folk songs, english

A republication of a 1956 text that presents samples of the lore of Americans who, whatever their origins across the Atlantic Ocean, are bound together by a common use of the English language; including folktales, ballads, songs, hymns, games and country dances, fiddle tunes, prayers, jokes, and poems.

The inhabitants of Old MacDonald's farm are described, verse by verse, as the illustrations follow them through the four seasons.

Pop-ups of animals illustrate the song Old MacDonald's farm.

A collection of American folk songs for children, including "Take Me Out to the Ball Game," "Sweet Betsy from Pike," "This Land is Your Land," and "The Mockingbird Song.".

Presents the traditional version of a famous American folk poem first heard in the U.S. in the 1940's with the book showing illustrations on die-cut pages that reveal all that the old lady swallows.

An American folk song, told in rebus form and pictures, is accompanied by suggestions for a "goose-fest.".

In this old English Christmas carol the friendly stable beasts tell of the gifts they have given to the newborn Jesus.

Led by a girl on a bicycle, a collection of farmers, families, animals, and musicians takes a rollicking trip to Boston Common in this new version of an old Appalachian folk song.

A folk adaptation of the American black spiritual in which the Lord instructs Noah to "build him an arky, arky" out of "hickory barky, barky.".