The Penguin Book of American Folk Songs

by Alan Lomax (Compiler & Editor), Elizabeth Poston (Piano Arrangements)

111 ballads, sea shanties, love songs, lullabies, reels, work songs, cowboy songs and spirituals popular in America from colonial days to modern times

Genres: Music

159 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1964

About the author

Alan Lomax was an American ethnomusicologist, best known for his numerous field recordings of folk music of the 20th century. He was also a musician himself, as well as a folklorist, archivist, writer, scholar, political activist, oral historian, and film-maker.

Reviews

[Thomas Ray · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Penguin Book of American Folk Songs, Compiled and Edited with Notes by Alan Lomax: 111 ballads, sea shanties, love songs, lullabies, reels, work songs, cowboy songs, and spirituals popular in America from Colonial days to modern times. Piano Arrangements by Elizabeth Poston, guitar chords. 1964. 159 pages. Dewey 784.4

16 Yankee songs

18 Southern mountain songs

Includes this version of "Darlin', you can't love one," p. 54:
Darlin, you can't love one (x2), You can't love one and have any fun, Darlin' …
Darlin, you can't love two (x2), You can't love and to me be true, Darlin' …
Darlin, you can't love three (x2), You can't love three and get along with me, Darlin' …
Darlin, you can't love four (x2), You can't love four and come knocking at my door, Darlin' …
Darlin, you can't love five (x2), You can't love five and get honey from my hive, Darlin' …
Darlin, you can't love six (x2), You can't love six and keep me in this fix, Darlin' …
Darlin, you can't love seven (x2), You can't love seven and expect to go to heaven, Darlin' …
Darlin, you can't love eight (x2), You can't love eight and keep this business straight, Darlin' …
Darlin, you can't love nine (x2), You can't love nine and see me all the time, Darlin' …
Darlin, you can't love ten (x2), You can't love ten and be welcome here again, Darlin' …

18 Lullabies and reels

including
Go to sleepy, little baby, p. 54
Mockingbird, p. 54
Frog went a-courtin', p. 61
Get along home, Cindy, p. 69

19 Spirituals and work songs

including
Cherry Tree Carol, p. 77
Poor wayfaring stranger, p. 78
Nobody knows the trouble I see, p. 79

14 Western songs

including
Whoopie-ti-yi-yo p. 107

26 Modern times

including
The Midnight Special, p. 125
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum, p. 129, parody of Baptist hymn, Hallelujah, Thine the Glory
St. James Infirmary, p. 134
The Titanic, p. 136
Worried Man, p. 137
Irene Goodnight, p. 138
Which Side Are You On?, p. 139
Blowin' down the Road, p. 140

American Folk Guitar Style, including chords and rhythms, pp. 147-151

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