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The Alabama Folk Lyric
A Study in Origins and Media of Dissemination
Collected and Edited With an Introduction and Notes by Ray B. Browne

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Alabamians have always been a singing people. The settlers who moved into the various sections of the state brought with them songs which reflected their national origins and geographical backgrounds, and as they spread into the hills and over the lowlands they created new songs out of the conditions under which they lived. Also, they absorbed songs from outside sources whenever these pieces could be adapted to their sentiments and ways of life. Thus, by a process of memory, composition and recreation they developed a rich body of folk songs. The following collection a part of the effort to discover and preserve these songs.

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Cover of book is gray with a black and white image of people in a house playing piano.

1979
LC: 78-061076 M
494 p
p.   6 x 9
ISBN-10: 0-87972-129-4
ISBN-13: 978-0-87972-129-9
Cloth $26.00 t


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