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1	Body, boots & britches. more books like this by Harold William Thompson add to wishlist see all copies from $4.98! signed copies \| first editions
2	American Ballads & Folk Songs more books like this by John Lomax, III add to wishlist 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 Ballad of Davy Crockett," and many more. see all copies from $9.00! new only from $11.82! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Robin Hood more books like this by James Clarke Holt add to wishlist Professor James Holt presents evidence of crucial importance in identifying the original Robin Hood, as well as showing how the exploits of other outlaws contributed to the legend and giving an entirely new interpretation of Robin Hood's most famous characteristic--that he robbed the rich in order to give to the poor. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $35.00! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Joan Baez Songbook: P/V/G Folio more books like this by Maynard Solomon (Editor), Elie Siegmeister add to wishlist Sixty-six songs comprising the repertoire of America's best-loved folksinger, with historical musical annotations, arranged for piano/vocal with chord symbols. Includes: Amazing Grace * House of the Rsing Sun * Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream * Where Have All the Flowers Gone * and more. see all copies from $4.40! new only from $19.58! \| first editions
5	The Rose & the Briar: Death, Love and Liberty in the American Ballad more books like this by Sean Wilentz (Editor), Greil Marcus (Editor) add to wishlist Wilentz and Marcus have assembled an astonishing group of writers and artists--more than a dozen novelists, essayists, performers, and critics--to explore the ineffable power of the American ballad in words and in drawings. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Song of Robin Hood more books like this by Anne Malcolmson (Editor), Virginia Lee Burton (Illustrator) add to wishlist A collection of 18 classic ballads that tell the legend of Robin Hood. Musical notation is included. The b&w illustrations evoke Medieval illuminated manuscripts. see all copies from $7.50! new only from $10.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Best of Robert Service more books like this by Robert Service add to wishlist This new and revised edition of poems about the men and women of the North features the most loved ballads by Robert Service, and is illustrated with lively art by Marilen Van Nimwegen. While living in Whitehorse, Robert Service wrote The Cremation of Sam McGee, and other well-known poems. He wrote and published into his mid-eighties. He was ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Ballad of America: The History of the United States in Song and Story more books like this by John Anthony Scott add to wishlist Eight epochs of American folk heritage are covered in this collection: Chapter I--The Colonial Period (The British Heritage and Colonial Songs and Ballads); Chapter II--The American Revolution; Chapter III--The Early National Period; Chapter IV--Jacksonian America (Sea and Immigra-tion, The Westward Movement, and Slavery Days); Chapter V--The ... see all copies from $2.20! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	English and Scottish Popular Ballads more books like this by Francis J Child add to wishlist Published between 1882 and 1898, the original ten-part study became the definitive collection of popular English and Scottish ballads. Francis James Child superceded previous and unreliable ballad editions by compiling all the extant ballads with all known variants, making them available for the first time. Features his invaluable commentary for ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $31.46! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Folk Songs of the Southern Appalachians as Sung by Jean Ritchie more books like this by Alan Lomax, Jean Ritchie, Ron Pen (Foreword by) add to wishlist Jean Ritchie is the best known and most respected singer of traditional ballads in the United States. It has been nearly thirty years since she originally published Folk Songs of the Southern Appalachians, and the music found here tells the story of the "Singing Ritchie Family" at a time when railroads, coal mines, and hillbilly radio were making ... see all copies from $9.99! new only from $12.78! \| SVS
