Introducing Robert Schmertz, with tongue in cheek, Bob gives us a glimpse of his formative years
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R. W. Schmertz 1949 Album
Robert Schmertz Sings His Songs - with Vivien Richman, Gretchen Schmertz Jacob, Eero Davidson, Jo Davidson & Jack Schmertz
Sing oh!, the City oh!, Songs about early Pittsburgh
Ladies Beware of an Architect - Songs for Architects and Their Girl Friends
Picture Book of Songs and Ballads - 1976
Spin Off recordings of Schmertz songs by other artists
All the Songs and Writings by Bob Schmertz
Robert Schmertz Biography, Jeanne Davern, Gretchen Schmertz Jacob
Listing of CD's and/or Cassettes of the original albums - and the 1976 Songbook
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Spin Off Recordings

For fifty years other artists have been recording their own versions of Bob Schmertz songs. Folk, gospel, and blues; American, British, and German; there is a wide range in the singers who are drawn to Schmertz tunes and an even wider range in their styles.

Angus MacFergus MacTavish Dundee | Fight for the Glory of Carnegie | Forks of the Ohio
Lock Number Ten | Lord, Lord, I’ve Got Some Singing to Do | Monongahela Sal
Noah Found Grace | Quack Quack Paddle-oh | Queen Anne Front


Angus MacFergus MacTavish Dundee

  • Burl Ives
    “Capt. Burl Ives’ Ark” (The Squirrel), 1958 - DECCA #DL 8587

Fight for the Glory of Carnegie

  • River City Brass Band
    “Pittsburgh On Parade”, 1993

Forks of the Ohio
  • Dear Friends
    “Roll on Monongahela: River Songs from Pennsylvania and Beyond”, 1995 - Thomas Studio

Lock Number Ten
  • Burl Ives
    “Songs For and About Men” (The Locktender’s Lament), 1956 - DECCA #DL 8125
  • Dear Friends
    “Roll on Monongahela: River Songs from Pennsylvania and Beyond”, 1995 - Thomas Studio

Lord, Lord I've Got Some Singing to Do

Monongahela Sal

Noah Found Grace in the Eyes of the Lord

Quack, Quack Paddle-oh

Queen Anne Front (and the Mary Ann Behind)

  • Pete Seeger
    “Dangerous Songs!?” (Queen Anne Front), 1966 - Columbia #CL2503 / CS9303


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