Description: THE FOLK SONGS OF NORTH AMERICA in the English Language- Alan Lomax It is written by Alan Lomax . It is the original 1960 edition.About this Item: Doubleday. 1960. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Condition: Very Good. It has 623 pages of text, music, illustrations, etc.The 317 songs collected here have music and lyrics with suggestions for performing with stringed instruments. Each song has descriptive notes explaining its origin and purpose. The songs are grouped into four parts by geographical location and each part is divided into subgroups by topic. Contents include:Part I. The North (Old Colonial Times, Yankee Soldiers and Sailors, Shouters and Shakers, Pioneers, Timber Tigers, Workers and Farmers, The Maritime Provinces)Part II. The Southern Mountains and Backwoods (Across the Blue Ridge, The Old Ballads, Lonesome Love Songs, Frolic Tunes, White Spirituals, Rowdy Ways, Murder Ballads, Hard Times and Hillbilly)Part III. The West (The Mississippi, Plainsmen and 49ers, Soldiers and Renegades, Cowboys, Prairie Farmers; Railroaders and Hoboes, The Last West)Part IV. The Negro South (Spirituals - 1, Spiritual - II, Reels, Work Songs, Ballads, Blues).The book is a hard cover with dust jacket in good condition. The binding is good, the pages intact. Hinges are solid. The text is clean. Some staining on top edge of the book, that stain does not show on the open page. Dust jacket shows some wear but no rips or major damage (see photos).
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Book Title: THE FOLK SONGS OF NORTH AMERICA in the English Language
Signed: No
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Original Language: English
Item Length: 10 in
Publisher: Doubleday
Inscribed: No
Intended Audience: Adults
Vintage: Yes
Personalize: No
Publication Year: 1960
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Item Height: 8 in
Personalized: No
Author: Alan Lomax
Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Genre: Folk Songs
Topic: Folk Music
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Item Width: 2 in
Item Weight: 25 oz
Number of Pages: 623 Pages