| Edition |
Rev. ed., Larger print leader's ed. |
| Description |
vii, 281 pages (large print) : illustrations, music ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Lyrics and guitar chords for traditional and modern folk songs. |
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"Words, chords & sources to 1200 songs"--Cover. |
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"A Sing Out! publication." |
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Edition statements from title page and cover. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
America : life, culture and history in the USA -- Ballads & old songs : traditional songs and carols of the British Isles -- City : trials and joys of urban life -- Creativity : fiddlers, dancers, weavers and singers -- Dreams & fantasies : songs of the imagination -- Ecology : care for the earth and our environment -- Faith : Old World hymns, white spirituals, new folk hymns, songs of Judaism -- Farm & prairie : farmers, migrant workers and cowboys -- Freedom : songs of the Black American civil rights/liberation movement -- Friendship : hugs, old buddies, tears & folks to lean on -- Funny songs : humor for the "big kids" -- Golden oldies : popular songs from the 1890's to the 1940's -- Good times : wassails, jugbands, nights-on-the town & other revelry -- Gospel : composed hymns of the late 19th & early 20th century revival meetings -- Hard times & blues : perseverance, prison, loneliness & some murders -- Home & family : children, parenting & other nesting activities -- Hope : gentle social change songs, personal change, love for humanity -- Love : romance -- Lullabies and night songs -- Men : on new male roles (and some old ones, too) -- Mountain voices : songs from Appalachia -- Outdoors : songs & hymns celebrating nature, weather, wilderness & mornings -- Peace : keeping the planet alive -- Play : silly songs, animal songs & tons of other kids' favorites -- Rich & poor : "Wobblies", tramps, rising prices & economic justice -- Rounds : less "serious" canons (most with music) -- Sacred rounds & chants : on unity, hope, peace & the Spirit -- Sea : sailors, seaports, shipwrecks & loved ones back home -- Spirituals : Black traditional hymns from the days of slavery -- Struggle : fights for national freedom & a just world -- Time & changes : seasons of the year, seasons of life -- Travelin' : canalboats, railroad men, truck drivers (& more hoboes) -- Unity : equality, community, solidarity -- Women : celebrating our sisterhood, claiming our stories -- Work : working folks' experiences & struggles for dignity & their unions. |
| Summary |
Lyrics and guitar chords for traditional and modern folk songs. |
| Subject |
Songbooks, English -- United States -- Scores.
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Songbooks, English -- United States -- Texts.
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Folk songs, English -- United States -- Scores.
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Folk songs, English -- United States -- Texts.
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Popular music -- United States -- Scores.
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Popular music -- United States -- Texts.
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Hymns, English -- Texts.
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Hymns, English -- Scores.
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Children's songs -- Texts.
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Children's songs -- Scores.
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Popular music. (OCoLC)fst01071422
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Hymns, English. (OCoLC)fst00965547
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Folk songs, English. (OCoLC)fst00929875
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Children's songs. (OCoLC)fst00856546
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Songbooks, English. (OCoLC)fst01126081
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Texts. (OCoLC)fst01423705
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Scores. (OCoLC)fst01692898
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Scores.
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| Added Author |
Blood, Peter, 1946-
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Patterson, Annie.
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McWhirter, Kore Loy. Illustrator.
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Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014.
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Moss, Mark. Editor.
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Bell, Judy.
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Kerman, Kate.
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Atkinson, Scott.
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Courrier, Ed.
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Larsen, Grey.
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| ISBN |
1881322149 (spiral bound) |
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9781881322146 (spiral bound) |
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