"The assembling of the songs...was made possible by the John Simon Guggenheim memorial foundation of New York through a fellowship that enabled Mr. Blegen in 1928-29 to conduct a search in Norway for materials relating to Norwegian emigration. He has supplied the texts and the historical sketches accompanying them, and Mr. Ruud, the translations." - Publisher's note (1936).
Reprint of the 1936 ed. published by H. Milford, Oxford University Press, London, and by University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis.