Ninety-two songs — ballads, lullabies, battle cries, love songs, satirical songs, children’s singing games and more — celebrate the ups and downs of homesteaders, lumberjacks, cowboys, gold miners, railroad workers, outlaws, and other early adventurers. Complete lyrics, vocal score, simple piano arrangements, chord symbols. Historical notes and 127 period illustrations.
Reprint of the Macmillan Company, New York, 1967 edition.
THOUGHTS ON THE MUSIC
INTRODUCTION
Part 1 " "Ho! For California!"
THE RACE TO CALIFORNIA
HO! FOR CALIFORNIA
SACRAMENTO
SWEET BETSY FROM PIKE
JOW BOWERS
CROSSING THE PLAINS
COMING AROUND THE HORN
WE'LL GIVE 'EM JESSIE
SIOUX INDIANS
A LA RU
SONG OF HAPPINESS
THE PACIFIC RAILROAD
Part 2 " "On the Plains of Mexico"
REMEMBER THE ALAMO!
GREEN GROW THE LILACS
SANTY ANNO
THE MAID OF MONTEREY
BUENA VISTA
MUSTANG GRAY
CLARÍN DE CAMPAÑA
EL TECOLOTE
Part 3 " "Come, Come, Ye Saints!"
"COME, COME, YE SAINTS"
SEA GULLS AND CRICKETS
THE MOUNTAIN MEADOWS MASSACRE
THE HANDCART SONG
BRIGHAM YOUNG
ECHO CANYON
Part 4 " "The Days of '49"
THE DAYS OF FORTY-NINE
"THE GOOD OLD DAYS OF '50, '1, AND '2"
WHEN I WENT OFF TO PROSPECT
LIFE IN CALIFORNIA
SEEING THE ELEPHANT
I OFTEN THINK OF WRITING HOME
CALIFORNIA AS IT IS
THE LOUSY MINER
POKER JIM
HANGTOWN GALS
HUMBUG STEAMSHIP COMPANIES
CALIFORNIA STAGE COMPANY
WE ARE ALL A-PANNING
CORRIDO DE JOAQUÍN MURIETA
TWELVE HUNDRED MORE
"ROOT HOG, OR DIE"
I'M OFF TO BOISE CITY
THE DREARY BLACK HILLS
THE OLD SETTLER'S SONG
Part 5 " "Ride Around Little Dogies"
I RIDE AN OLD PAINT
THE OLD CHISHOLM TRAIL
THE BUFFALO SKINNERS
"GIT ALONG, LITTLE DOGIES"
COWBOY'S GETTING'-UP HOLLER
GOOD-BYE OLD PAINT
CORRIDO DE KANSAS
DONEY GAL
THE TRAIL TO MEXICO
"COWBOY'S LIFE IS A DREARY, DREARY LIFE"
THE GAL I LEFT BEHIND ME
UTAH CARROLL
BURY ME NOT ON THE LONE PRAIRIE
SPANISH IS THE LOVING TONGUE
"LITTLE JOE, THE WRANGLER"
Part 6 " "The Farmer Is the Man"
THE HOMESTEAD OF THE FREE
UNCLE SAM'S FARM
THE LITTLE OLD SOD SHANTY ON MY CLAIM
WESTERN HOME
THE LANE COUNTY BACHELOR
KANSAS BOYS
THE WYOMING NESTER
DAKOTA LAND
THE KANSAS
THE FARMER IS THE MAN
THE HAYSEED
THE INDEPENDENT MAN
THE PEOPLE'S JUBILEE
Part 7 " "Come All You Bold Fellers"
JESSE JAMES
SAM BASS
BILLY THE KID
THE ZEBRA DUN
EL TORO MORO
CORRIDO DE HERACLIO BERNAL
CUSTER'S LAST CHARGE
ROY BEAN
THE STREETS OF LAREDO
TYING TEN KNOTS IN THE DEVIL'S TAIL
Part 8 "Roll on, Columbia"
THE BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN
THE LUDLOW MASSACRE
THE PREACHER AND THE SLAVE
THE COMMONWEALTH OF TOIL
TOO REE AMA
THE FROZEN LOGGER
FIFTY THOUSAND LUMBERJACKS
WHEN THE ICE WORMS NEST AGAIN
"ROLL ON, COLUMBIA"
BIBLIOGRAPHY
DISOGRAPHY
SUBJECT INDEX
INDEX OF TITLES AND FIRST LINES
