The Legend

Tracklist

New here? Start with "I Walk the Line".

Disc 1

• 1 I Walk the Line Start here 2:45
• 2 There You Go 2:17
• 3 Home of the Blues 2:40
• 4 Ballad of a Teenage Queen 2:12
• 5 Guess Things Happen That Way 1:50
• 6 The Ways of a Woman in Love 2:16
• 7 Don’t Take Your Guns to Town 3:03
• 8 Ring of Fire 2:37
• 9 The Matador 2:46
• 10 Understand Your Man 2:43
• 11 The Ballad of Ira Hayes 4:09
• 12 Orange Blossom Special 3:07
• 13 The One on the Right Is on the Left 2:48
• 14 Rosanna’s Going Wild 1:59
• 15 Folsom Prison Blues 2:45
• 16 Daddy Sang Bass 2:21
• 17 A Boy Named Sue 3:46
• 18 What Is Truth 2:38
• 19 Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down 4:07
• 20 Flesh and Blood 2:37
• 21 Man in Black 2:52
• 22 A Thing Called Love 2:33
• 23 Kate 2:17
• 24 Oney 3:05
• 25 Any Old Wind That Blows 2:46
• 26 One Piece at a Time 4:01
• 27 (Ghost) Riders in the Sky 3:46

Disc 2

• 1 Hey Porter 2:14
• 2 Cry! Cry! Cry! 2:25
• 3 Luther Played the Boogie 2:03
• 4 Get Rhythm 2:14
• 5 Give My Love to Rose 2:45
• 6 I Was There When It Happened 2:16
• 7 Big River 2:32
• 8 I Still Miss Someone 2:36
• 9 Pickin’ Time 1:58
• 10 The Man on the Hill 2:09
• 11 Five Feet High and Rising 1:47
• 12 Tennessee Flat‐Top Box 2:59
• 13 I Got Stripes 2:04
• 14 Troublesome Waters 3:51
• 15 The Long Black Veil 3:07
• 16 Dark as a Dungeon 2:28
• 17 The Wall 2:12
• 18 25 Minutes to Go 3:12
• 19 Cocaine Blues 2:51
• 20 Doin’ My Time 4:13
• 21 I Will Rock and Roll With You 2:51
• 22 Without Love 2:30
• 23 The Big Light 2:41
• 24 Highway Patrolman 5:21
• 25 I’m Never Gonna Roam Again 2:34
• 26 When I’m Gray 3:33
• 27 Forever Young 6:16

Disc 3

• 1 The Wreck of the Old 97 1:47
• 2 Rock Island Line 2:11
• 3 Goodnight Irene 2:40
• 4 Goodbye, Little Darlin’ 2:15
• 5 Born to Lose 2:10
• 6 Walking the Blues 2:13
• 7 Frankie’s Man, Johnny 2:17
• 8 Delia’s Gone 3:02
• 9 In the Jailhouse Now 2:23
• 10 Waiting for a Train 2:07
• 11 Casey Jones 3:02
• 12 The Legend of John Henry’s Hammer 8:26
• 13 I’ve Been Working on the Railroad 3:26
• 14 Sweet Betsy From Pike 3:18
• 15 The Streets of Laredo 3:40
• 16 Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie 2:28
• 17 Down in the Valley 3:11
• 18 Wabash Cannonball 2:40
• 19 The Great Speckled Bird 2:08
• 20 Wildwood Flower 2:12
• 21 Cotton Fields 2:34
• 22 Pick a Bale o’ Cotton 1:58
• 23 Old Shep 2:23
• 24 I’ll Be All Smiles Tonight 2:48
• 25 I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry 2:39
• 26 Time Changes Everything 1:48

Disc 4

• 1 Keep on the Sunny Side 2:16
• 2 Diamonds in the Rough 3:10
• 3 Peace in the Valley 2:49
• 4 Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord) 3:56
• 5 Another Man Done Gone 2:37
• 6 Pick the Wildwood Flower 2:59
• 7 Jackson 2:47
• 8 If I Were a Carpenter 3:01
• 9 Girl From the North Country 3:42
• 10 One More Ride 3:27
• 11 You Can’t Beat Jesus Christ 3:40
• 12 There Ain’t No Good Chain Gang 3:17
• 13 We Ought to Be Ashamed 2:46
• 14 Crazy Old Soldier 3:34
• 15 Silver Haired Daddy of Mine 2:49
• 16 Who’s Gene Autry 3:52
• 17 The Night Hank Williams Came to Town 3:24
• 18 I Walk the Line (Revisited) 3:51
• 19 Highwayman 3:03
• 20 The Wanderer 4:44
• 21 September When It Comes 3:40
• 22 Tears in the Holston River 3:42
• 23 Far Side Banks of Jordan 2:42
• 24 It Takes One to Know Me 3:36

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This album is considered a Starting Point in Johnny Cash's catalog. 'The Legend' provides a comprehensive overview, ideal for new listeners exploring Cash's work.

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