly Wolly Doodle and Waltzing Matilda.

Burl Ives' singular voice and peculiar delivery appeal to a very select group of fans. If you are one of those, you will find this album very satisfying. However, if you are only familiar with the featured hits, the rest of the album will likely not have much impact.

Either way, this is a respectable little collection at a very good price. Well worth the investment.

This collection represents Burl Ives at his very best!
The music within this collection is nothing short of remarkable. All the recordings on this 5 CD set have been remastered to ensure the best quality recordings. This set is the formost Burl Ives collection on the market today. It contains his classic renditions of "Little Bitty Tear", "Mary Ann Regrets", "Pearly Shells", "The Blizzard", "My gal Sal", "Jingle Jangle Jingle". The price in this case indicates the quality and quantity of rare recordings contained in the set. This is an excellent box set that will be a favorite of yours for years to come.

Troubadour Extraodinaire!
Burl Ives! . . . even the sound of his name is like a melodie . . . evoking memories of folk songs and ballads and stories in song as told by the honeyed-tinged voice of this balladeer.

The "Nashville" years to my mind became his "best years" . . . not only was Burl in the best delivery, but the songwriters of then "Nashville" were also the best ever . . . no one since has topped the excellence of the "country ballad and song" since.

This collection is truly a treasure and one to be relished picking through again and again. Each track will bring you joy to experience each time you play it and listen to it . . and you will often and for years to come.

Today's singers and songwriters of Nashville would do well to listen also . . and to learn from thre Master and the Masters who's art brought about these musica; tracks and gems. These songs will be around long after most of today's "flash in the pan" musical celebs are gone and forgotten. A talent like that of Burl Ives is and will remain an American treasure.

Thank you Burl Ives for all of the music and smiles (and the "little bitty tears") that you have brought to our lives with your talent. You are missed these days . . . but yet you remain present in these recordings . . . and for this we can be eternally grateful! :)