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Hillbilly Music

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1 American Music, publisher HILLBILLY HIT PARADE: 15 Songs with Words and Music.
Hollywood American Music 1941 First Edition Original Wraps Near Fine 
35pp; 2pp illus from cartoons. Contains words and music to 15 songs, including: The Cry Of The Wild Goose; Deepfreeze Dinah; Who Shot The Hole In My Sombrero?; You Nearly Lose Your Mind; and 11 more. 12.75" x 9.75" 
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2 American Music, publisher HOME & HILL COUNTRY BALLADS--Folio No. 1: 20 New Songs, complete with words & music, guitar, ukulele & banjo chords.
Portland, Oregon American Music 1939 First Edition Pictorial Paper Covers Very Good 
48pp. Contains words and music to 20 songs featured by Patsy Montana on radio station WLS (Chicago), including: Good Old Mountain Music (Makes You Swing); Molasses Makin' Time in Caroline; The Rogue River Valley; Jenny Lee from Tennessee; Hittin' A Hill Billy Tune; and 15 more. 12" x 9" 
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3 Capitol, publisher HILLBILLY AND COWBOY HIT PARADE, Volume I, No. 8, Winter 1954
Derby, Connecticut Capitol Stories 1954 First Edition Soft Cover Good 
32pp; text illus from photographs. Some dog-eared pages and other signs of use. Contains words and music to 19 songs of the day, including: A Place For Girls Like You; Beatin' On The Ding Dong; Honky Tonk Girl; Two Whoops And A Holler; and 15 more. Also has features on Bonnie Lou, Betty Cody, Bobby Gregory, Ray Price, Justin Tubb, and others. 12.75" x 9.75". 
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4 Capitol, publisher HILLBILLY AND COWBOY HIT PARADE, No. 12: Eddy Arnold, Hank Snow, Kitty Wells, Carl Smith, Ferlin Huskey... [songbook]
Derby, CT Capitol Stories 1955. 1955 1st Edition Soft cover 
Paper covers and contents in very good condition. 12.75" x 9.75" (34)pp Contains lyrics, melody lines, piano accompaniment, chord symbols and frames to 17 country songs, plus pictures & stories. Includes short features on: Bill Carlisle; Tennessee Ernie; Werly Fairburn; Jimmy Newman; Kitty Wells; and others. Titles include: Columbus Stockade Blues; Hominy Grits; In the Jailhouse Now No. 2; My Gallina; Yellow Roses; and 12 more. Illustrated by 17 candid photo-portraits. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. 
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5 Capitol, publisher HILLBILLY AND COWBOY HIT PARADE: Volume I, No. 2, Summer 1953 [songbook]
Derby, Connecticut Capitol Stories 1953 First Edition Original Wraps Good 
32pp; text illus from photographs. Few small chips from covers. Contains words and music to 15 songs of the day, including: Cimarron; Honeymoon On A Rocket Ship; Korean Mud; My Lonely Heart's Runnin' Wild; and 11 more. Also has features on Wilf Carter (Montana Slim), Hank Snow, Slim Whitman, Hank Williams, and others. Small piece torn from lower corner of cover. 12.75" x 9.75". 
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6 Capitol, publisher HILLBILLY AND COWBOY HIT PARADE: Volume I, No. 7, Fall 1954 [songbook].
Derby, Connecticut Capitol Stories 1954 First Edition Original Wraps Very Good 
32pp; text illus from photographs. Contains words and music to 15 songs of the day, including: Back Up Buddy; Echo Bonita; Pinball Boogie; Sparkling Brown Eyes; You Better Not Do That; and 10 more. Also has features on Rex Allen, Martha Carson, Davis Sisters, Slim Whitman, and others. 12.5" x 9.5" 
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7 Charlton Publications HILLBILLY AND COWBOY HIT PARADE, Volume 2, No. 18, Spring 1957
Derby, Connecticut Charlton 1957 First Edition Soft Cover Very Good 
34pp; text illus from photographs. Contains words and music to 17 songs of the day, including: Hello Old Broken Heart; I'm A One Woman Man; Jimmie Rodgers' Last Blue Yodel; Teenage Boogie; and 13 more. Also has features on Johnny Cash, Belew Twins, Elvis Presley, Marty Robbins, Faron Young, and others. 11.5" x 8.5". 
