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Folk Music

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1 Ain't Got...sheet music AIN'T GOT TIME TO DIE: The Hall Johnson Series of Negro Spirituals, for 4-part chorus of mixed voices a cappella.
NY G. Schirmer 1955 First edition thus Printed self-wraps Very Good 
16pp, words and music, in part: "Lord, I keep so busy praisin' my Jesus ... ain't got time to die...." 10.5" x 6.75" Words and music by Hall Johnson. "This little song is extremely syncopated, so a moderate tempo--with sharp accents--will give enough speed. The effect should be bustling but not hurried." 
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2 Ain't yo...sheet music AIN'T YO' COMIN' BACK TO ME MA DINAH LEE? Words by Margaret F. Mansfield. Music by E. Maxwell Honeyman.
NY Metropolitan Music 1912 First Edition Pictorial Cover Very Good 
6pp, words and music, in part: "De levee am deserted now de coons all gone away, And no one 'roun' about de place I see. I hears no banjos plunkin' like de way dey used to play; 'Long de banks of de ribber ol' Swanee..." 13.5" x 10.75" Lyric in stereotypical, southern black dialect. The cover shows a forelorn man standing on the riverbank as a steamboat pulls away. 
Price: 45.00 USD
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3 Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union THE ACTWU SONG-BOOK: Picket Line and Union Hall - Hard Work and Hard Times - Freedom and Hope.
NY ACTWU, AFL-CIO, CLC 1978 First Edition Pictorial Paper Covers Very Good 
58pp, printed in black and red; 6pp illus from photographs. Contains lyrics to 58 protest songs, including: The Farmer Labor Train; A Miner's Life; Roll The Union On; Union Maid; The Banks Are Made Of Marble; Study War No More; We Will Overcome; and 51 more. 8.5" x 5.5" Includes photographs of and songs by Woody Guthrie, Joe Glazer, The Stevens Workers, Guy Carawan, and Pete Seeger. 
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4 Ancelet, Barry Jean THE MAKERS OF CAJUN MUSIC: Musiciens cadiens et creoles. Photographs by Elemore Morgan, Jr. Foreword by Ralph Rinzler.
Austin University of Texas Press (1984). 1984 029275079X / 9780292750791 1st Edition Soft Cover 
Pictorial stiff-paper covers and contents in fine condition. 11.75" x 8" 160pp Text in English and French. This is a well-illustrated, scholarly work on the French-speaking musicians of Louisiana. Illustrated by many photo-illus in color. 1st ppbk edn. Binding is original wraps. 
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5 Andersen, Eric THE SONGS OF ERIC ANDERSEN [signed]
NY Deep Fork Music 1969. 1969 1st Edition Soft cover Signed
Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 12" x 9" pp: 95, (1) Contains lyrics, melody lines, piano accompaniment, and chord symbols to 19 songs written and performed by Eric Andersen. Titles include: Close the Door Lightly; Hey Babe Have You Been Cheatin'; Thirsty Boots; Mary Sunshine; and 15 more. This copy is signed boldly by Andersen on the title-page, and dated 11.8.03. Illustrated by covers, 35pp photo-illus. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. 
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6 Armitage, M. Teresa LAUREL GLEE BOOK FOR MALE VOICES
Boston C.C. Birchard 1936 Later printing Original Cloth Very Good 
pp: (ii), 136, index. Contains words and music to American folk and popular songs, with piano accompaniment. Edges of binding lightly rubbed. 11" x 7.5" 
Price: 15.00 USD
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7 Arnett, Hazel I HEAR AMERICA SINGING! Great Folk Songs from the Revolution to Rock.
NY Praeger 1975 027563910X / 9780275639105 First edition Original Wraps Very Good 
pp: viii, 226, index; 48 line drawings, sections divided by color plates. Also issued in cloth binding. 11" x 8.5" Contains words and music to more than 100 songs along with extensive introductory text in each section. 
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8 Baez, Joan POSTER: JOAN BAEZ -- SUNDAY - APRIL 16 - 8:00 PM -- BERKELEY COMMUNITY THEATRE.... Presented by Manuel A. Greenhill. Produced by Barry Olivier.
San Francisco 1961 Original edition Very Good 
Broadside, printed in black on white, large photo-illustration of Joan Baez performing with her guitar. 21.5" x 13" This poster for Joan's 1961 Berkeley concert features her photograph by Kelly Hart, taken for the First Berkeley Folk Music Festival in 1958. [About the image: Picture taken with a disposable camera; flash reflected on glass. Colors are more vivid than shown.] 
Price: 300.00 USD
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9 Baez, Joan SIGNED, PROFESSIONAL PORTRAIT OF JOAN BAEZ: Black and white, 5" x 3.75"

Bold signature in brown ink. Few tiny tears in top margin, repaired on verso. 
Price: 30.00 USD
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10 Baggelaar, Kristin and Donald Milton FOLK MUSIC: MORE THAN A SONG
NY Crowell 1976 0690011598 / 9780690011593 First Edition Original Cloth Very Good 
pp: ix, 419; illus from photographs throughout text. 10.25" x 7.25" Contains alphabetical entries on folk songwriters, individual and group performers, folk instruments and events. 
