American favorite ballads ; tunes and songs as sung by Pete Seeger / [Edited for publication by Irwin Silber and Ethel Raim. Editorial assistant: Daryl Heymann. Illus. selected by and from the collection of Moses Asch].
| Author/creator | Silber, Irwin |
| Other author | Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014. |
| Other author | Raim, Ethel. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Oak Publications, [1961] |
| Description | 96 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Careless love -- The blue-tail fly -- When I first came to this land -- Que bonita bandera -- Wayfaring stranger -- Swing low, sweet chariot -- Shenandoah -- House of the rising sun -- The hammer song -- Hold the fort -- My horses ain't hungry -- Four nights drunk -- Cielito lindo -- Come all you fair and tender ladies -- I ride an old paint -- Home on the range -- Clementine -- Little girl -- I never will marry -- This land is your land -- Passing through -- Strangest dream -- Down in the valley -- Buffalo gals -- Old Joe Clark -- Jesse James -- Joshua fought the battle of Jericho -- We shall not be moved -- Blow the man down -- The camptown races -- The streets of Laredo -- Young man who wouldn't hoe corn -- Fillimeeooreay -- Alabama bound -- Aunt Rhody -- Oh, Susanna -- Joe Bowers -- Irene, goodnight -- Sometimes I feel like a motherless child -- Study war no more -- Stagolee -- Old Dan Tucker -- Sally Ann -- Pick a bale of cotton -- Midnight special -- Froggie went a-courtin' -- The farmer is the man -- The devil and the farmer's wife -- The keeper -- On top of old smoky -- Cindy -- John Brown's body -- Buffalo skinners -- Frankie and Johnny -- Who's gonna shoe your pretty little foot? -- The big rock candy mountain -- Cumberland Gap -- Putting on the style -- Rye whiskey -- Devilish Mary -- Yankee Doodle -- Riddle song -- Darlin' Corey -- New river train -- Michael, row the boat ashore -- Deep blue sea -- The water is wide -- Oh, Mary don't you weep -- Barbara Allen -- The fox -- Twelve gates to the city -- John Henry -- Swanee river -- Reuben James -- The Wabash cannon ball -- Crawdad -- Erie Canal -- Dink's song -- Hard traveling -- Skip to my Lou -- Solidarity forever -- So long, it's been good to know you -- Kisses sweeter than wine -- Which side are you on? |
| General note | Unacc. with chord symbols for guitar. |
| Bibliography note | Discography: p. 96. |
| LCCN | m 61001008 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Miniature Scores | M1629.S58 A5 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |