The folk songs of North America, in the English language / Melodies and guitar chords transcribed by Peggy Seeger, with one hundred piano arrangements by Matyas Seiber and Don Banks. Illustrated by Michael Leonard. Editorial assistant, Shirley Collins.

Author/creator Lomax, Alan
Format Musical Score
Publication InfoGarden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, [1960]
Description623 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Subjects

Contents In good old colony times -- Cape Ann -- Springfield Mountain -- Billy broke locks -- Captain Kidd-1 -- Whisky in the jar -- Strawberry lane -- Lady Isabel and the elf knight -- Edward -- Father Grumble -- I'll give my love an apple -- The Quaker's courtship -- Sailing in the boat -- As I roved out -- The sow took the measles -- Brave Wolfe -- The wars of America -- Felix the soldier -- In the days of '76 -- Johnny has gone for a soldier -- Yankee doodle dandy-o -- The fish of the sea -- Cape cod girls -- Sally Brown -- Shenandoah -- Santy Anno -- Blood red roses -- A long time ago -- The bullgine run -- Row, bullies, row -- The banks of Newfoundland -- The Greenland whale fishery -- Get up, Jack -- Captain Kidd-2 -- Wicked Polly -- Satan's kingdom -- Come, life, Shaker life -- Shaker funeral hymn -- The lovely Ohio -- Hudson River steamboat -- El-a-noy -- Oleana -- The foggy dew-1 -- The foggy dew-2 -- In the wilderness -- The paw-paw patch -- The lone green valley -- Young Charlotte -- Turkey in the straw -- Lincoln and liberty -- When Johnny comes marching home -- Virginia's bloody soil -- The farmer and the shanty boy -- The little brown bulls -- The pinery boy -- The river in the pines -- Canada-i-o -- Moosehead Lake -- Bold Jack Donahue -- Silver Jack -- The frozen logger -- The Julie Plante -- Red iron ore -- The Avondale mine disaster -- My sweetheart's a mule -- The farmer is the man -- The housewife's lament -- My father's a lawyer in England -- The horse named Bill -- Love is pleasin' -- Three young ladies -- The kangaro -- The maid on the shore -- The Mary L. Mackay -- Mary Ann -- When a man's in love -- A great big sea -- I'ze the bye -- John Riley -- Cumberland Gap -- The deer chase -- Lily Munroe -- Rattlesnake -- Single girl -- Gentle fair Jenny -- The devil's nine questions -- Cock Robin -- The house carpenter -- Barbara Allen -- The two sisters -- Lady gay -- The farmer's curst wife -- Devilish Mary -- Robin Hood and Arthur O'Bland -- The golden vanity -- The ramblin' boy -- The bad girl -- A fair beauty bride -- Fair and tender ladies -- Black is the colour -- Aunt Sal's song -- I'm troubled -- Lovin' Hannah -- The Gambling suitor -- Chickens they are crowin' -- How old are you, my pretty little miss? -- Whistle, daughter, whistle -- Winter's night -- Who's gonna shoe your pretty little feet? -- The cuckoo -- The fourth day of July -- The wagoner's lad -- Old Smokey -- I never will marry -- Johnson boys -- Uncle Joe -- Sally Anne -- Cripple Creek -- Cindy -- Shady Grove -- Sally Goodin -- Jubilee -- The seven blessings of Mary -- The twelve days of Christmas -- Am I born to die? -- On my journey home -- Way over in the heavens -- Weeping Mary -- Death, ain't you got no shame? -- O David -- Groundhog -- Sorghum syrup -- The good old rebel -- Moonshiner -- Dig a hole in the meadow -- Hurrah, lie! -- Rose Connelly -- Omie Wise -- Tom Dula -- Wild Bill Jones -- John Hardy -- Charles Guiteau -- Mister Mackinley -- Peg an' awl -- Roll on, buddy -- Pay day -- Down on Penney's farm -- Cotton Mill colic -- My last ole dollar -- Down in the valley -- The rising sun blues -- Mule Skinner blues -- I don't want your millions, mister -- Sixteen tons -- Dark as a dungeon -- We're coming, Arkansas -- Blue -- The hound dawg song -- Let's go a-huntin' -- Blow the candle out -- Uh-uh, no -- Buffalo boy -- Twistification -- Little Matthy Groves -- The girl I left behind -- I'm goin' away to Texas -- The state of Arkansas -- The horse trader's song -- The Texas rangers -- Green grows the laurel -- Root, hog, or die -- Whoa! Ha! Buck and Jerry Boy -- Sweet Betsy -- Joe Bowers -- Lousy Miner -- The dreary black hills -- The regular army-o -- Lulu -- Charlie Quantrell -- The brass mounted army -- The battle on Shiloh's hill -- Cole younger -- Jesse James -- Wake up, Jacob -- The railroad corral -- I'm bound to follow the longhorn cows -- A cowboy's life -- The old Chisholm trail -- Go on, you little dogies -- Run along, you little dogies -- Put the old man to sleep -- The old man's lament -- Night herding song -- Doney gal -- I'm a-leavin' Cheyenne -- On the trail to Mexico -- When I was a cowboy -- The wild rippling water -- My love is a rider -- The dying cowboy -- The sailor cut down in his prime -- Billy the kid -- Tyin' a knot in the devil's tail -- In Kansas -- The little old sod shanty -- The red river shore -- Hog drovers -- Tideo -- Lord Lovel -- The hell-bound train -- Colorado trail -- Springfield Mountain -- Fod -- She'll be comin' around the mountain -- A railroader for me -- Jerry, go an' ile that car -- Drill, ye tarriers -- Wand'rin' -- Around a western water tank -- The Wabash cannon ball -- The big rock candy mountain -- Pie in the sky -- Willie the weeper -- Talkin' blues -- Talkin' dustbowl blues -- Hard travellin' -- Pretty boy Floyd -- Hard times -- Hard, ain't it hard -- Fiddle-i-fee -- The kickin' mule -- Talking Columbia / Woody Gunthrie -- Roll on, Columbia / Woody Gunthrie -- Stand to your glasses -- Jacob's ladder -- When the saints go marchin' in -- When the stars begin to fall -- Many thousands gone -- Keep a-inchin' along -- Roll, Jordan, roll -- Wade in the water -- When I'm gone -- Soon I will be done -- Blind man -- I couldn't hear nobody pray -- Hold the wind -- The old ark's a-moverin' -- Dese bones gwine rise again -- Didn't it rain -- Samson -- John the revelator -- Rise up, Shepherd -- The holy baby -- This train -- The downward road -- All night long -- Knock John Booker -- Miss Mary Jane -- All for the men -- Saturday night -- Ridin' in a buggy -- Steal, Miss Liza -- You cain' lose-a me, Cholly -- Black sheep -- Buck-eye rabbit -- Shortenin' bread -- The blue-tail fly -- Bile them cabbage down -- Lynchburg town -- Old Marse John -- Old Bangum -- The Queen's gardeen -- The rich old lady -- Johnny, won't you ramble? -- John Gilbert is de boat -- Rock about, my Saro Jane -- Riley -- Pay me -- The John B.'s sails -- Cotton needs pickin' -- Whoa back, buck -- Bring me li'l' water, Sylvie -- Po' farmer -- The boll weevil holler -- Go down, old Hannah -- Long John -- Another man done gone -- Jumpin' Judy -- The longest train -- It makes a long-time man feel bad -- I got to roll -- Can't you line it? -- Black gal -- Don't lie, buddy -- Let the deal go down -- East Colorado blues -- John Henry-1 -- John Henry-2 -- Little John Henry -- Casey Jones -- Reuben -- Po' Lazarus -- Railroad Bill -- Frankie -- Stagolee -- I'm all out an' down -- Hattie Belle -- Careless love -- One dime blues -- Good mornin', blues -- Corinna -- Troubled in mind -- How long blues -- Irene -- Black, brown, and white -- Sound off.
Bibliography noteDiscography: p. 608-615.
Bibliography noteBibliography: p. 597-600.
LCCNm 60001043

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Music Music Stacks M1629.L83 F6 1960A ✔ Available Place Hold