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Appendix 1 - Songs Referred to in The Music of American Folk Song

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 March 2023

Ruth Crawford Seeger
Edited by
Larry Polansky
Introduction by
Judith Tick
Larry Polansky
Affiliation:
Dartmouth College, New Hampshire
Judith Tick
Affiliation:
Northeastern University, Boston
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Summary

Many songs mentioned in this edition are spelled slightly differently in OSC. This list may assist the reader in finding in OSC and other sources the songs discussed in this edition. In the endnotes I have often cited currently available CDs (and LPs) of recordings transcribed and mentioned.

The list below contains only those songs appearing in this final edition. Every song on this list, with the exception of five (Au Long de ce Rivage, The Buffalo Skinners, Washington the Great, The Raving Shanty Boy, Drop ‘em Down) appears in OSC. There are other songs, some of which appeared in OSC, and some of which did not, which are mentioned in sections of αand LC47, but not incorporated into this edition.

Adam in the Garden Pinnin’ Leaves

Adieu to the Stone Walls

Ain't It Hard to be a Right Black Nigger?

Ain't Workin’ Song

As I Sat Down to Play Tin-can

(OSC: As I Set …)

As I Went Out for a Ramble

Au Long de ce Rivage

(not in OSC, only mentioned in α)

Batson

Belle

Biddy, Biddy

Big Fat Woman

Billy Barlow

Black Jack Davy

Blanche Comme la Neige

Blood Strained Banders

(OSC: The Blood Strained Banders)

Blue Bottle

Bugger Burns

Callahan

Chilly Winds

Choose You a Seat ‘n’ Set Down

Cotton Eyed Joe

Daddy Shot a Bear

Darling Corey

Dem Bones

Devilish Mary

Diamond Joe

Didn’ Ol’ John Cross the Water on His Knees?

Dig My Grave

Do Come Back Again

Doney Gal

Don't Talk About It

Don't You Like It

Down, Down, Down

Drive It On

Drop ‘em Down

(not in OSC)

Duncan and Brady

Dupree

East Virginia

Fare Ye Well, My Darling

(OSC: Fare Ye Well, My Darlin’)

Frenchman's Ball

(OSC: The Frenchman's Ball)

Georgia Land

Go Down, You Little Red Rising Sun

God Don't Like It

God Moves on the Water

God a Mighty Drag

(OSC: Godamighty Drag)

Hard Times in the Country

Harvey Logan

Haul Away, My Rosy

High Barbaree

(OSC: The High Barbaree)

Hog Rogues on the Harricane

Holy Ghost

Hush Li’l Baby

I Came to This Country in 1865

I Got to Roll

If I Got My Ticket, Can I Ride?

I’m a Stranger Here

I’m Worried Now But I Won't Be Worried Long

I’ve Been a Bad, Bad Girl

(OSC: I Been … )

Job

John Done Saw That Number

John Henry

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The Music of American Folk Song
And Selected Other Writings on American Folk Music
 , pp. 108 - 113
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Print publication year: 2001

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