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8 Charlton Publications HILLBILLY AND COWBOY HIT PARADE, No. 25: Webb Pierce, Wilburn Bros., Jim Reeves, Mel Tillis, Hank Thompson... [songbook]
Derby, CT Charlton 1959. 1959 1st Edition Soft cover 
Few signs of light use, else in very good condition. 11.25" x 8.25" 34pp Contains lyrics, melody lines, piano accompaniment, and chord symbols to 13 country songs, plus pictures & stories. Includes short features on: The Browns; Bobby Gregory; Ricky Nelson; Jimmy Newman; Marty Robbins; and others. Titles include: Billy Bayou; Squaws Along the Yukon; This Cold War with You; Tupelo County Jail; and nine more. Illustrated by 28 candid photo-portraits. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. 
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9 Cheshire, Harry "PAPPY" CHESHIRE AND HIS HILL BILLY CHAMPIONS: Mountain Songs - Home Songs - Western Songs - Cowboy Songs.
Chicago M.M. Cole 1940 First Edition Pictorial Paper Covers Very Good 
96pp; 2pp illus from photographs, vignettes throughout. Inside the cover is "The Story of Harry Cheshire" with pictures. Contains words and music to 61 songs, including: A Yodelin' Dude Hombre; Gasthaus Polka; Kicking Up Dust In Dixie; Prairie Serenade; You're Still My Blue Bonnet Girl; and 56 more. Spine preserved with cloth by prior owner. 12" x 9" The cover shows Pappy Cheshire and his gang of hillbillies heard over radio station KMOX. 
Price: 25.00 USD
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10 Cooper, Myrtle and Scott Wiseman LULU BELLE AND SKYLAND SCOTTY: Mountain Songs - Western Songs - Cowboy Songs. Deluxe Edition.
Chicago Scott Wiseman 1941 First Edition Pictorial Paper Covers Very Good 
96pp; 4pp illus from photographs. Contains a one-page biography as well as words and music to 67 songs, including: The Answer To Kitty Clyde; Charming Betsy; Down In The Diving Bell; Loving Hannah; Pretty Peggy; The Wreck Of The 423; and 61 more. Spine preserved with cloth by prior owner. 11.75" x 8.75" On the cover is a photo of Scotty and Lulu Belle who were born in North Carolina, along with a view of their log cabin. 
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11 Cooper, Myrtle and Scott Wiseman LULU BELLE'S AND SKYLAND SCOTTY'S HOME FOLK SONGS
Chicago Scott Wiseman 1937 First Edition Pictorial Paper Covers Very Good 
64pp. Contains a two-page biography with family portrait as well as words and music to 52 songs, including: The Akron's Last Flight; Aunt Jimima's Plaster; Chewing Chawing Gum; Johnson Boys; Prisoner At The Bar; The Wreck Of The 423; and 46 more. Spine preserved with cloth by prior owner. 11.75" x 8.75" On the cover is a color photo of Scotty and Lulu Belle who were born in North Carolina, against a background drawing of a hillbilly cabin. 
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12 Copas, (Lloyd) Cowboy COWBOY COPAS--HILLBILLY SONGS
Cincinnati Lois Music 1947 First Edition Pictorial Paper Covers Very Good 
33pp, portrait and six illus from photographs. Inside the cover is a summary of Copas's career to date. Contains words and music to 15 songs written or co-written by Cowboy Copas, including: Are You Honest; Dolly Dear; If I Bring Home The Bacon; My Blues Are Gone; Night Plane To Memphis; and ten more. 12" x 9" Cowboy Copas (1913-1963) was born Lloyd Estel Copas in Muskogee, Oklahoma. During his career, he appeared on more than 200 radio stations as well as the Grand Ole Opry, and recorded many songs. Copas was killed in the same plane crash that took the life of Patsy Cline. 
