A Prairie Home Companion Folk Song Book - Softcover

Pankake, Marcia; Pankake, Jon; Low, John Palmer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571141420 ISBN 13: 9780571141425

Publisher: Faber and Faber Ltd, 1989

Synopsis

A collection of sea shanties and lullabies, Native American ballads and parodies of old popular tunes, nonsense songs and songs that defy description. Many of the songs are accompanied by music for guitar; many include suggestions for popular adaptable tunes.

About this title

From Library Journal:

On his highly acclaimed radio program, Garrison Keillor asked listeners to send in their favorite folk songs. The songs had to be "ones you have heard from someone else" and "to which you remember the words mostly." His request laid the groundwork for this collection of true folk songs: those passed from one person to another and subject to change. The collection, which contains over 400 songs from the show's archives, is unlike any folk song book likely to be found in public libraries, offering not the traditional classics but campfire classics ("Goober Peas"), schoolyard favorites ("Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts"), and enigmatic reworkings like "While Shepherds Washed Their Socks." With musical notation for many selections and a laugh on every page. Tim LaBorie, Drexel Univ. Lib., Philadelphia
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber and Faber Ltd
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0571141420
• ISBN 13: 9780571141425
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 136