The Essential Paul Robeson
AlbumTracklist 151:44
Disc 1
| 1 | Ol' Man River | 4:19 | |
| 2 | Steal Away | 2:59 | |
| 3 | Joshua Fit De Battle ob Jericho | 1:57 | |
| 4 | Water Boy | 3:05 | |
| 5 | Swing Low, Sweet Chariot | 2:50 | |
| 6 | Deep River | 2:25 | |
| 7 | Lonesome Road | 2:43 | |
| 8 | Mighty Lak' a Rose | 3:23 | |
| 9 | River, Stay 'Way From My Door | 3:31 | |
| 10 | Rockin' Chair | 3:32 | |
| 11 | When It's Sleepy Time Down South | 3:24 | |
| 12 | Mah Lindy Lou | 3:15 | |
| 13 | My Curly-Headed Baby | 3:02 | |
| 14 | Carry Me Back to Green Pastures | 2:52 | |
| 15 | Lazy Bones | 3:23 | |
| 16 | St. Louis Blues | 3:29 | |
| 17 | Congo Lullaby | 3:07 | |
| 18 | Canoe Song | 3:00 | |
| 19 | Shenandoah | 3:13 | |
| 20 | I Still Suits Me | 2:53 | |
| 21 | Summertime | 2:36 | |
| 22 | It Ain't Necessarily So | 2:32 | |
| 23 | Just A-Wearyin' for You | 2:37 | |
| 24 | Song of the Volga Boatmen | 2:45 | |
| 25 | Little Man, You've Had a Busy Day | 3:12 |
Disc 2
| 1 | Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child | 2:53 | |
| 2 | Git on Board Li'l Children | 2:18 | |
| 3 | Go Down Moses | 2:07 | |
| 4 | Bear de Burden | 3:31 | |
| 5 | Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen | 2:46 | |
| 6 | Got the South in My Soul | 3:03 | |
| 7 | Blue Prelude | 2:47 | |
| 8 | Fat Li'l Feller Wid His Mammy's Eyes | 3:12 | |
| 9 | Wagon Wheels | 3:25 | |
| 10 | The Banjo Song | 3:05 | |
| 11 | Love Song | 3:26 | |
| 12 | Climbing Up (Mountain Song) | 3:13 | |
| 13 | All Through the Night | 3:24 | |
| 14 | Mood Indigo | 3:20 | |
| 15 | At Dawning | 2:25 | |
| 16 | An Eriskay Love Lilt | 2:51 | |
| 17 | Trees | 2:30 | |
| 18 | Jerusalem | 2:25 | |
| 19 | The Cobbler's Song | 2:42 | |
| 20 | A Perfect Day | 2:33 | |
| 21 | Sylvia | 2:00 | |
| 22 | Sea Fever | 2:11 | |
| 23 | King Joe (The Joe Louis Blues) | 6:28 | |
| 24 | The Old Folks at Home (Swanee River) | 3:20 | |
| 25 | My Old Kentucky Home | 3:24 |