Alice, you mentioned "Folk Songs of North America," by Alan Lomax. I have a 1966 paperback edition of "Folk Song USA" and a recent Dover reprint of "American Ballads and Folk songs," both by John A. and Alan Lomax. There is some duplication between the two of them, but a lot that is not duplicated. Is "Folk Songs of North America" completely different, or maybe a combination of the tow, or what? Is is still in print?
I have a recent reprint of Carl Sandburg's "American Songbag," and I think that's one nobody should be without. Jerry Silverman's "Folk Song Encyclopedia" is still available through Hal Leonard, and there are a number of good Silverman songbooks available. Oh, and the "Folksinger's Wordbook" by Fred & Irwin Silber is still available.
Are there other songbooks in print (or widely available that people would like to recommend?
-Joe Offer-