The fireside book of favorite American songs / selected and edited by Margaret Bradford Boni ; arranged for the piano by Norman Lloyd ; illustrated by Aurelius Battaglia ; introductions by Anne Brooks ; with a foreword by Carl Van Doren.

Format Musical Score
Publication InfoNew York : Simon and Schuster, ©1952.
Description1 score (359 pages) : illustrations ; 29 cm
Subjects

Other author/creatorBoni, Margaret Bradford, 1893-1974 editor.
Other author/creatorLloyd, Norman, 1909-1980 arranger of music.
Other author/creatorVan Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.
Other author/creatorBattaglia, Aurelius, 1910-1984
Contents Daisy Bell (A bicycle built for two) -- Ta-ra-ra-boom-der-e -- Mother was a lady -- There'll be a hot time -- After the ball -- Break the news to Mother -- At a Georgia camp meeting -- The little lost child -- She was bred in old Kentucky -- It's the syme the whole world over -- Take back your gold -- Oh promise me -- Frankie and Johnny -- Under the bamboo tree -- Glow worm (Glühwürmchen) -- In the good old summertime -- Ballet of the boll weevil -- Lazy moon -- Bill Bailey, won't you please come home? -- Midnight special -- Ida, sweet as apple cider -- Eleven cent cotton -- I wonder who's kissing her now? -- The crawdad -- Ol' Texas -- La cucaracha (The cockroach) -- Big rock candy mountains -- Kevin Barry -- St. Louis blues -- Pick a bale of cotton -- Jacob's ladder -- Darling Nelly Gray -- My old Kentucky home -- Nelly Bly -- Old Abe Lincoln -- The bonnie blue flag -- Battle hymn of the republic -- Tramp! tramp! tramp! -- Tenting tonight -- Just before the battle, Mother -- Listen to the mocking bird -- Shoo fly, don't bother me -- Wake Nicodemus -- Little brown church in the vale -- Oh, freedom -- We three kings -- Where is my boy tonight? -- Nearer, my God, to thee -- In the sweet by and by -- The old oaken bucket -- The quilting party -- When you and I were young, Maggie -- Soldier, soldier, won't you marry me? -- March of the men of Harlech -- The man on the flying trapeze -- O Tannenbaum -- Little brown jug -- Tiritomba -- The big sunflower -- Oh, dem golden slippers! -- The Wabash cannon ball -- Take this hammer -- The streets of Laredo -- Eight hours -- The old Chisholm trail -- The jam on Gerry's rocks -- Jesse James -- White wings -- Silver threads among the gold -- The liberty song -- Yankee Doodle -- Chester -- Enraptured I gaze -- Whisky Johnnie -- Botany Bay -- The oxen song -- Mister Banjo (Monsieur Bainjo) -- Old colony times -- The pesky sarpent -- Bound for the promised land -- Juanita -- Roll, Jordan, roll -- Old ship of Zion -- Were you there? -- Hail, Columbia -- Ye parliament of England -- The star spangled banner -- Darlin' Corey -- Buckeye Jim -- Pretty Saro -- Believe me, if all those endearing young charms -- The E-ri-e -- Ye banks and braes -- Wearin' of the green -- Santy Anna -- Jump Jim Crow -- Over there -- The ole grey goose -- Shuckin' of the corn -- El-a-noy -- Come, come, ye saints -- Pop! goes the weasel -- Old Dan Tucker -- Sacramento -- What was your name in the States? -- Old hundredth -- Pilgrims' melody -- York -- Windsor -- Barb'ry Ellen -- Go from my window -- See my wagon, it's full-laden ('K heb mijn wagen volgeladen) -- Little hypocrite (Het kwezelken) -- The evening bells (Die abendglocke) -- A mighty fortress is our God (Ein' feste burg) -- Joseph, dearest Joseph (Joseph, lieber Joseph) -- In dulci jubilo -- Spanish ladies -- Captain Kidd -- O God, our help in ages past -- Jesus, lover of my soul -- All through the night -- We're singing our praises (Wilt heden nu treden) -- Auprès de ma blonde (Near to my fair one) -- Robin Adair -- Shule agra -- Malbrouck -- Come, saints and sinners -- Wondrous love -- How firm a foundation -- Greenfields.
General noteFor voice and piano.
LCCN 52013624
ISBN0671220616