Folk Songs of North America, In the English Language

xxx, 623 pp. Melodies and guitar chords transcribed by Peggy Seeger. With one hundred piano arrangements by Matyas Seiber and Don Banks. Illustrated by Michael Leonard. CONTENTS: Part I. The North: Old Colony Times - Yankee Soldiers and Sailors - Shouters and Shakers - Pioneers - Timber Tigers - Workers and Farmers - The Maritime Provinces; Part II. The Southern Mountains and Backwoods: Across the Blue Ridge - The Old Ballads - Lonesome Love Songs - Frolic Tunes - White Spirituals - Rowdy Ways - Murder Ballads - Hard Times and the Hillbilly; Part III. The West: Beyond the Mississippi - Plainsmen and '49ers - Soldiers and Renegades - Cowboys - Prairie Farmers - Railroaders and Hoboes - The Last West; Part IV. The Negro South: Spirituals - Reels - Work Songs - Ballads - Blues; Appendixes: Book List; Guitar and Banjo Guide; Discography; Index of Song Titles; Index of First Lines; Maps: Folk Song Style Areas (Front Endpaper); North American (Back Endpaper).