Folk-Songs of the Southern United States / / Josiah H. Combs; ed. by D.K. Wilgus.

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• VerfasserIn: Combs, Josiah H.,
• HerausgeberIn: Wilgus, D.K.,
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©1967
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: American Folklore Society Bibliographical and Special Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (282 p.)

“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, but their mode of expression, the folksong, is fighting with its back to the wall, with the odds against it in our introspective age.” This sta...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• FOREWORD
• PREFACE
• CONTENTS
• PART I
• CHAPTER I Topography of the Southern Highlands
• CHAPTER II Ancestry of the Highlanders
• CHAPTER III The Question of Origin or Authorship
• CHAPTER IV The Quest of the Folk-Song
• CHAPTER V An Attempt at Classification of Folk-Songs
• CHAPTER VI Songs of British Origin
• CHAPTER VII Native American Songs
• CHAPTER VIII The Highlander's Music
• CHAPTER IX The Passing of the Folk-Song
• BIBLIOGRAPHY
• PART II Songs of British Origin
• The Broomfield Hill
• Fair Annie
• The Lass of Roch Royal
• Prince Robert
• Willie o Winsbury
• Mary Hamilton
• Bonnie James Campbell
• The Rantin Laddie
• Get Up and Bar the Door
• The Crafty Farmer
• The Jovial Tinker
• The Spanish Maid
• The Old Wife
• Kate and the Clothier
• There Was a Sea Captain
• The Jolly Boatsman
• Three Ships Came Sailing In
• The Gowans Are Gay
• Ryner Dyne
• Pretty Polly
• Slago Town
• To Cheer the Heart
• Come All Ye False Lovers
• Ranting Roving Lad
• The Soldier Bride's Lament
• William Bluet
• Native American Songs
• Brave Wolfe
• Floyd Frazier
• Talt Hall
• J. B. Marcum
• The Tolliver Song
• The Vance Song
• John Henry
• The Irish Peddler
• Poor Goens
• Rosanna
• William Baker
• Hiram Hubbert
• The C.&O. Wreck
• Pearl Bryan
• The Auxville Love
• Sweet Jane
• I' m Going To Join the Army
• Jack Combs
• The Black Mustache
• The Married Man
• Davy Crockett
• The Bugaboo
• The Rich and Rambling Boy
• Bob Sims
• Charles J. Guiteau
• Bad Tom Smith
• Ellen Smith
• Moonshiner
• The Gambler
• Jacob's Ladder
• The Ship That Is Passing By
• We Have Fathers Gone to Heaven
• Who Am Dat a-Walkin' in de Co'n?
• APPENDIX
• AN ANNOTATED LIST OF THE JOSIAH H. COMBS COLLECTION OF SONGS AND RHYMES
• INDEX OF TITLES AND FIRST LINES OF SONG TEXTS