Product Description

"Work songs, love songs, ballads and blues, lullabyies, spirituals, protest songs, and sheer nonsense make up this entertaining collection of 62 traditional and contemporary favorites. The exuberant illustrations manage to be both familiar and dramatic and range in tone from comic exaggeration to understatement and unashamed sentiment. Informal notes at the head of each song give something about history, origin, performance, and possibilities for variation. The notes also express the sense of connection with ordinary people's lives that is at the heart of this collection."--Booklist (starred)  

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #792458 in Books
• Published on: 1995-03-07
• Released on: 1995-03-07
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

From Publishers Weekly
PW described this anthology as "akin to an invigorating musical tour of American history and American regions." All ages.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From the Inside Flap
"Work songs, love songs, ballads and blues, lullabyies, spirituals, protest songs, and sheer nonsense make up this entertaining collection of 62 traditional and contemporary favorites. The exuberant illustrations manage to be both familiar and dramatic and range in tone from comic exaggeration to understatement and unashamed sentiment. Informal notes at the head of each song give something about history, origin, performance, and possibilities for variation. The notes also express the sense of connection with ordinary people's lives that is at the heart of this collection."--Booklist (starred)  

Customer Reviews

Excellent book for teaching children folk songs
I would recommend this book to any children's music director or teacher. A complete work of folk tunes and fun songs to learn and memorize, so they will not be forgotten.