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The 92 songs in this handsomely illustrated songbook-compiled and edited by one of America's leading authorities on folklore and folk music-colorfully document America's pioneering spirit. In song after song, the triumphs and miseries, thrills and adventures of homesteaders, lumberjacks, cowboys, gold miners, railroad workers, outlaws and other early Western adventurers come vividly to life.
Here are America's ballads, lullabies, battle cries, love songs, satirical songs,children's singing games and more-each with a story to tell, a moment to treasure, a feeling to share. There are familiar favorites like "Sweet Betsy from Pike," "The Streets of Laredo" and "The Big Rock Candy Mountain" side by side with less familiar songs, each a delight to explore: "The Little Old Sod Shanty on My Claim," "Seeing the Elephant," "Fifty Thousand Lumberjacks," "Doney Gal," "When the Ice Worms Nest Again," and many more.
This is a great collection for sing-alongs, for school and club shows and for work and study projects that involve the history and folklore of the West. Along with the lyrics for each song, Earl Robinson has provided an easy-to-follow vocal score, complete with simple piano arrangements and chord symbols. Irwin Silber's historical notes and commentaries, together with the 127 period illustrations printed throughout the book, engagingly set the stage for this lively, colorful chapter in the history of American music.

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THOUGHTS ON THE MUSIC
INTRODUCTION
Part 1 "Ho! For California!"
THE RACE TO CALIFORNIA
HO! FOR CALIFORNIA
SACRAMENTO
SWEET BETSY FROM PIKE
JOE BOWERS
CROSSING THE PLAINS
COMING AROUND THE HORN
WE LL GIVE EM JESSIE
SIOUX INDIANS
A LA RU
SONG OF HAPPINESS
THE PACIFIC RAILROAD
Part 2 "On the Plains of Mexico"
REMEMBER THE ALAMO!
GREEN GROW THE LILACS
SANTY ANNO
THE MAID OF MONTEREY
BUENA VISTA
MUSTANG GRAY
CLARIN DE CAMPANA
EL TECOLOTE
Part 3 "Come, Come, Ye Saints.t"
COME, COME, YE SAINTS
SEA GULLS AND CRICKETS
THE MOUNTAIN MEADOWS MASSACRE
THE HANDCART SONG
BRIGHAM YOUNG
ECHO CANYON
Part 4 "The Days of '49"
THE DAYS OF FORTY-NINE
THE GOOD OLD DAYS OF '5O, '1, AND
WHEN I WENT OFF TO PROSPECT
LIFE IN CALIFORNIA
SEEING THE ELEPHANT
I OFTEN THINK OF WRITING HOME
CALIFORNIA AS IT IS
THE LOUSY MINER
POKER JIM
HANGTOWN GALS
HUMBUG STEAMSHIP COMPANIES
CALIFORNIA STAGE COMPANY
WE ARE ALL A-PANNING
CORRIDO DE JOAQUIN MURIETA
TWELVE HUNDRED MORE
ROOT HOG, OR DIE
I'M OFF TO BOISE CITY
THE DREARY BLACK HILLS
THE OLD SETTLER'S SONG
Part 5 "Ride Around Little Dogies"
I RIDE AN OLD PAINT
THE OLD CHISHOLM TRAIL
THE BUFFALO SKINNERS
GIT ALONG, LITTLE DOGIES
COWBOY S GETTIN -UP HOLLER
GOOD-BYE OLD PAINT
Part 6 "The Farmer Is the Man"
Part 7 "Come All You Bold Fellers"
Part 8 "Roll On, Columbia"

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