Price: 10.00 USD
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11 Banks, Sydney, editor SING AND STRING: Folk Singing in Canada. Periodical: issue of Spring/Summer 1961.
Toronto Centre for Adult Education 1961 First Edition Pictorial Cover Fine 
28pp; few illus from drawings. Contains an article by John Stricek, "Folk Song, the Gentle Tranquilizer"; Open Letter to A Critic [of folk music] by Ted McGillivray; Odetta in Concert by Peter Holloway; news and reviews of various folk concerts and festivals; an editorial against Pete Seeger's trial and sentencing; words and melody lines to three folksongs; etc. 
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12 Bartholomew, John THE STEEL BAND
Oxford, England Oxford University Press 1992 5th printing Pictorial wraps Very Good Illus from Photographs 
48pp. First issued in 1980. This well-illustrated booklet contains a brief history of Trinidad, notes on the growth of steel band music, how the instruments are made, starting your own steel band, etc. 7.5" x 9.5". 
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13 Baxter, Jesse BAXTER'S COMPLETE FOLK GUITAR ACCOMPANIMENT MANUAL: The art of accompanying the voice and presenting songs to an audience.
NY Amsco Music 1968 082562603X / 9780825626036 First Edition Pictorial Paper Covers Very Good 
105pp. Contains instruction and practice tunes. Some neat highlighting of text. 11" x 8.5" "A step-by-step approach to help you sound professional, while accompanying yourself or others, read music and progress with your playing, especially for the intermediate and advanced player." 
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14 Baxter, Robert BAXTER'S COMPLETE BEGINNING FOLK GUITAR MANUAL
NY Amsco Music 1966 2nd printing Pictorial wraps Good 
pp: (ix), 166; chord charts, diagrams, and other illus in text. This manual teaches folk guitar "from scratch" through the intermediate level, incorporating "stylistic traits and techniques .. all forms of American folk music." 11" x 8.5". 
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15 Belafonte, Harry BELAFONTE: As Recorded on RCA Victor. Songbook.
NY Folkways Music 1957 First Edition Original Wraps Very Good 
24pp. Contains words and music to 10 songs from Harry Belafonte's early repertoire, including: The Drummer and the Cook; Hold 'Em Joe; Lord Randall; Tol' My Captain; and six more. 12" x 9" 
Price: 25.00 USD
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16 Belafonte, Harry JAY RICHARD KENNEDY PRESENTS HARRY BELAFONTE, "SING, MAN, SING" -- A Musical Drama with Margaret Tynes, Michael Evans, Mary Hinkson, Alvin Ailey: Souvenir program.
NY Kennedy-Belafonte Productions 1956 First Edition Pictorial Paper Covers Very Good Charles White 
24pp; many illus from photographs of cast and crew. 12" x 9" Contains complete words to the songs and script of "Sing, Man, Sing." Laid into this copy is a small broadside, printed in color, announcing the staging of this show at the Loew's State Theatre in Syracuse, NY. 
Price: 30.00 USD
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17 Bikel, Theodore ASHKENAZ FOUNDATION PRESENTS AN EVENING WITH THEODORE BIKEL: Featuring Tamara Brooks and Beyond the Pale. Saturday, February 2, 2008 ... George Wilson Recital Hall.
Toronto Ashkenaz Foundation 2008 First Edition Pictorial Paper Covers Near Fine 
12pp; photo-illus in color, printed on coated stock. Contains two pages of promotional text on Bikel and his career, a page each on Tamara Brooks and Beyond the Pale, a long list of Gala Patrons, etc. 9" x 6" 
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18 Bikel, Theodore THEO: The Autobiography of Theodore Bikel
NY Harper Collins 1994 0060190442 / 9780060190446 Third printing Hardcover Fine Fine Jacket 
pp: viii, 440, index; 16pp illus from photographs. The activist-folksinger tells of his youth in Austria and Palestine, education in England, music career, etc. 8.5" x 6.25" 
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19 Bikel, Theodore THEODORE BIKEL, INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED FOLK SINGER: Her Majesty's Theatre, Sunday Evening, April 8th [1962].
London Gesser & Mills Concerts and S. Hurok 1962 First Edition Self-wraps Very Good 
4pp, flyer; photo-portrait of Bikel on cover. Contains a page of promotional text on Bikel and his career, a list of 11 Elektra Records featuring him, and ads for shows by The Weavers and Pete Seeger. 9" x 6" This is a four-page program. 
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20 Bill Bailey...sheet music BILL BAILEY, WON'T YOU PLEASE COME HOME? Words and music by Hughie Cannon.
NY Edward B. Marks Music 1938 Later printing Decorative Wraps Very Good 
4pp, words and music, in part: "On one summer's day Sun was shining fine, De lady love of old Bill Bailey was hanging clothes on de line in her back yard, And weeping hard; She married a B&O brakeman, Dat took and throw'd her down...." 12" x 9" Original lyric in the stereotypical black dialect. 
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21 Bird, Brian SKIFFLE: The Story of Folk-song with a Jazz Beat. With a Foreword by Lonnie Donegan (The King of Skiffle).
