Music Americans sing / Harry R. Wilson, Joseph A. Leeder, Edith White Gee.
| Author/creator | Wilson, Harry Robert |
| Other author | Leeder, Joseph A. |
| Other author | Gee, Edith White. |
| Format | Musical Score |
| Publication Info | New York : Silver Burdett Co., 1948. |
| Description | 128 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Unit I. Camp & campus. This is my country ; The caisson song ; Mess call ; Grafted into the army ; I've been workin' on the railroad ; Oh, what did Delaware, boys? ; Taps ; Eating goober peas ; Marine marching cadence ; The Marine's hymn ; Semper Paratus ; For he's a jolly good fellow ; When Johnny comes marching home ; Reveille ; Captain Jinks ; The animal fair ; Good-by, my lover, good-by ; Our boys will shine tonight ; My week ; Alouette -- |
| Contents | Unit II. Ha-ie-no-nis. Mooje moccasin ; Her blanket ; Zuǹi greeting song ; Peter Gray ; Out among the Red Men ; Lullaby ; Song of greeting ; My bark canoe -- |
| Contents | Unit III. Musket, fife & drum. Old hundred ; In good old colony times ; Blow the man down ; The boatswain's call ; All praise to thee (Tallis' canon) ; Hail, Columbia ; Hey, Betty Martin ; The girl I left behind me ; Hornpipe ; Rifleman's song at Bennington ; The Constitution and the Guerriere ; Old man Noah ; Yankee Doodle -- |
| Contents | Unit IV. Bones, banjo & burnt cork. Dixie ; Buffalo gals (Louisiana gals) ; The blue-tail fly ; In the evening by the moonlight ; Uncle Ned ; Polly wolly doodle ; In the gloaming ; Dese bones ; Li'l' 'Liza Jane ; Hand me down my walking cane ; Turkey in the straw ; Carry me back to old Virginny ; Shoo fly, don't bother me! ; Camptown races ; Oh, Sussana! -- |
| Contents | Unit V. Sunny South. De creation ; Swing low, sweet chariot ; Nobody knows the trouble I see ; John Henry ; Go down, Moses ; The boll weevil ; Joshua fit de battle of Jericho ; Short'nin' bread ; Long-distance blues ; Little David, play on your harp ; Sign of de judgment ; Rock 'o Jubilee -- |
| Contents | Unit VI. Over mountain, river & plain. On top of Old Smoky ; Down in the valley ; Poor wayfaring stranger ; She'll be comin' 'round the mountain ; Down the river ; Shenandoah ; Californy ; Sweet Betsy from Pike ; Clementine ; Night herding song ; Old Joe Clark ; Home on the range ; The Erie Canal ; Red river valley ; Rosa-becka-lina/Lead her up and down ; Deaf woman's courtship -- |
| Contents | Unit VII. Hymn tunes. Prayer of thanksgiving ; Battle hymn of the republic ; Holy God, we praise thy name ; Dona nobis pacem = Give us peace ; Thou great Jehovah ; America, the beautiful ; Dear Lord and father of mankind ; Eternal father, strong to save ; The little brown church in the vale ; Come, ye thankful people, come ; Lord, Lord, you've been so good to me ; Praise to the living God (traditional "Yigdal") ; America ; Onward, Christian soldiers ; Fairest Lord Jesus (Crusaders' hymn) ; Now the day is over -- |
| Contents | Unit VII. Music of yesterday. A bicycle built for two (or Daisy Bell) ; Tell me why ; The band played on ; Say "au revoir" but not "good-by" ; The man on the flying trapeze ; Dear Evelina ; Whispering hope -- |
| Contents | Unit X. Merry Xmas and happy new year ; Jingle bells ; A merry Christmas ; Deck the hall ; Auld lang syne ; Good King Wenceslas ; A-rockin' all night ; The wassail song ; God rest you merry, gentlemen ; Adeste fideles = O come, all ye faithful ; I heard the bells on Christmas day ; Angels we have heard on high ; O little town of Bethlehem ; Silent night ; Christmas bells ; Go tell it on the mountain ; RIse up, shepherd, and follow ; Christmas is coming ; Yuletide is here ; Christmas greeting. |
| General note | Contains folk songs and dances with directions for performance and suggestions for their use in schools. |
| General note | The music of Unit IX. Music of today is optional and published only as a separate booklet. |
| LCCN | 48027831 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | M1977.C5 W73 1948 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |