folk songs

An illustrated version of ten verses from the traditional song telling how Lou loses her sweetheart, finds another, and goes to Texas. Includes music and directions for dancing to the chorus.

Through the use of die-cutting, tells the classic counting nursery rhyme "This Old Man.".

Ten old men, in colorful numbered sweatsuits, invade a farm in the text of this traditional counting song. Includes the music and instructions for accompanying play action.

On each of the twelve days of Christmas, unusual or extravagant gifts arrive from a young woman's true love.

The king and the queen and their growing entourage return each morning to a tenement street until the little boy they have come to visit is home to greet them.

Illustrates the nursery rhyme and children's game about London Bridge's falling down. Includes a history of the bridge and music score.

This illustrated edition includes the entire song with music and ideas for playing the traditional game.

Contains the music and lyrics to twelve songs, each related to a significant place or incident in the history of westward expansion in the United States, and includes the stories of the events that inspired the tunes.

Twenty tales taken from folksongs reflecting American history, e.g. "Yankee Doodle, " "John Henry, " "The Blue-Tail Fly, " and "Frankie and Johnnie." Includes the original folk song lyrics.

An adaptation of the folk song about a frog in search of a bride.