| Description |
1 score (72 pages) : illustrations ; 23 x 31 cm |
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score |
| Note |
For voices with piano accompaniment. |
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"A treasury of American work songs of yesterday and today, including Songs of the sea, capstan and short-drag chanteys; Songs of the West, ballads of the shanty-boys, cowboys' herding songs, Conestoga wagon songs; Songs of railroads and river boats, from track gangs and blasting crews, from the Ohio River and the Erie Canal; Songs of the country, of farmers, cotton-pickers, share-croppers; Songs of the city, street cries, modern factory and other songs." |
| Contents |
Haul on the bowline -- What shall we do with the drunken sailor? -- Rio Grande -- Shenandoah -- Clear the track -- The bold fisherman -- The big corral -- Good-by, old Paint -- Night-herding song -- The trail to Mexico -- The pinery boy -- The shanty boy and the pine -- The farmer comes to town -- The boll weevil -- Take this hammer -- The shoemaker -- Hallelujah, I'm a bum -- The boatmen's song -- The Erie Canal -- Ho for California -- John Henry -- Pat works on the railway -- Track-lining chant -- Drill, ye tarriers, drill -- The tinker's song -- Street cries. |
| Genre/Form |
Work songs.
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Work songs.
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| Subject |
Folk songs -- United States.
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Folk songs. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Folk music.
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Folk music.
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Scores.
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Scores.
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| Added Author |
Siegmeister, Elie, 1909-1991.
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| Added Title |
Work and sing |
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