Charlie Daniels - By the Light of the Moon: Campfire Songs & Cowboy Tunes (1997)

This is such a great idea that you have to wonder why nobody thought of it before 1997. Subtitled "Campfire Songs and Cowboy Tunes," this children's album consists of nothing but faithful renditions of traditional folk songs of the old West.

The tunes featured here run from the familiar "Git Along, Little Dogies" and "I'm An Old Cowhand from the Rio Grande, to more obscure choices like "Cowboy Logic" and "Saturday Night in Abilene." The folk tunes "Sixteen Tons" and "John Henry" round out this collection, which is brief enough not to bore the youngsters, and well-played enough not to annoy their parents.