Price: 40.00 USD
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13 Copeland, Clyde and Slim CLYDE AND SLIM (THE ROVING HILLBILLIES) -- FARM & FIRESIDE SONGS: Book No. 2.
Chicago Country Music 1945 First Edition Pictorial cover Very Good 
48pp; 4pp illus from photographs. Contains one page of biography, followed by words and music to 37 songs, including: A-Makin' Sorghum; Calamity Jane; I Been Checkin' On Yo' Neckin'; Mer-o-ee (Indian Princess); Pepper Pot Polka; When It's Hog Calling Time In Tennessee; and 31 more. 12" x 9" Laid in is a printed photo of the boys, playing behind a KXLY-Spokane microphone, along with membership card #3609 in the Clyde & Slim Fan Club. The Copeland brothers hailed from the southern Ozarks in Missouri. 
Price: 45.00 USD
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14 Dean, Jimmy JIMMY DEAN SONG FAVORITES
NY Robbins Music 1958 First Edition Pictorial Paper Covers Good 
48pp, portrait and eight illus from photographs. Inside the cover is a summary of Jimmy Dean's career to date. Contains words and music to 21 songs, including: Elmer's Tune; Leanin' On The Ole Top Rail; Roll Along Prairie Moon; When It's Springtime In The Rockies; and 17 more. Light spine wear; prior owner's name on cover. 12" x 9" Jimmy Dean (1928-2010) recorded country music and performed on television in the 1950s and '60s before turning his attention to his sausage company. He is a member of the Virginia Country Hall of Fame and the Country Music Hall of Fame. 
Price: 20.00 USD
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15 Fastest...sheet music THE FASTEST I CAN GET THAR'S TOO SLOW Words and music by Georgia Marshall.
NY Nattrass-Schenck 1939 Early edition Printed self-wraps Very Good 
4pp, words and music, in part: "Now, I never thought I'd care to marry, 'Round the girls I never tarry, But at last I've tumbled like the leaves in Fall ,,,, She ain't very much to look at, but she shore kin swing a hoe; And she cooks a mess of vittles fit to eat. She is mighty lean and lanky, and her eyes don't track, I know, But the mash she mixes shorely cain't be beat...." Contains male and female versions, two verses and two refrains for each. 11" x 8" "Professional Copy...for the use of Professional Singers Only." This sheet has a musician's file number at top. 
Price: 17.50 USD
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16 Freeman, Roy ("Blue Grass Roy") BLUE GRASS ROY, THE HAMLINS KORN KRACKER: Book No. 4--World's Greatest Collection of Cowboy and Mountain Ballads - 50 Big Hits.
Chicago M.M. Cole 1936 First Edition Pictorial wraps Very Good 
64pp; photo-portrait. Contains lyrics, music, chord symbols and frames to 50 songs performed by Blue Grass Roy. Titles include: Cowboy Jack; Birmingham Jail; Can I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight, Mister?; Hear Dem Bells; The Wandering Hobo; The Broncho Buster; The Boston Burglar; By the Silv'ry Rio Grande; Froggie Went A'Courtin'; and 41 more. Inside the cover is a full biographical sketch. 12" x 9" The cover shows Blue Grass Roy in costume, seated and playing his guitar. 
Price: 35.00 USD
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17 Gordon, Dave, editor SONGS OF THE SOIL: All Star Hillbilly Folio
Hollywood 1942 1st Edition Soft Cover Very Good West'rn Music 
Light wear along spine, else in very good condition. 47pp. Features the music of Gene Autry, Roy Acuff, Tex Ritter, Jimmie Davis, Zeke Manners, and Roy Rogers. Contains lyrics, melody lines, piano accompaniment, guitar chords, and frames for 15 songs. Titles include: Fort Worth Jail; Silver Wings In The Moonlight; There's A Rainbow On The Rio Colorado; Tweedle-O-Twill; and 11 more. Also, 12pp illus from photographs. 12" x 9". 
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18 Grandpappy...sheet music GRANDPAPPY (He's The Champeen A-Spittin' At A Crack) Words and music by Georgia Marshall.