11	The Ballad Book of John Jacob Niles more books like this by John Jacob Niles add to wishlist From 1909 to 1917, and again from 1928 to 1934, John Jacob Niles gathered and recorded folk music from southern Appalachia. His ballad book includes transcriptions, commentary on his fieldwork, and a discussion of oral transmission and the ballad tradition. see all copies from $8.10! new only from $18.32! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12	Our Singing Country: Folk Songs and Ballads more books like this by John Avery Lomax (Compiled by), Alan Lomax (Compiled by) add to wishlist Melodies and words for over 200 authentic folk songs and ballads from all parts of the country -- spirituals, hollers, game songs, lullabies, courting songs, work songs, Cajun airs, breakdowns, many more. see all copies from $10.22! new only from $10.22! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	He Was Singin' This Song: A Collection of Forty-Eight Traditional Songs of the American Cowboy, with Words, Music, Pictures, and Stories more books like this by Jim Bob Tinsley, Elizabeth Orth add to wishlist This lovingly researched book is a musical, pictorial and historical narrative of the Old West, featuring 48 annotated songs that are authentic examples of the popular music of the era. Author Jim Bob Tinsley sings 11 of the most popular songs from the book on the accompanying CD. Winner of the Outstanding Western Music Award from the National ... see all copies from $20.14! new only from $20.14! \| signed copies \| first editions
14	A Singer and Her Songs: Almeda Riddle's Book of Ballads more books like this by Almeda Riddle add to wishlist see all copies from $20.79! signed copies \| first editions
15	The ballad of tradition more books like this by Gordon Hall Gerould add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
16	The Very Best Irish Songs & Ballads: Volume 1: Words, Music and Guitar Chords by Patrick Conway add to wishlist Old favorites and modern classics, made famous throughout the world by Mary Black, Christy Moore, The Dubliners, and many others, are presented here with complete lyrics, melody lines and guitar chords. Generous illustrations complement the tunes. Fifty songs are included in each of the four volumes in this set. Volume One contains Raglan Road; ... see all copies from $5.00! new only from $9.33!
17	Polly Vaughn: A Traditional British Ballad more books like this by Barry Moser add to wishlist Polly Vaughan and Jimmy Randall are sweethearts and they plan to marry, despite the Vaughan and Randall feud. Polly has never understood why Jimmy goes hunting, even though he tells her that all he likes about it is getting out in the woods, but his hunting finally ends in tragedy. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
18	The Ballad Book more books like this by John Jacob Niles add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The Maiden on the Moor more books like this by Marilyn Singer, Troy Howell (Illustrator) add to wishlist A tale of an ancient world in which two brothers find a maiden lying on a cold barren moor. When supernatural forces awaken on the moor, a transformation begins, changing the lives of the brothers and releasing the maiden to her own wild fate. Inspired by a medieval verse and illustrated with paintings by Troy Howell. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.78! \| first editions
20 view cover	The Illustrated Border Ballads: The Anglo-Scottish Frontier more books like this by John Marsden, Nic Barlow (Photographer) add to wishlist These Border ballads have long been the neglected heritage of that historic frontier between England and Scotland from which they sprang. However often they are quoted in history books and tourist guides, there has been no anthology of the balladry of the border published for many years and yet the ballads remain a vivid and vital source of ... see all copies from $4.80! first editions
21	The Ballad as Song more books like this by Bertrand Harris Bronson add to wishlist see all copies from $28.50! first editions
22 view cover	The Night Casey Was Born: The True Story Behind the Great American Ballad "Casey at the Bat" more books like this by John Evangelist Walsh add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
23 view cover	Spiritual Folk-Songs of Early America more books like this by George Pullen Jackson (Editor) add to wishlist Two Hundred And Fifty Tunes And Texts With An Introduction And Notes. see all copies from $13.38! new only from $19.83! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	The Whorehouse Bells Were Ringing and Other Songs Cowboys Sing more books like this by Guy Logsdon (Editor) add to wishlist Shows how bawdy material has always been integral to cowboy culture. see all copies from $13.23! new only from $41.96! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Stagolee Shot Billy more books like this by Cecil Brown add to wishlist In 1895 in a New Orleans bar, Lee Shelton shot William Lyons. This incident became the basis for more than 100 songs--which differ from the "true story" anywhere from slightly to dramatically. STAGOLEE SHOT BILLY examines the events of that evening and the subsequent adoption of the story by hundreds of performers in every genre of music from ... see all copies from $9.45! new only from $13.37! \| SVS

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