Ames, Russell, foreword by Helen L. Kaufmann, - The Story of American Folk Song.

NY, Grosset & Dunlap, (1955). G. Comedy and courting, true love and careless love, marriage, children's songs, Jesse James, outlaws, religious songs,. Negro spirituals, songs of protest, Civil War, later wars, songs of the rambling trades, wagoners songs, songs of the canallers, sailor songs, lumberjack songs, mining, railroad and cowboy songs, the open road, chain gang, jail songs, the blues. Owner inscription, may have had library label at bottom of spine, damp stain to binding.

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