American folk tales and songs
Subtitle: and other examples of English-American tradition as preserved in the Appalachian Mountains and elsewhere in the United States.
By: Compiled, with introd. and notes. [Drawings by Joshua Tolford. Music edited with the assistance of Raymond Kane McLain, Annabel Morris Buchanan, and John Powell]
Contributors: Tolford, Joshua, illus.
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 1971
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
Subjects: Folklore -- United States.; Folk songs, English -- United States.; Folk music -- United States.
Description: The humor, hardships and traditions of the Southern Appalachian Mountains are represented in stories and songs in the American folk tradition.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Includes unacc. melodies, in part with shape-note notation.
Reprint of the 1956 ed.