Disc 1
- The Coo Coo Bird (The Cuckoo) - Clarence Ashley - Thomas Ashley - Traditional
- On the Road Again - Charlie Burse - Jab Jones - Memphis Jug Band - Ben Ramey - Will Shade
- The Panama Limited - Booker T. Washington White - Bukka White
- Indian War Whoop - A.D. Coggin - Hoyt Ming - Hoyt and His Pep Steppers Ming - Rozelle Ming - Troy Ming
- 'Tain't Nobody's Business if I Do, Pt. 1 - Porter Grainger - Everett Robbins - Dan Sane - Frank Stokes
- K. C. Railroad Blues - Andrew Baxter - Jim Baxter
- I Am Bound for the Promised Land - Alfred G. Karnes
- Cottonfield Blues, Pt. 2 - Garfield Akers - Joe Calicott
- I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground - Bascom Lamar Lunsford - Traditional
- Down on Penny's Farm - Clement Bentley - Bently Boys
- Foldin' Bed - Willie Black - Luther Nichols - Rudolph Thompson - Traditional - James Watts - Whistler - Whistler & His Jug Band
- Greenback Dollar - Alvin Conder - Traditional - Weems String Band - Dick Weems - Frank Weems - Jesse Weems
- Tallahatchie River Blues - Mattie Delaney
- Walk Right In - Cannon's Jug Stompers - Gus Cannon - Noah Lewis - Hosea Woods
- Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow - Carter Family - A.P. Carter - Sara Carter - Maybelle Carter
- Old Dog Blue - Jim Jackson
- Bayou Teche - Columbus Fruge
- Cool Drink of Water Blues - Tommy Johnson - Charlie McCoy
- Train on the Island - Norman Edmonds - J.P. Nestor
Disc 2
- My Heart Keeps Singing - J.E. Burch - Joseph Crawford - Traditional - Triumph Church Choir
- Ninety-Nine Year Blues - Julius Daniels
- I Get My Whiskey From Rockingham - Emmett Bankston - Clodhoppers - Lee "Red" Henderson - Earl Johnson - Traditional
- Death's Black Train Is Coming - James Gates - Rev. Gates - Traditional
- Waiting for a Train - Dean Bryan - C.L. Hutchison - George MacMillan - James Rikard - Jimmie Rodgers - John Westbrook
- Darling, Where Have You Been So Long? - Claude Grant - Jack Grant - Jack Pierce - Claude Slagle - Tenneva Ramblers - Traditional
- Rocky Road - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers - Aunt Annie - J Cadd Brown - Seaborn Denson - Thomas Jackson Denson - Whit Denson - Jerusha Henrietta Denson-Edwards - Traditional
- Ma Blond Est Partie - Amadie Breaux - Cleoma Breaux - Ophy Breaux
- Peg and Awl - Thomas Ashley - Carolina Tar Heels - Garley Foster - Traditional - Dock Walsh
- Chocolate to the Bone - Barbecue Bob - Robert Hicks
- Down on Me - Eddie Head - Head - Traditional
- Prenez Courage - Cleoma Breaux - Ophy Breaux - Joseph Falcon - Traditional
- Pickin' Off Peanuts - John Dilleshaw - Harry Kiker - Pink Lindsey - Shorty Lindsey - Seven Foot Dilly & His Dill Pickles
- Just Because - Hubert a. Nelson - Nelstone's Hawaiians - James Touchstone
- Dupree Blues - Sam Brooks - Traditional - Willie Walker
- Ladies on the Steamboat - Burnett & Rutherford - Richard Burnett - Leonard Rutherford - Traditional
- Mamma, 'Tain't Long Fo' Day - Blind Willie McTell
Disc 3
- Cecilia - Candido Antomattei - Diosa Costello - Cuarteto Flores - Pedro Flores - Enrique Borrachito Gonzalez - Humberto Lara
- La Coquetera - Alonso Baldrich - Borinquenos - Traditional
- Coconito - Lorenzo Barcelata - Guty Cardenas - Lencho
- Lovesick Blues - Jimmy Dorsey - Tommy Dorsey - Dan Fitch - Cliff Friend - Stan King - Eddie Lang - Leo McConville - Emmett Miller - Irving Mills - Arthur Schutt
- Long Tall Mama - Big Bill Broonzy
- John Henry Blues - Joe Evans - Arthur McClain - The Two Poor Boys - Traditional
- Mr. Tom Hughes' Town - Lead Belly - Huddie Ledbetter
- Louis Collins - Mississippi John Hurt
- I Am the Light of the World - Gary Davis
- Fifty Miles of Elbow Room - Rev. F.W. McGee - Rev. F.W. Mcgee & Congregation
- Chant of the Eagle Dance - Hopi Indians - Traditional
