“The spirit of balladry is not dead, but slowly dying. The instincts, sentiments, and feelings which it represents are indeed as immortal as romance itself, b

Music and lyrics for over 200 songs. John Henry, Goin' Home, Little Brown Jug, Alabama-Bound, Black Betty, The Hammer Song, Jesse James, Down in the Valley, The

While his father works in the city over the winter, a young boy thinks of some good times they've shared and looks forward to his return to their South African

This new edition has faithfully retained all seventy-seven line scores of the songs and added four new ones, Loving Hannah, Lovin' Henry, Her Mantle So Green, a

Originally published in 1867, this book is a collection of songs of African-American slaves. A few of the songs were written after the emancipation, but all wer