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Thread #13204   Message #120799
Posted By: GutBucketeer
04-Oct-99 - 11:07 PM
Thread Name: Searching for Songbooks
Subject: RE: Searching for Songbooks
I have three "Canadian" folk song books that I enjoy:

"Songs and Ballads from Nova Scotia" by Helen Creighton

Creighton Collected avidly and published other folk song collections also I think. There was a post to the Mudcat sometime back about a Canadian Radio Station doing a retrospective on her work (on Tuesday or Thursday afternoons I can't remember.

"Ballads and Sea Songs From Nova Scotia" by Roy McKensie
Good book for lyrics, unfortunately it includes very few tunes.

"Come and I will Sing You: A Newfoundland Songbook" by Genevieve Lehr.
This is one of my favorites with some songs that I have not found anywhere else. I learned "Common Sailors" from it.

"Old-time Songs and Poetry of Newfoundland" Songbook published by Gerald S. Doyle Limited. This is one of those songbooks published in the 20's and 30's with insurance ads etc. throughout. It's a fun little book.

Anyway I've found them just by looking through used book stores over the years, and at library sales.

lamarca We have to compare collections some time. I haven't seen the Greensfield and Mansfield book before.

There is a guy who sells used folk song books out of Canada that usually has a number of Canadian related material. I have misplaced his site. If I find it I will post it.

Good Luck.

JAB