I know that American Songbag is available online at Archive.org, but I'd like to make sure the entire contents of the songbook are also available here at Mudcat because I think it's the most significant American songbook ever published. I'll post the index here, and gradually turn it into links as I find the songs. Excuse the ALLCAPS. The book was printed that way, so that's the way the scan came out...and I'm not willing to retype it.
-Joe-
THE AMERICAN SONGBAG
(Carl Sandburg, 1927)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
DRAMAS AND PORTRAITS
THE OULD SOD
TARNISHED LOVE TALES OR COLONIAL
AND REVOLUTIONARY ANTIQUES BARBRA ALLEN 57
THE FROZEN GIRL 58
PRETTY POLLY 60
COMMON BILL 62
LITTLE SCOTCH-EE 64
THE HOUSE CARPENTER 66
A PRETTY FAIR MAID 68
LORD LOVEL 70
THE QUAKER'S WOOING 71
THE MAID FREED FROM THE GALLOWS 72
FRANKIE AND HER MAN FRANKIE AND ALBERT 75
FRANKIE AND JOHNNY 78
FRANKIE BLUES 82
JOSIE 84
SADIE 86
PIONEER MEMORIES THE LITTLE OLD SOD SHANTY 89
WHERE O WHERE IS OLD ELIJAH? 92
TURKEY IN THE STRAW 94
WHO WILL SHOE YOUR PRETTY LITTLE FOOT? 98
THE TRUE LOVER'S FAREWELL 98
FAIR ANNIE OF LOCHYRAN 99
TEN THOUSAND MILES AWAY 100
OLD GRAY MARE 102
THE DRUNKARD'S DOOM 104
WHAT WAS YOUR NAME IN THE STATES? 106
SWEET BETSY FROM PIKE 107
CALIFORNIA 110
THE BANKS OF SACRAMENTO 112
MONEY 112
THE MONKEY'S WEDDING 113
ROSIE NELL 114
CHICKEN REEL 116
HANGING OUT THE LINEN CLOTHES 117
DOWN, DOWN DERRY DOWN 118
THE LANE COUNTY BACHELOR 120
KENTUCKY BLAZING STAR SOURWOOD MOUNTAIN 125
THE LOVER'S LAMENT 126
HELLO, GIRLS 128
KANSAS BOYS 129
RED RIVER VALLEY 130
LIZA JANE 1 32
MOUNTAIN TOP 133
NEGRO REEL 134
ONE MORNING IN MAY 136
THE TROUBLED SOLDIER 137
POST-RAIL SONG 138
HAMMER MAN 139
LOVE SOMEBODY, YES I DO 140
AIN'T GONNA RAIN 141
KENTUCKY MOONSHINER 142
MISTER FROG WENT A-COURTING 143
KIND MISS 144
GOIN' DOWN TO TOWN 145
THE SHIP THAT NEVER RETURNED 146
DOWN IN THE VALLEY 148
I DREAMED LAST NIGHT OF MY TRUE LOVE 149
DRIVIN' STEEL 150
THE LINCOLNS AND HANKSES THE MISSOURI HARMONY 152
WINDSOR 153
GREENFIELDS 154
WORTHINGTON 154
HIGHBRIDGE 155
LEGACY 155
THE BROWN GIRL OR FAIR ELEANOR 156
HEY BETTY MARTIN 158
OLD BRASS WAGON 159
CUCKOO WALTZ 160
WEEVILY WHEAT 161
EL-A-NOY 162
HOOSEN JOHNNY 164
MY PRETTY LITTLE PINK 166
LINCOLN AND LIBERTY 167
OLD ABE LINCOLN CAME OUT OF THE WILDERNESS 168
GREAT LAKES AND ERIE CANAL THE ERIE CANAL 171
BIGERLOW 174
RED IRON ORE 176
RAGING CANAWL 178
THE E-RI-E 180
HOBO SONGS SHOVELLIN' IRON ORE 183
HALLELUJAH, I'M A BUM! 184
TRAMP, TRAMP, TRAMP, KEEP ON A-TRAMPING 186
THE DYING HOGGER 186
WANDERIN' 188
A. R. U. 190
WE ARE FOUR BUMS 192
THE BIG BRUTAL CITY THE POOR WORKING GIRL 195
ROLL THE CHARIOT 196
BRADY 198
ON TO THE MORGUE 199
IT'S THE SYME THE WHOLE WORLD OVER 200
IN THE DAYS OF OLD RAMESES 202
THE GOOD BOY 203
WILLY THE WEEPER 204
COCAINE LIL 206
SHE PROMISED SHE'D MEET ME 207