NY Nattrass-Schenck 1939 Early edition Printed self-wraps Very Good 
4pp, words and music, in part: "You kin brag about yore golfers as long as you please, And of how they shoot a hole-in-one from off o' them tees, But there ain't a single dude among 'em that's got airy knack Of a-standin' off, a-takin' aim, and spittin' at a crack!..." Two verses and a refrain. 11" x 8" "Professional Copy...for the use of Professional Singers Only." This sheet has the purple stamp of radio station W.B.A.P., Fort Worth, Texas. 
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19 Hamblen, Stuart and others NEW AND ORIGINAL FAVORITE SONGS OF FAMOUS HILL BILLIES: Featured by Famous Hill Billy Groups of Radio, Stage and Screen.
NY Amsco Music Sales 1935 First Edition Pictorial Paper Covers Very Good 
64pp. Contains two pages of text and pictures of Stuart Hamblen's Covered Wagon Jubilee, The Sierra Mountaineers, and The Oudeans Hill Billy Boys. Also contains words and music to 30 songs, including: Blue Ribbon Band; Lily Lucy Lane; My Ozark Mountain Home; Old Nevada Home; The Sun Goes Down When It Is Dark; and 25 more. Spine preserved with cloth by prior owner. 12" x 9" 
Price: 40.00 USD
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20 Hillbilly HILLBILLY COUNTRY SONGS, Vol. 2, No. 3, March 1954.
NY Artkass 1954 First Edition Original Wraps Very Good 
26pp; photo-portraits of Hank Williams and Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith inside back cover. Contains words and music to 13 songs, and words only to six more songs, including: Idaho Moon; Hillbilly Serenade; Rosita Said No To Pedro; Montana Moon; I'm Dying In Prison; and 14 more. 12.25" x 9.25" Text printed on pulp paper, still in very good condition. 
Price: 20.00 USD
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21 Hillbilly...sheet music HILLBILLY FEVER. Words and music by George Vaughn.
Hollywood Charter Music 1950 First Edition Pictorial Cover Near Fine 
4pp, words and music, in part: "When you walk up to a juke box and you slip your nickel in, You can bet your bottom dollar, when the record starts to spin You'll hear a fiddle and a gittar with a honky tonky sound...." 12" x 9" The cover features Kenny Roberts who introduced and recorded this song on Coral Records. 
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22 Hopkins, Doctor Howard and others DOC HOPKINS AND KARL AND HARTY OF THE CUMBERLAND RIDGERUNNERS: Mountain Ballads and Home Songs.
Chicago M.M. Cole 1936 First Edition Pictorial Paper Covers Very Good 
64pp. Inside the cover is a page of text re Doc Hopkins, Karl Davis, Harty Taylor, the Red Bud School in Rockcastle County, Kentucky, etc. Contains words and music to 53 songs performed by Doc Hopkins, some written by him or Karl and Harty, including: Farewell to Tombigbee; The Old Chain Gang; The Ramblin' Blues; The Code of the Mountains; Jackson Tennessee Blues; and 48 more. 12" x 9" 
Price: 30.00 USD
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23 Hunter, Dale DALE HUNTER'S COLLECTION OF HILL BILLY AND COWBOY SONGS: Including Blues and Yodel Songs
Chicago Chart Music 1934 First Edition Pictorial wraps Good 
50pp; old clear tape along spine. Contains lyrics, music and chords frames to 32 cowboy songs arranged by Dale Hunter, the yodeling cowboy, including: Birmingham Jail; Dear Evelina; Lonesome Road Blues; May Irwin's "Bully Song"; The Shiverin' Blues; and 27 more. 11.75" x 9". 
Price: 20.00 USD
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24 I Miss...sheet music I MISS YOU ALL THE TIME: A Hill-billy Song. Words by Roy Lowery. Music by Bobby Gregory
NY American Music 1949. 1949 1st Edition Soft cover 
Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 12" x 9" 4pp Contains lyric, melody line, piano accompaniment, guitar chords and frames. As recorded on Manor Records by Bobby Gregory and his Cactus Cowboys. In part: "I miss you in the mornin', Miss you the whole day thru, I feel so low and lonely, without you I feel blue." Facing this song are the complete lyrics and music to WHITE DOVE, a waltz. On the back cover is the complete version of DORABELLE, a novelty song. Three songs on one sheet. Illustrated by cover portraits as cowboys. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. 
