Folk-Songs of the South: Collected Under the Auspices of the West Virginia Folk-Lore SocietyJohn Harrington Cox Harvard University Press, 1925 - Počet stran: 588 "Folk-music is the product of a people, portraying the thoughts, feelings, and tastes that are communal rather than personal. It is always in the process of solution, its creation is never complete, and, owing to the manner in which it is perpetuated, it is liable to all sorts of modifications in the course of time and the process of transmission from one locality to another." -Lydia I. Hinkel, editor of the folk tunes section of the bookOriginally published in 1925, this historical, musical look at the Southern community includes 185 songs in 398 variants, along with 29 tunes for 26 different songs. They range from one end of the spectrum to the other, and include "The Rebel Soldier," "The Yellow Rose of Texas," and "The Sheffield Apprentice."Regardless of style or subject, the songs offer a valuable insight into everyday life in the Old South. In gratitude, a song of thanks should be sung to the author. |
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LADY ISABEL AND THE ELF KNIGHT CHILD No | 1 |
EARL BRAND CHILD No | 18 |
THE CRUEL MOTHER CHILD No | 29 |
YOUNG BEICHAN CHILD No | 36 |
YOUNG HUNTING CHILD No | 42 |
FAIR MARGARET AND SWEET WILLIAM CHILD No | 65 |
LORD LOVEL CHILD No | 78 |
BONNY BARBARA ALLEN CHILD No | 84 |
KITTY WELLS | 395 |
THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS | 396 |
THE DRUNKARDS DREAM | 398 |
FORWARD BOYS HURRAH | 401 |
TEMPERANCE SONG | 403 |
WHEN I WAS ONEANDTWENTY | 404 |
JONAH | 405 |
THE LITTLE FAMILY | 407 |
BESSIE BELL AND MARY GRAY CHILD No 201 | 134 |
HENRY MARTIN CHILD No 250 | 150 |
THE WIFE WRAPPED IN WETHERS SKIN CHILD No 277 | 159 |
THE CRAFTY FARMER CHILD No 283 | 166 |
THE MERMAID CHILD No 289 | 172 |
THE ASHLAND TRAGEDY | 189 |
A WEST VIRGINIA FEUD SONG | 205 |
LOGAN COUNTY COURT HOUSE | 212 |
MAGGIE WAS A LADY FRANKIE | 218 |
MACK MCDONALD | 231 |
AN ARKANSAW TRAVELLER | 239 |
THE LONE PRAIRIE | 247 |
A COMICAL DITTY | 253 |
THE BATTLE OF BRIDGEWATER | 259 |
THE VICTORY WON AT RICHMOND | 266 |
JEFF DAVIS THE SOUTHERN WAGON | 272 |
MOTHER IS THE BATTLE OVER? | 278 |
CORPORAL SCHNAPPS | 283 |
MY PARENTS REARED ME TENDERLY | 300 |
COME PRETTY POLLY POLLYS LOVE | 308 |
THE WEXFORD GIRL THE CRUEL MILLER | 311 |
ROSE CONNOLEY | 314 |
A PRETTY FAIR MAIDEN THE SINGLE SAILOR | 316 |
THE BROKEN RING | 319 |
THE BANKS OF CLAUDIE | 321 |
GEORGE REILLY | 323 |
WILLIAM HALL | 326 |
JOHNNY GERMANY | 328 |
JACKIE FRAISURE | 330 |
THE SILKMERCHANTS DAUGHTER | 334 |
THE ORPHAN GYPSY GIRL | 335 |
IOI WILLIAM REILLY | 336 |
MOLLIE VAUGHN | 339 |
CHARMING BEAUTY BRIGHT | 342 |
THE RICH MERCHANT | 343 |
VILIKINS AND HIS DINAH | 344 |
YOUNG EDWIN IN THE LOWLANDS Low | 345 |
A POOR STRANGER FAR FROM HOME | 346 |
THE DROWSY SLEEPER | 348 |
THE SILVER DAGGER | 350 |
SWEET WILLIAM THE SAILOR BOY | 353 |
EARLY IN THE SPRING | 358 |
CAROLINE OF EDINBURGH TOWN | 362 |
THE SAILOR AND HIS BRIDE | 364 |
PRETTY SALLY SALLY AND HER TRUE LOVE BILLY | 366 |
A GAY SPANISH MAID | 371 |
THE PRETTY MOHEA | 372 |
THE SOLDIERS WOOING | 375 |
LADY LEROY | 377 |
THE BANKS OF SWEET DUNDEE | 379 |
WILLIAM TAYLOR | 382 |
DOG AND GUN | 384 |
PRETTY POLLY | 387 |
THE JACK OF TAR | 389 |
YOUNG JOHNNY | 390 |
THE MILKMAID | 392 |
MY PRETTY MAID SEVENTEEN COME SUNDAY | 394 |
THE TWELVE JOYS | 409 |
WICKED POLLY | 411 |
THE TRUE LOVERS FAREWELL | 413 |
THE GREEN WILLOW TREE THE SPRIG OF THYME | 415 |
THE GREEN LAURELS THE ORANGE AND BLUE | 417 |
YOUNG LADIES LITTLE SPARROW | 419 |
YOUTH AND FOLLY | 422 |
MAGGIE GODDON | 424 |
A FORSAKEN LOVER | 425 |
LOVE HAS BROUGHT ME TO DESPAIR | 427 |
THE BUTCHER BOY | 430 |
FAREWELL SWEET MARY | 433 |
MARY O THE DEE | 435 |
MARY OF THE WILD MOOR | 437 |
THE GYPSYS WARNING | 439 |
FAIR FANNY MOORE | 441 |
ERINS GREEN SHORE | 442 |
POOR LITTLE JOE | 445 |
THE ORPHAN GIRL | 446 |
THE BLIND MANS REGRET | 448 |
THE DISHONEST MILLER | 450 |
FATHER GRUMBLE | 455 |
AN OLD WOMANS STORY | 464 |
THE SPANISH LADY | 465 |
SOLDIER SOLDIER WONT YOU MARRY ME? | 467 |
A BACHELORS LAMENT | 468 |
LITTLE JOHNNY GREEN | 469 |
THE FROG AND THE MOUSE | 470 |
THE FOx | 474 |
THE RANGER | 476 |
THE THREE FARMERS | 478 |
THE THREE ROGUES | 480 |
THE SKINANDBONE LADY | 482 |
BILLY BOY | 484 |
THE OLD MAN WHO CAME OVER THE MOOR | 489 |
OLD GRIMES | 490 |
THE COBBLERS BOY | 491 |
THE YOUNG MAN WHO TRAVELLED UP AND DOWN | 492 |
THE YOUNG MAN WHO WOULD NT HOE CORN | 494 |
OLD JOE CLOG | 495 |
OLD SAM FANNY | 496 |
GROUND HOG SONG | 498 |
DAVY CROCKETT | 499 |
CREATION SONG | 501 |
THE ARKANSAW TRAVELLER | 503 |
THE NIGGER TUNE | 506 |
OLD NOAH | 508 |
A GLORIOUS WEDDING | 510 |
HARD TIMES | 511 |
PUTTING ON THE STYLE | 514 |
GET UP AND BAR THE DOOR CHILD No 275 | 516 |
SIX KINGS DAUGHTERS | 521 |
MCAFEES CONFESSION | 525 |
JOE BOWERS | 527 |
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