Dan Zanes' house party! : a family roots music treasury / by Dan Zanes ; illustrations by Donald Saaf ; music notation by Claudia Eliaza ; additional notation by Billy Buss.
Publisher:
Young Voyageur Pressan imprint of the Quarto Group,
For voice and piano with interlinear words and chord symbols; additional lyrics printed as text. Includes index.
Contents:
Linstead Market : songs of mystery & miles: While the music is playing. Pay me my money down ; Strike the bell ; Farewell to Nova Scotia ; La sirene, la baleine ; Cape Cod girls ; Shenandoah ; All for me grog ; Titanic -- Red bird : songs of dust & sunshine: Hop up, ladies ; Waltzing Matilda ; Going down to Tampa ; Sail away, ladies ; Go down Emmanuel Road ; Mole in the ground ; Anta gata doko sa ; Water for the elephants ; Saro Jane -- Evening time : songs heard from open windows: We shall not be moved ; Colás ; The Sloop John B ; Crawdad ; Wabash Cannonball ; Salaam ; Down by the riverside ; Wonder Wheel ; Sweet Rosyanne -- Rolling home : songs of gusto & celebration: Son borinqueño ; Daniel in the den ; King Kong kitchie ; This little light of mine ; Rock Island Line ; The farmer is the one ; Smile, smile, smile ; Old Joe Clark ; How do you do? -- By and by : songs of love & community: The welcome table ; Lord Lovel ; Train is a-coming ; Diu diu deng ; Country life ; So glad I'm here ; Panama mwen tombé ; Catch that train ; El botellón -- Songs of childhood & morning dreams: Jane and Louisa ; The rattlin' bog ; Jump up ; Pigogo = The peacock song ; Down in the valley ; Skip to my Lou ; Chocolate; Fooba Wooba John ; All around the kitchen! ; Pollito chicken -- Linstead Market : songs of mystery & miles: Turn, turn, turn ; Hill and gully rider ; Loch Lomond ; Goodbye, Old Paint ; Dame la mano paloma ; Beautiful isle of somewhere ; Deep blue sea ; Siyahamba ; While the music is playing.
Summary:
The Grammy Award-winning children's artist presents a collection of 64 songs from a cross-section of folk styles along with backgound narratives for each song and essays on the nature of music-making in the home and community.
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.