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The play-party in Indiana; a collection of folk-songs and games, with descriptive introduction and correlating notes, by Leah Jackson Wolford, M.A.

Title
The play-party in Indiana; a collection of folk-songs and games, with descriptive introduction and correlating notes, by Leah Jackson Wolford, M.A.
Author
Wolford, Leah Jackson.
Publication
Indianapolis, Indiana historical commission, 1916.

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Additional Authors
Indiana Historical Commission.
Description
120 p. illus. (music) diagrs.; 23 cm.
Series Statement
Indiana historical collections. [Vol. IV]
Subject
  • Play-party
  • Folk songs, English > Indiana
  • Indiana > Social life and customs
Genre/Form
Play-party.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 116-120.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
I. The Play-Party and its Environment : The Play-Party in Indiana a Generation Ago ; The Play-Party in Indiana at Present -- II. Play-Party Songs and Games : Introductory Note ; Glossary to Part II ; List of Games : All Chaw Hay on the Corner ; All go down to Rowser's ; Billy Boy ; Black the Boots ; Captain Jinks ; Chase the Buffalo ; Chase the Squirrel ; Cincinnati Girls ; Coffee Grows in a White Oak Tree ; Cuckoo Waltz ; Dem Golden Slippers ; Down in Jay Bird Town ; Down the River ; Down to New Orleans ; Farmer in the Well ; Getting Married ; Getting Upstairs ; The Girl I Left Behind Me ; Go in and out the Windows ; Go to Boston ; Green-Leaf ; Hay-o-my-Lucy-o ; Here Come Four Dukes A-Riding ; Here Comes a Queen from Dover ; Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush ; I'm a Poor Old Chimney Sweeper ; Itiskit ; Jersey Boy ; King William Was King Jamie's Son ; London Bridge ; Marching to Quebec ; Melven Vine ; Miller Boy ; Molly Brooks ; Needle's Eye ; No Sir ; Nora Darling ; Old Brass Wagon ; Old Dan Tucker ; Old Sister Phoebe ; Pig in the Parlor ; Polly Put the Kettle On ; Pop Goes the Weasel ; Sailor ; Sally Walker ; Six Little Girls A-Sliding Went ; Skip-to-My-Lou ; Star Promenade ; There Goes Topsy Through the Window ; There Was an Old Woman in Ireland ; Thus the Farmer Sows his Seed ; Tideo ; Uncle Johnie's Sick A-Bed ; Wait for the Wagon ; Walk Along, John ; Way Down in the Pawpaw Patch ; Weevily Wheat. Traces of British Influence in Play-Party Melodies -- III. Classification of Play-Party Games : On the Basis of Age of Players ; On the Basis of Dramatic Features ; On the Basis of Dance Formations ; On the Basis of Geographical Location.
LCCN
^^^17029520^//r913
OCLC
  • 2652780
  • SCSB-12602721
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library