Echoes of Africa in folk songs of the Americas / by Beatrice Landeck ; instrumental arrangements by Milton Kaye ; English version of foreign lyrics by Margaret Marks ; drawings by Alexander Dobkin.
For 1 or more voices, with accompaniment of piano and/or percussion instruments in varying combinations; includes chord symbols. English words, in part translated from French, Portuguese, Spanish and unspecified West African languages. Includes discussions of the origin of each folk song as well as technics of performance. Bibliography: p. 182-183. Discography: p. 178-181.
Contents:
Minstrel songs. Oh, dem golden slippers. Abatutsi girls. O, Desayo! Guess what I've got! Strength of the lion. Buffalo driver's song. Rise and stretch! Maiden's initiation. Youth's stick dance. Mind your bittnet -- Haiti. Fai ogoun. Melissa. La place Congo. Bon soir dames. Mama send me. 'Gelique O! Choucoune. Panama'm tombé -- Creole. Michié Preval. Aurore Pradere. Carolin'. Sweet Patate. Michie Banjo. Oh, didn't he ramble. When the saints go marching in. [Jazz arrangement of] When the saints go marching in -- Cuba. King of the river (Sikilanga). If you hit me. Ma Teodora. Chopping the cane. Guaracha. Maria-la-O. Congo passes. Last rumba -- Puerto Rico. Baquine. The seven daughters. We come from the mountains. Fresh fish today -- Calypso. Tingalayo. Cordelia Brown. Water come a me eye. Hosanna. Linstead market. Day, dah light -- Mexico. Tico Tico. Shepherdess -- Brazil. Incantations: Xango ; Aba L'Ogum. Adeus, adeus. Sing! sing! sing! Bamba-lele. Boomba! Jesu is crying. Senhora of San Benito. Shoo! Shoo! Barata! Zinga-Za. Don Francisco. Jongo. Amapola, La Creole-a -- Venezuela. Cowboy dance. Goodbye Venezuela -- Panama. Viva Panama. A fair wind's blowing. Ay, Caramba! -- United States = Street Cries. Sweet Oranges. Blueberries -- Negro spirituals and shouts. Somebody's knocking at your door. No hiding place. Down by the riverside. Every time I feel the spirit. Come an' go with me. That suits me. Rock-a my soul -- Work songs. Looky yonder, where de sun done gone. Peas n' the rice. Long John. Chicka hanka. Bring me li'l' water, Silvy. Rock Island line -- The Blues. Go 'way from my window. Chilly winds. Ten thousand miles. Ev'ry night when the sun goes in. Midnight special. Sugar Babe Blues. Darlin' Corey. Careless love. Joe Turner blues -- Minstrel songs. Short'nin' bread. Raise a ruckus tonight. Liza Jane. Buffalo Gals. Oh, dem golden slippers.
LCCN:
61001013
Locations:
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.