- Hilo Hula - David Burrows - Mike Hanapi - Mike Hanapi & The Ilima Islanders - Dave Kaleipua Munson - Bob Nawahine - Traditional
- If the River Was Whiskey - Roy Harvey - Charlie Poole - Odell Smith - Norman Woodlieff
- Stackalee - Frank Hutchison - Traditional
- The Wreck of the '97 - Kahle Brewer - Bolen Frost - Ernest V. Stoneman - Traditional
- Faded Coat of Blue - Bert Hirsch - Buell Kazee - John Hugh McNaughton - Carson Robinson
- Country Blues - Dock Boggs
- Sail Away Ladies - Fruit Jar Drinkers - Uncle Dave Macon - Macon - Kirk McGee - Sam McGee - Mazy Todd - Traditional
- Sail Away Lady - Uncle Bunt Stephens - Traditional
- Sally Gooden - Eck Robertson - Traditional
- Arkansas Traveller - Don Richardson - Traditional
Disc 4
- Hard Time Blues - Lane Hardin
- Down the Dirt Road Blues - Charley Patton
- Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home - Banjo Joe - Blind Blake - Gus Cannon
- Hastings Street - Blind Blake - Blind Blake & Charlie Spand - Charlie Spand
- See That My Grave's Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Gonna Have 'Lasses in the Morning - Phill Featherstone - Golden Melody Boys - Dempsey Jones
- New Orleans Stop Time - Black Bob - Bumble Bee Slim - Amos Easton - Memphis Minnie
- Prove It on Me Blues - Herman Brown - Georgia Tom Dorsey - Martell Pettiford - Gertrude Pridgett - Ma Rainey - Carl Reid
- Gonne Die With My Hammer in My Hand - Arnold Curry - Williamson Brothers - Arnold Williamson - Ervin Williamson
- Last Kind Words Blues - Geeshie Wiley
- Banjoreno - Henry Clifford - Dixieland Jug Blowers - Clifford Hayes - Curtis Hayes - Lockwood Lewis - Earl McDonald - Cal Smith - Freddie Smith
- It's a Good Thing - Beale Street Sheiks - Dan Sane - Frank Stokes
- Trust in God and Do the Right - Blind Willie Davis - Traditional
- Someday Baby Blues - Sleepy John Estes - Hammie Nixon
- Lonesome Road Blues - Sam Collins
- Future Blues - Willie Brown
- Bull Doze Blues - Henry Thomas
- Brown Skin Gal [Down the Lane] - Milt Mabie - Massey Family - Curt Massey - Traditional - Larry Wellington
- Henry Lee (aka Young Hunting) - Dick Justice - Traditional
- Old Country Rock - William Moore
- La Danseuse [The Dancer] - Blind Uncle Gaspard - Delma Lachney - Traditional
- My Black Mama, Pts. 1-2 - Eddie James Jr. House - Son House
- Cypress Grove Blues - Skip James
Disc 5
- Cross Road Blues - Robert Johnson
- Mal Hombre - Lydia Mendoza - Traditional
- Sunshine Special - Polite "Frenchy" Christian - Percy Darensbourg - Frenchy's String Band - Octave Gaspard
- Old Jim Canan's - Son Joe - Robert Wilkins
- Les Blues De Voyage - Amede Ardoin - Dennis McGee
- The Lost Child - Stripling Brothers - Charlie Stripling - Ira Stripling - Traditional
- I'm Gonna Cross the River Jordan Some of These Days - Jaybird Coleman - Traditional
- Tomi Tomi - Aloha Serenaders - Sol K. Bright - Ray Kinney - David Nape
- Sittin' on Top of the World - Bo Carter - Lonnie Chatman - Mississippi Sheiks - Walter Vinson
- James Alley Blues - Richard Rabbit Brown
- The Indian Tom Tom - Big Chief Henry's Indian String Band - Clarence Hall - Harold Hall - Henry Hall
- Blues in a Bottle - Prince Albert Hunt - Oscar & Doc Harper
- Je Me Suis En Alle - Joswell Dupuis - Bartmon Montet
- Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground - Blind Willie Johnson
- E Mama Ea - Sol Hoopii - Hiram Kaehu - Lani McIntire - Sol Hoopii and His Novelty Quartet
- Ghost Dance - Harry George - Truett & George - Velma Truett
- Woke Up This Morning (With My Mind on Jesus) - Blind Roosevelt Graves - Uaroy Graves
- Allons a Lafayette - Cleoma Breaux - Joseph Falcon
- Corrido De Joaquin Murrieta, Pts. 1-2 - Fernando Linares - Madrugadores - Victor Sanchez - Traditional
- Denomination Blues, Pts. 1-2 - Washington Phillips