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Title:

Our singing country : folk songs and ballads / collected and compiled by John A. Lomax and Alan Lomax ; music editor, Ruth Crawford Seeger ; introduction to the Dover edition by Judith Tick.

Publisher:

Dover,

Copyright Date:

2000

Description:

xl, 416 p. of music ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Ballads, English--United States.
Folk songs, English--United States.
African Americans--Music

Other Authors:

Lomax, John Avery, 1867-1948,
Lomax, Alan, 1915-
Seeger, Ruth Crawford, 1901-1953.
Thompson, Harold William, 1891-1964.
Tick, Judith.

Notes:

Unacc. melodies. Originally published: New York : Macmillan, 1941. Includes indexes. Includes bibliography by Harold W. Thompson (p. 405-410).

Contents:

Religious songs: Negro spirituals ; White religious songs ; The Holiness people -- Social songs: White dance tunes ; Negro game songs ; Bahaman Negro songs ; Lullabies ; Whoppers ; Courting songs ; Old-time love songs ; French songs and ballads from southwestern Louisiana -- Men at work: Soldiers and sailors ; Lumberjacks and teamsters ; Cowboy songs ; Railroaders and hobos ; Miners' songs ; Farmers of the South -- Outlaws -- Hollers and blues -- Negro gang songs.

ISBN:

9780486410890
0486410897

OCLC:

(OCoLC)44073253

Locations:

UTAX314 -- Emmaus Bible College Library (Dubuque)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)