Price: 16.00 USD
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25 Kincaid, Bradley FAVORITE MOUNTAIN BALLADS AND OLD TIME SONGS: Book No. 8.
Garden City Southern Music 1937 First Edition Pictorial Paper Covers Very Good 
32pp; four illus from photographs. Contains Kincaid's note to "My Radio Friends" along with words and music to 20 songs, including: Roll Along Kentucky Moon; Granny Only Left To Me Her Old Arm Chair; Young Rogers The Miller; Jackaro; Down Old New England Way; and 15 more. 12" x 9" Bradley Kincaid was billed as The Kentucky Mountain Boy. 
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26 Kincaid, Bradley FAVORITE MOUNTAIN BALLADS AND OLD TIME SONGS: The Kentucky Mountain Boy. De Luxe Edition.
NY Southern Music 1938 First Edition Pictorial Paper Covers Very Good 
64pp; five illus from photographs. Contains Kincaid's foreword and "To My Radio Friends" along with words and music to 50 songs, including: Roll Along, Kentucky Moon; Zebra Dun; Oh! Mo'nah!; The Utah Trail; The Gypsy's Warning; and 45 more, plus ukulele and tenor banjo chords. 12" x 9" Bradley Kincaid has been called the first big country radio star. Bridging from folk music to country, he starred in the National Barn Dance over WLS-Chicago from 1926 to 1929. He was also the first country radio star to publish a songbook. 
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27 Klickman, F. Henri, arranger HILL-BILLY HITS NO. 2: Top Country and Western Song Leaders in Easy-to-Play Jumbo Note Arrangements
New Hyde Park, NY Chas. H. Hansen Music (1951). 1951 1st Edition Soft cover 
Printed paper covers and contents in very good condition. 12" x 9" 15pp Contains lyrics and music to six songs: Good Night Cincinnati (and Good Morning Tennessee); Pretty Polly Polka; You Don't Have to Be A Baby to Cry; and three more. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. 
Price: 12.00 USD
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28 Lester, Harry HILL BILLY HITS! OF HARRY LESTER'S HAYSEEDS
London Campbell, Connelly & Co. 1942 First Edition Pictorial Paper Covers Very Good 
29pp; centerspread with four photo-views of Harry and the Hayseeds. Contains words and music to 14 songs, including: Our Home Town Mountain Band; Texas; Bear Cat Mountain Gal; Sway Back Nag Of Mine; I Ain't Gonna Stay Here Long; and nine more. 9.5" x 6" Harold Worth Lester (1885-1993) was born in Fort Worth, Texas. He began entertaining as a boy, traveled to England with his family act, then discovered country & western music in the 1930s during the American hillbilly craze. Lester is credited with raising England's morale during the blackouts of World War II, performing on the radio as Harry Lester and his Hayseeds. He retired in 1957. 
Price: 30.00 USD
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29 Little...sheet music LITTLE HILL-BILLY HEART THROB Words and music by Bob Miller.
NY Bob Miller 1934 Early edition Printed self-wraps Very Good 
4pp, words and music, in part: "Did you ever feel like sort of shoutin'? Shoutin' good and loud to all the world. Did you ever feel your heart a-poundin'? That's the way I feel about my girl!..." 11" x 8" "Professional Copy...intended for the use of Professional Singers Only." 
Price: 12.50 USD
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30 Look...sheet music LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP Words and music by Slim Newman.
Hollywood Tim Spencer Music 1948 First Edition Pictorial Cover Near Fine 
4pp, words and music, in part: "Look before you leap, it's too late when you're wrong To turn around and go the other way...." 12" x 9" Inset on the Western-themed cover is a photo of The Georgia Crackers who recorded this song for Victor Records. The Georgia Crackers hailed from Hawkinsville, Georgia. Original members of the group --Hank, Slim & Bob Newman--were eventually joined by Winnie Waters, Hal Snyder, and one or two more. 
Price: 15.00 USD
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