The rose & the briar : death, love and liberty in the American ballad /
Rose and the briar
edited by Sean Wilentz and Greil Marcus.
- New York, N.Y. ; London : W.W. Norton, c2005.
- viii, 406 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references, discographies, and index.
Barbara Allen / D. Marsh -- The water is wide / A. Powers -- Pretty Polly / R. Sparks -- Music, when soft voices die / S. McCrumb -- Naomie Wise, 1807 / A. Domino -- John Brown's body / S. Vowell -- When you go a courtin' / R. Crumb -- Little Maggie: a mystery / J.C. Oates -- We did them wrong: the ballad of Frankie and Albert / C. Brown -- The sad song of Delia Green and Cooney Houston / S. Wilentz -- Destiny in my right hand: The wreck of old 97 and Dead man's curve / D. Thomas -- I thought I heard Buddy Bolden say / L. Sante -- See Willy fly by and The cuckoo / J. Langford -- Mariachi reverie / P. Berman -- The foggy, foggy dew / J. Rockwell -- Come Sunday / S. Crouch -- El Paso / J. Miller -- Trial of Mary Maguire / E. Ward -- Love, lore, celebrity, and dead babies : Dolly Parton's Down from Dover / E. Weisbard -- Sail away and Louisiana 1927 / S. Erickson -- Dancing with Dylan / W. Lesser -- Nebraska / H. Hampton -- Blackwatertown / P. Muldoon -- Envoi / G. Marcus.
9780393059540 (hbk.) 0393059545 (hbk.)
2004014811
Ballads, English--History and criticism.--United States
Death in music.
Love songs--History and criticism.--United States
Liberty--History and criticism.--Songs and music
ML3551 / .R67 2005
782.4/3
Includes bibliographical references, discographies, and index.
Barbara Allen / D. Marsh -- The water is wide / A. Powers -- Pretty Polly / R. Sparks -- Music, when soft voices die / S. McCrumb -- Naomie Wise, 1807 / A. Domino -- John Brown's body / S. Vowell -- When you go a courtin' / R. Crumb -- Little Maggie: a mystery / J.C. Oates -- We did them wrong: the ballad of Frankie and Albert / C. Brown -- The sad song of Delia Green and Cooney Houston / S. Wilentz -- Destiny in my right hand: The wreck of old 97 and Dead man's curve / D. Thomas -- I thought I heard Buddy Bolden say / L. Sante -- See Willy fly by and The cuckoo / J. Langford -- Mariachi reverie / P. Berman -- The foggy, foggy dew / J. Rockwell -- Come Sunday / S. Crouch -- El Paso / J. Miller -- Trial of Mary Maguire / E. Ward -- Love, lore, celebrity, and dead babies : Dolly Parton's Down from Dover / E. Weisbard -- Sail away and Louisiana 1927 / S. Erickson -- Dancing with Dylan / W. Lesser -- Nebraska / H. Hampton -- Blackwatertown / P. Muldoon -- Envoi / G. Marcus.
9780393059540 (hbk.) 0393059545 (hbk.)
2004014811
Ballads, English--History and criticism.--United States
Death in music.
Love songs--History and criticism.--United States
Liberty--History and criticism.--Songs and music
ML3551 / .R67 2005
782.4/3