Southern folk ballads
Once upon a time, "prime time" happened on the porch or at the hearth instead of on a TV set. In those days our great-great-great-grandparents had to devise their own entertainment. Their genre was the ballad, a long, intricate story told in song, which could be widely shared and easily passed to other generations. W.K. McNeil has recorded and compiled a broad selection of ballads from the American South. The book includes Child ballads, broadsides, Mexican-American, Cajun French, and Native Am…
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- Full title :Southern folk ballads / compiled and edited by W.K. McNeil.
Summary
Once upon a time, "prime time" happened on the porch or at the hearth instead of on a TV set. In those days our great-great-great-grandparents had to devise their own entertainment. Their genre was the ballad, a long, intricate story told in song, which could be widely shared and easily passed to other generations. W.K. McNeil has recorded and compiled a broad selection of ballads from the American South. The book includes Child ballads, broadsides, Mexican-American, Cajun French, and Native American ballads, with text and melody transcriptions for each. It is arranged according to such themes as crime, cowboys and pioneers, and lovers faithful and unfaithful. -- From publisher's description.
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- Publication Date:1987-1988.
- Edition:1st ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):August House
- Place of Publication:Little Rock
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1987-1988.
Notes
Unacc. melodies.
Each melody is followed by words printed as text and commentary.
Includes indexes.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 score (2 volumes) ; : 24 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0874830389, 9780874830385, 0874830397, 9780874830392, 0874830478, 9780874830477, 087483046X, 9780874830460
- oclc:ocm16092237
- LC Classification:M1629.6.S7
- Dewey Decimal:784.406
Table of Contents
v. 1. American originals, a heritage in song and story. The ballad of the Braswell boys -- Barb'ry Allen -- Behind the great wall -- The broken hearted boy -- Charles Guiteau -- Charming beauty bright -- The disappointed lover -- The drowsy sleeper -- The dying cowgirl -- The fatal wedding -- The green willow tree -- Hangman -- I dreamt last night of my true love -- I'll hang my harp on a willow tree -- The Indian song -- Jack and Joe -- James Bird -- Jesse James -- Jimmy Loud -- John Henry -- John of Hazelgreen -- Little Massie Grove -- Little rosewood casket -- Little Willie and Mary -- Lonesome scenes of winter -- Lord Lovel -- The maiden's lament -- Mary on the wild moor -- Miss Mary Belle -- Molly Van -- Pretty Polly -- Rainbow willow -- Seated one day in a beautiful café-- Shadow of the pines -- Stagalee -- Texas Rangers -- Three lovers -- Tom Halyard -- Utah Carl -- Utah Carroll -- The wandering cowboy -- Young Alban and Amandy -- Young John Riley -- The young man who wouldn't hoe corn.
v. 2. [Ballads, stories in song, of murderers, of Mexican-Americans, of Cajuns, of the supernatural, of humor, and of child-heroes.] Billy Grimes -- The cabbage head song -- The cloudburst …
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