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Fireside Book of Folk Songs

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Ballads and Old Favorites (American, English, Scottish, Irish) - 57 songs.

Work Songs (Sea Shanty, Cowboy Songs, Railroad Songs) - 23 songs

Marching Songs and Songs of Valor - 22 songs

Christmas Carols - 20 Songs

Old Hymns And Spirituals - 16 Hymns : 10 Spirituals

A Sample of Selections

Oh Susanaa

I Am A Poor Way Faring Stranger

Arkansas Traveler

Scarborough Fair

Bonnie George Cambell

Turkey In The Straw

Johnny Has Gone For A Soldier

The Blue Tail Fly

Clementine

Shenandoah

The Rio Grande

Casey Jones

Red River Valley

I Been Workin' on the Railroad

Blow The Man Down

Home On The Range

A- Roving

Carry Me Back To Old Virginny

Old Folks At Home

Drink To Me

The Three Ravins

Down In The Valley

Hallelujah! I'm A Bum

Lonesome Road

John Henry

Drunken Sailor

Star Spangled Banner

Dixie

When Johnny Comes Marching Home

God Save The King

La Marseillaise

The Minstrel Boy

O Little Town Of Bethlehem

What Child Is This

O Come All Ye Faithful

Twelve Days Of Christmas

Deck The Halls

The First Nowell

Joy To The World

God Rest You Mary Gentleman

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

Silent Night

Stand Up Stand Up For Jesus

Shall We Gather At The River

Rock Of Ages

Steal Away

Nobody Knows The Trouble I See

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

Many more!

I got this book from my mother when I was 16, that's more than 40 years ago, and it has been with me and my children ever since. I played the songs on the piano, on the guitar, and with the accordion, and I know them all by heart, including the lively and colorful illustrations !
The arrangements are really good and easy to play.
Every year with Christmas I play the songs, and I wouldn't miss this book for the world. If you like singing and playing, order this book, you and your kids will love it !!

I love this book. I have had it forever. It sat on my grandparents piano when I went to visit my grandmother's house in the early 1970s. It sat on my parents piano when I was growing up. I managed to obtain a copy of the revised edition with guitar chords and it has not left my side. When I moved west and had to give up some of my music, I brought it and a binder of other music. At one point I ended up with both my parents tattered copy and my newer edition so I gave my tattered, well-loved copy to my sister.

I have had this book forever! I know almost every song in the book. I love the old pictures! The songs vary from old ballads like Barbra Allen to the American national anthem. I strongly recomend this book. It will always be part of my childhood memories.

I find that it would be inpossible to play an instrument and have children, but not own this book. I used this book while I was learning to play piano growing up and just recently found it in an old box of books. This is an excellent compilation of Folk Songs!

I grew up with this book- we sang from it in school. It was hundreds of folk songs from America, Scotland, England, Russia, Mexico, all over the place. Has the music and words- easy for the piano. Just a charming book.

This book has some of the best arrangements I have seen of the most enduring folk songs from all over the world. The illustrations add to a child's fascination with the book, and we grew up playing these songs and really discovering the joys of piano. All songs are quite playable, but the harmonies are generally still interesting. Really a must-have for a family.

This compilation of traditional American songs is a gem of a book, a treasure trove of familiar and not-so-familiar songs from another era. There are sections of work songs, hymns, Negro spirituals, sea shantys, traditional folk songs, marches.....it's all there. If you want to know the words to old favorites that you grew up singing--the first verse or two of--it's probably here. Sick of hearing rap, hip hop, soul-less country, tuneless rock, and other nonsense? This book's for you. I would call it a classic.