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My Eyes Have Seen

Original LP cover

Studio album by

Odetta

Released

July 1959^[1]^[2]

Genre

Folk, blues

Length

40:16

Label

Vanguard

Odetta chronology

At the Gate of Horn
(1957)

My Eyes Have Seen
(1959)

Ballad For Americans and Other American Ballads
(1960)

Alternative Cover

The CD re-issue of My Eyes Have Seen

My Eyes Have Seen is a studio album by American folk singer Odetta, first released in July 1959.^[1]^[2] It is the first record by Odetta to be released by Vanguard Records.

Milt Okun arranged and conducted a choir on a portion of the songs, notably "Motherless Children", "Ox-Driver Song" and the title piece.

My Eyes Have Seen was re-released on CD in 1994.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]

In his review for Allmusic, critic Ronnie D. Lankford wrote of the album, "While it might be hard for a post-millennium roots fan to understand, Odetta—in her heyday—was the kind of folk artist who drove purists crazy.... My Eyes Have Seen is a nice portrait of a performer bucking conformity as she stretches her artistic legs a bit.."^[3]

Track listing

All songs Traditional unless otherwise noted.

"Poor Little Jesus" – 1:54
"Bald Headed Woman" – 2:20
"Motherless Children" – 2:10
"I Know Where I'm Going" – 2:00
"The Foggy Dew" (Canon Charles O’Neill) – 5:29
"I've Been Driving on Bald Mountain/Water Boy" (Avery Robinson) – 6:54
"Ox-Driver Song" – 2:35
"Down on Me" – 2:55
"Saro Jane" – 2:45
"Three Pigs" – 1:18
"No More Cane on the Brazos" – 3:38
"Jumpin' Judy" – 2:26
"Battle Hymn of the Republic" (Julia Ward Howe) – 3:52

Personnel

Odetta Holmes – vocals, guitar
Bill Lee – bass

References

^ ^a ^b "12 New Vanguard LP's" (PDF). The Cash Box. The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc., NY. 18 July 1959. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
^ ^a ^b "My Eyes Have Seen". The Billboard. The Billboard Publishing Co. 27 July 1959. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
^ ^a ^b Lankford, Ronnie D. "My Eyes Have Seen > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved September 11, 2016.

v t e Odetta
Studio albums	The Tin Angel Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues At the Gate of Horn My Eyes Have Seen Ballad for Americans and Other American Ballads Christmas Spirituals Odetta and the Blues Sometimes I Feel Like Cryin' One Grain of Sand Odetta Sings Folk Songs It's a Mighty World Odetta Sings of Many Things Odetta Sings Dylan Odetta Odetta Sings the Blues Odetta Sings Blues Everywhere I Go Looking for a Home
Live albums	Odetta at Carnegie Hall Odetta at Town Hall Odetta in Japan The Essential Odetta Odetta at the Best of Harlem Movin' It On To Ella Women in (E)motion Gonna Let It Shine
Compilation albums	Odetta The Best of Odetta The Best of Odetta: Ballads and Blues The Best of the Vanguard Years Livin' with the Blues Absolutely the Best The Tradition Masters Best of the M.C. Records Years 1999–2005 Vanguard Visionaries
Filmography	Cinerama Holiday Festival The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman No Direction Home
Television	The Dick Cavett Show The Johnny Cash Show Later... with Jools Holland Politically Incorrect (with Bill Maher) Late Show with David Letterman The Tavis Smiley Show
Related topics	Discography Odetta & Larry Newport Folk Festival

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