Walt Robertson's lyrics & chords

Walt Robertson (Omaha, Nebraska September 1928 - September 23, 1994) was an American folk singer, songwriter and guitarist. Robertson was raised on Bainbridge Island, and went to school at Haverford College in Pennsylvania. While at Haverford, he attended a number of folk festivals at nearby Swarthmore College where he heard John Lomax, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Susan Reed, Richard Dyer-Bennet, Leadbelly, John Jacob Niles and many others. He won a Talent USA contest, then in 1952-53 he had his own weekly show on KING-TV. With his expressi...read more