I Hear America Singing! : Folk Songs for American Families

by KRULL, KATHLEENGARNS, ALLEN

• ISBN13: 9780375925276
• ISBN10: 0375925279
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2003-05-01
• Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers

Summary

Originally published as "Gonna Sing My Head Off," this colorful songbook is reissued with an accompanying 23-song CD. Features lyrics from such beloved American songs as "On Top of Old Smoky" and "This Land Is Your Land."

Table of Contents

Note	vii
Arlo Guthrie
Author's Note	ix
Acres of Clams Puget Sound, Washington	2	(2)
Arkansas Traveler Arkansas	4	(2)
Barnyard Song (I Had a Cat) Appalachia	6	(2)
Beans in My Ears Ohio	8	(1)
Buffalo Gals Buffalo, New York	9	(2)
Casey Jones Kentucky/Mississippi	11	(3)
The Cat Came Back Chicago	14	(2)
City of New Orleans Midwest	16	(4)
Clementine California	20	(2)
The Cowboy's Lament (The Streets of Laredo) Texas	22	(2)
The Crawdad Song South	24	(2)
Down by the Riverside (Ain't Gonna Study War No More) South	26	(2)
Down in the Valley Kentucky	28	(2)
The Erie Canal (I've Got a Mule) New York State	30	(2)
Follow the Drinking Gourd South	32	(2)
The Fox (Went Out on a Chilly Night) New England	34	(2)
Freight Train North Carolina	36	(2)
The Frozen Logger Northwest	38	(2)
Git Along, Little Dogies West	40	(2)
Go Tell Aunt Rhody New England	42	(1)
Go Tell It on the Mountain South	43	(2)
Going to the Zoo Chicago	45	(3)
Good Night, Irene South	48	(2)
Home on the Range Kansas	50	(2)
I Ride An Old Paint Texas/Oklahoma	52	(2)
I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago Traditional American	54	(2)
If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song) Traditional American	56	(3)
I've Been Working on the Railroad South	59	(3)
Jesse James Missouri	62	(2)
Joe Hill Traditional American	64	(3)
John Henry West Virginia	67	(2)
Little Boxes Daly City, California	69	(2)
Mama Dont Allow Traditional American	71	(2)
Michael, Row the Boat Ashore Southeast	73	(1)
The Mockingbird Song (Hush, Little Baby) Appalachia/Alabama	74	(2)
The Motorcycle Song East	76	(3)
Oh, Susanna! California	79	(2)
Old Joe Clark South	81	(2)
On Top of Old Smoky Kentucky/Tennessee	83	(2)
Red River Valley West	85	(2)
The Riddle Song (I Gave My Love a Cherry) Kentucky	87	(2)
Rock Island Line South	89	(3)
Shall We Gather at the River? Brooklyn, New York	92	(2)
She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain Midwest	94	(2)
Shenandoah Missouri	96	(2)
Shiloh, Liza Jane (Scraping Up Sand in the Bottom of the Sea) Missouri	98	(2)
The Sloop John B. New England	100	(3)
So Long, It's Been Good to Know You (Dusty Old Dust) Oklahoma	103	(3)
Stewball South	106	(2)
Sweet Betsy from Pike California	108	(2)
Take Me Out to the Ball Game Traditional American	110	(2)
Tell Me Why Traditional American	112	(2)
There's a Hole in the Bucket Pennsylvania	114	(2)
This Land is Your Land Oklahoma	116	(3)
This Little Light of Mine South	119	(3)
`Tis a Gift to be Simple New York State	122	(2)
Turkey in the Straw Midwest	124	(2)
Turn, Turn, Turn (To Everything There Is a Season) New York State	126	(2)
We Shall Overcome South	128	(2)
What Have They Done to the Rain? California	130	(3)
Will the Circle be Unbroken South	133	(2)
Yankee Doodle New England	135	(4)
Index of First Lines	139	(2)
Index of Song Types	141