Track listing

1. "Church Bells" (4:25) - Song about the bells of a Catholic church, a Protestant church, and a Synagogue during which Dick mistakenly says "Catholic Chowers" instead of "Catholic Towers". The song is a "shaggy dog story", a drawn out explanation ending with the church bells finally playing in sequence, the effect being to ring out "Shave and a Haircut
   Shave and a Haircut
   Shave and a Haircut and the associated response "two bits" is a simple, 7-note musical couplet popularly used at the end of a musical performance, usually for comic effect....
   
   ". – 4:22
2. "American History-1A" (5:09) - Tom tells what he knows about Davy Crockett
   Davy Crockett
   David "Davy" Crockett was a celebrated 19th century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician. He is commonly referred to in popular culture by the epithet "King of the Wild Frontier". He represented Tennessee in the U.S...
   
   , Jim Bowie
   Jim Bowie
   James "Jim" Bowie , a 19th-century American pioneer, slave trader, land speculator, and soldier, played a prominent role in the Texas Revolution, culminating in his death at the Battle of the Alamo...
   
   , John Henry
   John Henry (folklore)
   John Henry is an American folk hero and tall tale. Henry worked as a "steel-driver"—a man tasked with hammering and chiseling rock in the construction of tunnels for railroad tracks. In the legend, John Henry's prowess as a steel-driver was measured in a race against a steam powered hammer,...
   
   , and the ballad of Big Ben Covington, a friend of Johnny Appleseed
   Johnny Appleseed
   Johnny Appleseed , born John Chapman, was an American pioneer nurseryman who introduced apple trees to large parts of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois...
   
   , the main topic of the dissertation. "American History-IIA" and "IIB" are found on Tour de Farce: American History and Other Unrelated Subjects
   Tour de Farce: American History and Other Unrelated Subjects
   Tour de Farce: American History and Other Unrelated Subjects, the sixth comedy album by the Smothers Brothers . It reached number 58 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart. Recorded at The Ice House, Pasadena, California...
   
   . – 5:07
3. "Lonesome Traveler" (4:16) - Tom thinks he is the classic radio detective "The Whistler," for he walks by night and he knows many things. Some of Tom's best guitar work is featured on this classic folk song. – 4:14
4. "Gnus" (2:29) - Tom has thought about being a big game hunter and hunting the vicious gnus. – 2:29
5. "The Incredible Jazz Banjoist" (4:24) - Tom attempts to play "Nola" and "Whispering" on the banjo. – 4:23
6. "I Talk to the Trees" (3:40) - Dick is singing the show tune from Paint Your Wagon but has to stop to explain to Tom what the song was about. Tom thinks the guy in the song sounds like a nut. – 3:40
7. "Flamenco" (2:51) - Tom attempts a Flamenco guitar number from his "Spanish homeland." – 2:50
8. "Swiss Christmas" (4:35) - Actually the Israeli song "Tzena, Tzena, Tzena
   Tzena, Tzena, Tzena
   "Tzena, Tzena, Tzena" is a song, originally written in Hebrew by Issachar Miron , a Polish emigrant to what was then The British Mandate of Palestine but is now Israel, and Jehiel Hagges .-History and development:...
   
   ", which was previously the story of a one-humped camel race on Live at the Purple Onion
   Live at the Purple Onion
   The Smothers Brothers at the Purple Onion, released May 1, 1961 on Mercury Records, was the first album released by the Smothers Brothers and established their reputation as folk music satirists...
   
   . – 4:34

Personnel

• Dick Smothers – vocals, double bass
• Tom Smothers – vocals, guitar
• Carole Allen – Tape Editor
• Brent Averill – Engineer
• Elvin Campbell – Tape Editor
• David Carroll – Producer
• Bernie Clapper – Engineer
• Doug Hawkins – Mastering

Chart positions

External links

• Complete Smothers Brothers
  Smothers Brothers
  The Smothers Brothers are Thomas and Richard , American singers, musicians, comedians and folk heroes. The brothers' trademark act was performing folk songs , which usually led to arguments between the siblings...
  
  ' discography can be found here.