London Robert Hale 1958 First Edition Original Boards Very Good Good + Jacket 
119pp, index; 13pp illus from photographs. 8" x 5.25" This first book on the subject traces the history of skiffle from its slave and jazz roots through the 1950s. The second part of the book is a how-to for forming a skiffle band as well as a look at the "origins, progress and personalities" of Britain's most popular skiffle bands. 
Price: 65.00 USD
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22 Black Watch THE PIPES AND DRUMS, REGIMENTAL BAND AND DANCERS OF THE BLACK WATCH (ROYAL HIGHLAND REGIMENT): North American Tour--1979
NY Columbia Artists Management 1979. 1979 1st Edition Soft cover 
Color-pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 12" x 9" (24)pp Well-illustrated backgrounder and performance program. Illustrated by color and b&w photos. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. 
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23 Black...sheet music BLACK SWANA: Traditional Music from Australia
Morton Music 1994 First Edition thus Pictorial wraps Very Good 
Arranged by Stephen Leek for mixed voices (SATB) and piano. In part: "I-na ni Black Swan-a ser-ger goo-bar-noo pie-pa ." 10.5" x 6.75". 
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24 Blue Tail...sheet music THE BLUE TAIL FLY: America's Favorite Ballad for over 75 Years. Sung by America's Mightiest Ballad Singer, Burl Ives, the Friendly Philco Troubadour.
NY Leeds Music 1945 First edition thus Pictorial Cover Very Good 
4pp, words and music, in part: "When I was young I used to wait On master and give him his plate, And pass down the bottle when he got dry...." 12" x 9" The cover features a young Burl Ives and his guitar. The back cover is a pictorial ad for Philco Radios, endorsed by Ives, "The perfect radio for a Wayfarin' Man." 
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25 Bonbons...sheet music BONBONS, CHOCOLATES AND CHEWING GUM Words and music by Josh White and Bill White.
NY American Academy of Music 1948 Early edition Printed self-wraps Very Good 
4pp, words and music, in part: "Here's a story 'bout a town, It's a place that you should see, It's a place that's in North Africa By the Mediterranean Sea...." 11" x 8" "Professional Copy...for the use of Professional Singers Only." This song seems to stereotype the relationship of American GIs and French-speaking women of North Africa. Josh White (1914-1969), born in Greenville, South Carolina, is well known and remembered as a folk singer, guitarist, and Civil Rights activist. 
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26 Brand, Oscar SONGS OF '76: A Folksingers History of the Revolution [signed]
NY M. Evans 1972 First Edition Original Cloth Fine Fine Jacket Signed
pp: xiv, 178; frontispiece, illus in text. Contains lyrics, melody lines and guitar chords to more than 60 songs collected from manuscripts and newspapers of the day. This is a presentation copy, inscribed on the endpaper and signed by Oscar Brand. 10.25" x 7.5" 
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27 Brand, Oscar SONGS OF '76: A Folksingers History of the Revolution
NY M. Evans 1972 0871311704 / 9780871311702 First Edition Original Wraps Very Good Jacket 
pp: xiv, 178; frontispiece, illus in text. Contains lyrics, melody lines and guitar chords to more than 60 songs collected from manuscripts and newspapers of the day. Also issued in cloth. 10.75" x 8.25". 
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28 Bromberg, David and Chris Hillman [poster] LIVE AT THE CACTUS! DAVID BROMBERG & CHRIS HILLMAN WITH HERB PEDERSEN: March 2 & 3, 2006, Cactus Cafe, Austin, Texas.
Austin Cactus Cafe 2006 First Edition not bound Fine Jeff Miller 
This colorful concert poster is printed in various colors on coated stock, featuring performance photos of Bromberg and Hillman. 17" x 11" Bromberg has been touring as a solo folk performer since 1970. Hillman was in on the beginning of folk-rock as bass player with the Byrds. 
Price: 25.00 USD
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29 Brothers Four THE BIG FOLK HITS: THE BROTHERS FOUR
Los Angeles California Music Press 1963. 1963 1st Edition Soft cover 
Covers a bit rubbed, else in very good condition. 11" x 8.5" 32pp Contains lyrics, melody lines, piano accompaniment, and guitar chords to 11 songs as performed by The Brothers Four. Chord charts for guitar and plectrum banjo are found inside the covers. At the center are three pages of "bio bits" re members of the group. Song titles include: Tie Me Kangeroo Down, Sport; El Paso; Walk Right In; Green Fields; John B. Sails; and six more. The four were fraternity brothers at the University of Washington when they began to sing and play folk music together in 1958. Illustrated by group portrait and candid. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. 
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30 Brothers Four THE BIG FOLK HITS: THE BROTHERS FOUR. Songbook
Los Angeles California Music Press 1963 First Edition Pictorial Paper Covers Very Good 
32pp. Contains a group photo-portrait, two pages of biography, and words & music to 11 folk songs popularized by The Brothers Four, including: Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport; Walk Right In; The John B. Sails; Green Fields; and seven more. 11" x 8.5" 
Price: 20.00 USD
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