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Anglo-American songs and ballads.

Title
Anglo-American songs and ballads.
Author
Emrich, Duncan, 1908-1977
Publication
Library of Congress, Music Division, Recording Laboratory, [1953-59]

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Library of Congress. Music Division.
Description
4 slipcases (8 s.) : 33 1/3 rpm.; 12 in.
Series Statement
Folk music of the United States
Uniform Title
Folk music of the United States.
Subject
  • Folk songs, English > United States
  • Ballads, English > United States
Note
  • In part with instrumental acc.
  • "From the Archive of American Folk Song."
  • Manual sequence.
  • Texts with bibliographical notes (5, 5, 4, and 5 leaflets) inserted in slipcases.
Event (note)
  • Recorded at various places, 1941-1946.
Contents
  • [1] Lord Bateman (Child, no. 53) Expert Town (The Oxford girl0 Naomi Wise. Edward (Child, no. 13) My parents raised me tenderly. Froggie went a-courting. The singing alphabet. Rolly trudum. The tree in the wood. Sourwood Mountain. The Derby ram. The widow\u0027s old broom. Our Goodman (child, no. 274) Sweet William (Earl Brand)--[2]Barbara Allen (Child, no. 84) The cherry-tree carol (Child, no. 54) Frank James, the roving gambler (The Boston burglar) Caroline of Edinboro\u0027 Town. Young Charlotte. Jack of Diamonds. Old Smoky. Darling Cory. Devilish Mary.l Fiddle-i-fee. Billy Grimes. Father Gruble. Common Bill.--[3] Cripple Creek. Git along down to town. The kicking mule. A railroader for me. Little old sod shanty. Good old rebel. Jesse James. Baa, baa, black sheep. Blue-eyed girl. The cruel war is raging. Nottingham Fair. The soldier\u0027s joy. Give the fiddler a dram. Black Mountain blues. The dying cowboy. Red whiskey. Little dogies, My sweetheart\u0027s a cowboy.
  • [4] Banjo tuning and songs: Sourwood Mountain; Do little Bobby, do. Shoo fly. Fiddle tuning: Sandy River; Grey eagle; Bonaparte\u0027s retreat. The loss of New Columbia. The wild Barbaree. The lowlands of Holland. There\u0027s more pretty girls than one. I wish I was a mole in the ground. heavy-loaded freight train. Shout, little Lulu. The broken token. The false knight upon the road. On a bright and summer\u0027s morning. Jackie\u0027s gone a-sailing. Sweet William. Buffalo boy. The barnyard. My grandmother Green.
LCCN
r 53000227
OCLC
  • ocm03357737
  • SCSB-3251521
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries