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American Ballads and Folk Songs
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Author/Editor: John A. Lomax, Alan Lomax
ISBN 10:0486282767
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Music and lyrics for over 200 songs. John Henry, Goin' Home, Little Brown Jug, Alabama-Bound, Ten Thousand Miles from Home, Shack Bully Holler, Black Betty, The Hammer Song, Bad Man Ballad, Jesse James, Down in the Valley, <...  read more
 


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Product Description:

Music and lyrics for over 200 songs. John Henry, Goin' Home, Little Brown Jug, Alabama-Bound, Ten Thousand Miles from Home, Shack Bully Holler, Black Betty, The Hammer Song, Bad Man Ballad, Jesse James, Down in the Valley, The Bear in the Hill, Shortenin' Bread, The Ballad of Davy Crockett, and many more.
Reprint of The Macmillan Company, New York, 1934 edition.

Product Details:

ISBN 10: 0486282767
ISBN 13: 9780486282763
Author/Editor: John A. Lomax, Alan Lomax
Format: Book
Page Count: 672
Dimensions: 5 5/8 x 8 1/4
Publication date: October 1994
Table of Contents: Click here to view the Table of Contents

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