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1 online resource |
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Cover; Contents; INTRODUCTION; I. SONGS AND BALLADS FROM THE BRITISH ISLES; A. Child Ballads; 1. The Bishop of Canterbury (45); 2. Barbara Allen (84); 3. Katie Mora (112); 4. The Hog's Heart (268); 5. The Knight in Green (268); 6. The Kennebec Bite (283); 7. The Bold Pirates (285); 8. Captain Ward (287); 9. The Mermaid (289); B. Love Themes; 10. William and Susan; 11. Henry and Ruth; 12. The London Lawyer's Son; 13. Ellen the Fair; 14. The Dark-eyed Sailor; 15. George Reily; 16. Johnny German; 17. The 'Prentice Boy; 18. The Lawyer Outwitted; 19. Canada-I-O; 20. Caroline of Edinburgh Town |
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21. The Dawning of the Day22. The Bridgewater Merchant *; 23. Pretty Polly*; 24. The Sailor's Wife's Lament; 25. Kate and Her Horns; 26. The Dog and the Gun; 27. The Spinster's Lament*; 28. The Bonny Light Horseman; 29. The Carrier Dove; C. Historical Themes; 30. Napoleon Bonaparte; 31. The Drummer Boy of Waterloo; 32. The Flaunting Flag of Liberty; D. Irish Themes; 33. Erin's Lovely Home; 34. Skewball; 35. The Rose of Ardee; 36. Old Grannau Weal; II. AMERICAN SONGS AND BALLADS; A. Love Themes; 37. Banks of Brandywine; 38. Eliza *; 39. Lilly Dale; 40. Sparking Sunday Night |
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41. The Quaker's Wooing42. I've Been Roaming; B. Historical Themes; 43. Brave Wolfe; 44. The Taxation of America; 45. Lady Washington; 46. Bold Dighton; 47. Paul Jones; 48. Old England Forty Years Ago; 49. Constitution and Guerrière; 50. Wasp Stinging Frolic; 51. Perry's Victory; 52. James Bird; 53. Noble Lads of Canada; 54. The Hunters of Kentucky; 55. The Maid of Monterrey; 56. Buena Vista; C. Pioneering Themes; 57. Wisconsin; 58. The Dying Californian; 59. The Used-up Miner; D. Political Themes; 60. The Liberty Ball; 61. A Song for the Campaign; 62. The True American; 63. The Empire Club |
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64. Wait for the WagonE. Tragic Themes; 65. Loss of the Albion; 66. Sarah Maria Cornell; F. Minstrel Songs; 67. Old Dog Tray; 68. Nancy Till; 69. My Gum-Tree Canoe; G. White Spirituals; 70. The Convert*; 71. The Gospel Ship *; 72. Canaan *; 73. We're Traveling Home *; 74. The White Pilgrim *; III. MINOR GROUPS-ENGLISH AND AMERICAN; A. Indian Themes; 75. Alknomook; 76. The Indian Hunter; 77. The Indian Hunter; 78. The Indian Student; B. Moral Themes; 79. Patient Jo; 80. The Poor Man; 81. The Sweeper; 82. The Temperance Ship *; C. Tearful Themes; 83. The Bride's Farewell; 84. The Watcher |
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85. Mary of the Wild MoorD. Satirical Themes; 86. Roving Bachelor; 87. The Country Clown; 88. Old Enoch; 89. The Gunner and Boatswain; BIBLIOGRAPHY WITH SHORT TITLES; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; W; Y |
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Folklorists and lovers of folk songs will delight in this collection of the lyrics of songs sung by settlers of western New York in the middle of the nineteenth century. The manuscript on which this book is based is the most important collection of traditional song-texts, British and American in origin, to survive from its period. Discovered in the 1930s in the attic of Harry S. Douglass in Arcade, New York, it was written by Julia S. and Volney O. Stevens, who transcribed nearly ninety of the songs with which their father, Artemas Stevens, so often entertained them. The Stevens family had come to Wyoming County, New York, from New England in 1836, bringing with them traditional songs and ballads. The Stevens-Douglass manuscript contains the texts of 89 songs. In A Pioneer Songster, these are organized first by their origins (36 are from the British Isles; 53 were composed in America) and then according to themes and subjects, including love, history, politics, the pioneering life, politics, murder and shipwrecks, minstrel songs, spirituals, Indian legends, temperance, and satire. The book features a general introduction and shorter introductions to each themed section. In addition, each song is accompanied by an informative headnote detailing its history, meaning, and significance. A Pioneer Songster, first published by Cornell University Press in 1958, has been edited for the enjoyment of the general reader, but in their annotation, the editors have aimed at assisting students and scholars of folklore, musicology, and American history. While preserving the manuscript's original punctuation and spelling, they have succeeded in creating a resource that will be of interest to all who care for the American folk tradition and the history of New York State |
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Ballads, English -- New York (State)
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Songs, English -- New York (State)
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MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Voice.
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MUSIC -- Lyrics.
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MUSIC -- Printed Music -- Vocal.
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Ballads, English
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Songs, English
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New York (State)
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Electronic book
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Thompson, Harold William, 1891-1964, editor.
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Cutting, Edith E.
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| ISBN |
9781501717543 |
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1501717545 |
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