Van Ronk Sings was an album by American folksinger Dave Van Ronk, released in 1961.
It was also released on LP as Dave Van Ronk Sings the Blues and Dave Van Ronk Sings Earthy Ballads and Blues. All these versions are out of print, but most of the songs can be found on the 1991 Smithsonian Folkways CD release The Folkways Years, 1959 - 1961 and A Chrestomathy, released on CD in 1992.
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