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Steamboatin' days, folk songs of the river packet era
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- Summary
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Collection of Negro songs of the river packet era.
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- Creator
- [compiled by] Mary Wheeler
- Format
- Music Scores
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Baton Rouge, La., Louisiana State University Press, 1944
- Series
- Physical Details
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- x, 121 pages illustrations, music 27 cm
- OCLC
- ocm00926575, ocm00926575
- Melodies unaccompanied.
- Also issued online.
- Captain Jim Rees an' the Katie.--I'm wukin' my way back home.--Ida Red.--Oh, when I git my new house done.--Stavin chain.--Po' shine.--Katie an' the Jim Lee had a little race.--She leaves Memphis.--Vicksburg 'round the bend.--Duke see the tie pile.--Skinner, Skinner, you know the rule.--Master had a bran new coat.--God dawg my lousy soul.--I'm the man that kin raise so long.--Carryin' sacks.--I'm goin' down the rivuh befo' long.--I'm goin' up the rivuh.--I wuz borned on the rivuh.--Oh, Annie, oh!.--Down the rivuh, down, boys.--B'y' Sara burned down.--The gold dust fire.--John Gilbert.--The Joe Fowler blues.--I'm goin' down the rivuh.--Golden City.--Ferd Herold blues.--I'm Alabama bound.--Katie an' the Jim Lee had a race.--I am waitn' on the levee.--Soundings (The song of the leadsman).--I come up out uv Egypt.--Red Sea.--Gabriel's trumpet.--Jesus nevuh come in the mornin'.--This ole worl' ain't goin' to stan' much longer.--Is yo' lamps gone out?.--Where wuz you las' night?.--Ain't got no place to lay my head.--Ohio Rivuh, she's so deep an' wide.--Uphead an' scatter, boys.--Alberta, let yo' hair hang low.--Come on, my Pink, an' tell me what you think.--Careless love.--Come, love, come, the boat lies low.--Rowdy soul.--Uncle Bud.--Take yo' time.--Stacker Lee, no. 1.--Stacker Lee, no. 2.--Stacker Lee, no. 3.--Been all aroun' the whole roun' world'.--Early in the mornin'.--Devil.--Late one night.--Beefsteak when I'm hongry.--Big boat's up the rivuh.--I'm goin' down the rivuh, baby.--I'm goin' to ship on the Mike Davis.--The Kate Adams.--The Macombrey Queen.--My man's up the rivuh.--On the banks uv the ole Tennessee.--The po' ole slave.--Woman, woman, I seen yo' man.--You talk about yo' greenbacks