| Description |
ix, 279 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
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notated music ntm rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Series |
A Sing Out publication
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| Note |
Song lyrics with guitar chord symbols, but without the tunes. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
Group singing songbook contains the words and guitar chords arranged in a compact, easy-to-use format. No melody line is given except with most of the rounds. Includes "Folk Revival" favorites, contemporary folk songs, Broadway show tunes, Beatles' songs, Motown hits, hymns/ spirituals/ gospel standards, songs about peace, freedom, labor, environment, ballads, cowboy songs, chanteys, blues and more. Fully indexed; cross-listing notes are also given at the end of many of the chapters. |
| 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 -- OldWorld hymns, White spirituals, new folk hymns, songs of Judaism -- Farm & Prairie -- farmers, migrant workers and cowboys -- Freedom -- songs of the BlackAmerican 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 mectings -- 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. |
| 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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Children's songs. (OCoLC)fst00856546
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Folk songs, English. (OCoLC)fst00929875
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Hymns, English. (OCoLC)fst00965547
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Popular music. (OCoLC)fst01071422
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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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| Added Author |
Blood, Peter, 1946-
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Patterson, Annie.
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| ISBN |
0865711364 |
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9780865711365 |
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0865711380 (pbk.) |
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9780865711389 (pbk.) |
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0865711372 (spiral) |
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9780865711372 (spiral) |
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