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The rose & the briar : death, love and liberty in the American ballad / edited by Sean Wilentz and Greil Marcus.

Contributor(s): Wilentz, Sean | Marcus, Greil.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York, N.Y. ; London : W.W. Norton, c2005Description: viii, 406 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780393059540 (hbk.); 0393059545 (hbk.).Other title: Rose and the briar.Subject(s): Ballads, English -- United States -- History and criticism | Death in music | Love songs -- United States -- History and criticism | Liberty -- Songs and music -- History and criticismDDC classification: 782.4/3 Online resources: Table of contents
Contents:
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.
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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.

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