I Hear America Singing!

I Hear America Singing!
Folk Songs for American Families
Collected by Kathleen Krull
Book and CD

Originally published as Gonna Sing My Head Off!, this big, colorful songbook has been reissued with a 23-song CD created especially for it. The book includes 62 of the best-loved American folk songs, with all the lyrics and easy-to-play musical arrangements of the tunes everyone remembers although they may need a little help with the words. From Maine to California, these songs represent the American spirit and history. With each beautifully illustrated song is a note about its origin.

Contents:

• Acres of Clams
• Arkansas Traveler
• Barnyard Song
• Beans in My Ears
• Buffalo Gals
• Casey Jones
• The Cat Came Back
• City of New Orleans
• Clementine
• The Cowboy's Lament
• Crawdad Song
• Down By the Riverside
• Down in the Valley
• Erie Canal
• Follow the Drinking Gourd
• The Fox
• Freight Train
• The Frozen Logger
• Get Along Little Dogies
• Go Tell Aunt Rhody
• Go Tell It on the Mountain
• Going to the School
• Good Night Irene
• Home on the Range
• I Ride an Old Paint
• I Was Born about 10,000 Years Ago
• If I Had a Hammer
• I've Been Working on the Railroad
• Jesse James
• Joe Hill
• John Henry
• Little Boxes
• Mama Don't Tell
• Michael Row the Boat Ashore
• Mockingbird Song
• Motorcycle Song
• Oh Susanna!
• Old Joe Clark
• On Top of Old Smoky
• Red River Valley
• Riddle Song
• Rock Island Line
• Shall We Gather at the River
• She'll Be Coming Around the Mountain
• Shenandoah
• Shiloh Liza Jane
• Sloop John B.
• So Long It's Been Good To Know You
• Stewball
• Sweet Betsy from Pike
• Take Me Out to the Ballgame
• Tell Me Why
• There's a Hole in the Bucket
• This Land Is Your Land
• This Little Light of Mine
• 'Tis a Gift to Be Simple
• Turkey in the Straw
• Turn Turn Turn
• We Shall Overcome
• What Have They Done to the Rain
• Will the Circle Be Unbroken
• Yankee Doodle