Hear the wind blow : American folk songs / retold by Scott R. Sanders ; illustrations by Ponder Goembel.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Bradbury Press, (c)1985.Description: xvi, 202 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GR105 .H437 1985
  • GR105
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Contents:
Springfield mountain -- Yankee doodle -- Greenland whale fishery -- Ram of Derby -- Frog went a-courting -- On top of old smoky -- Blue-tail fly -- Drill, ye tarriers, drill -- John Henry -- Casey Jones -- Devil and the farmer's wife -- Frankie and Johnny -- Frozen logger -- Jesse James -- Ballad of the boll weevil -- Johnson boys -- Buffalo skinners -- Dying cowboy -- Sweet Betsy from Pike.
Subject: Twenty tales taken from folksongs reflecting American history, e.g. "Yankee Doodle," "John Henry," "The Blue-Tail Fly," and "Frankie and Johnnie." Includes the original folk song lyrics.
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Juvenile Book (10-day checkout) Juvenile Book (10-day checkout) G. Allen Fleece Library JUVENILE COLLECTION Fiction PZ7.S19786He 1985 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923000632170

When I first came to this land -- Springfield mountain -- Yankee doodle -- Greenland whale fishery -- Ram of Derby -- Frog went a-courting -- On top of old smoky -- Blue-tail fly -- Drill, ye tarriers, drill -- John Henry -- Casey Jones -- Devil and the farmer's wife -- Frankie and Johnny -- Frozen logger -- Jesse James -- Ballad of the boll weevil -- Johnson boys -- Buffalo skinners -- Dying cowboy -- Sweet Betsy from Pike.

Twenty tales taken from folksongs reflecting American history, e.g. "Yankee Doodle," "John Henry," "The Blue-Tail Fly," and "Frankie and Johnnie." Includes the original folk song lyrics.

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