NO MORE BOOZE (FIREMAN SAVE MY CHILD) 208
LYDIA PINKHAM 210
PRISON AND JAIL SONGS BIRD IN A CAGE 213
YONDER COMES THE HIGH SHERIFF 213
PORTLAND COUNTY JAIL 214
MOONLIGHT 216
MIDNIGHT SPECIAL (2) 217
SEVEN LONG YEARS IN STATE PRISON 218
WHEN I WAS YOUNG AND FOOLISH 219
BEEN IN THE PEN SO LONG 220
THE PREACHER AND THE SLAVE 222
BLUES, MELLOWS, BALLETS LEVEE MOAN 225
THOSE GAMBLER'S BLUES 228
GOT DEM BLUES 232
DE BLUES AIN' NOTHIN' 234
WHEN A WOMAN BLUE 236
COO-COO (PEACOCK SONG) 237
GREAT GAWD, I'M FEELIN' BAD 238
O MY HONEY, TAKE ME BACK 239
WHAT KIN' O' PANTS DOES THE GAMBLER WEAR? 240
JOE TURNER 241
TIMES GETTIN' HARD, BOYS 242
I'M SAD AND I'M LONELY 243
C. C. RIDER 246
YOU FIGHT ON 248
SATAN'S A LIAH 250
BALLET OF DE BOLL WEEVIL 252
DE TITANIC 254
THE GREAT OPEN SPACES WHEN THE CURTAINS OF NIGHT ARE PINNED BACK 259
WHEN THE WORK'S ALL DONE THIS FALL 260
AS I WALKED OUT IN THE STREETS OF LAREDO 263
THE DREARY BLACK HILLS 264
THE LONE STAR TRAIL 266
WHOOPEE TI YI YO, GIT ALONG LITTLE DOGIES 268
THE BUFFALO SKINNERS 270
POOR LONESOME COWBOY 273
THE TENDERFOOT 274
LITTLE AH SID 276
THE KINKAIDERS 278
DAKOTA LAND 280
THE FARMER 282
RABBLE SOLDIER 284
THE TRAIL TO MEXICO 285
MEXICAN BORDER SONGS LA CUCARACHA (MEXICAN COCKROACH SONG) 289
MANANITAS (DE JALISCO) 292
LO QUE DIGO 294
EL ABANDONADO 295
CIELITO LINDO 298
ADELITA 300
VERSOS DE MONTALGO 302
SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS WAY UP ON CLINCH MOUNTAIN 307
LIZA IN THE SUMMER TIME (SHE DIED ON THE TRAIN) 308
COON CAN (POOR BOY) 310
GYPSY DAVY 311
THE ROVING GAMBLER 312
YONDER COMES MY PRETTY LITTLE GIRL 313
THE GAMBOLING MAN 313
BURY ME BENEATH THE WILLOW 314
MAG'S SONG 316
THE ORPHAN GIRL OR NO BREAD FOR THE POOR 319
I GOT A GAL AT THE HEAD OF THE HOLLER 320
LONESOME ROAD 322
FOND AFFECTION 323
GO BRING ME BACK MY BLUE-EYED BOY 324
LONDON CITY 324
THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN 325
I DON'T LIKE NO RAILROAD MAN 326
PICNIC AND HAYRACK FOLLIES,
CLOSE HARMONY, AND DARN FOOL DITTIES SUCKING CIDER THROUGH A STRAW 329
DID YOU EVER, EVER, EVER? 329
I WAS BORN ALMOST TEN THOUSAND YEARS AGO 330
GO GET THE AX 332
ABALONE 333
IN DE VINTER TIME 334
CIGARETTES WILL SPOIL YER LIFE 335
MARY HAD A WILLIAM GOAT 336
I WISH I WAS A LITTLE BIRD 338
OLD ADAM 339
THE HORSE NAMED BILL 340
CRAZY SONG TO THE AIR OF "DIXIE" 342
A BOY HE HAD AN AUGER 343
ABDUL, THE BULBUL AMEER 344
GREENS 347
ANIMAL FAIR 348
CALLIOPE 349
SI HUBBARD 350
RAILROAD AND WORK GANGS BOLSUM BROWN 355
POOR PADDY WORKS ON THE RAILWAY 356
THE RAILROAD CARS ARE COMING 358
JERRY, GO AN' ILE THAT CAR 360
IF I DIE A RAILROAD MAN 362
CAP'N I BELIEVE 3G3
JAY GOULD'S DAUGHTER AND ON THE CHARLIE SO LONG 364
CASEY JONES 366
MAMA HAVE YOU HEARD THE NEWS? 368
DON' LET YO' WATCH RUN DOWN 370
THERE'S MANY A MAN KILLED ON THE RAILROAD 371
SHE'LL BE COMIN' ROUND THE MOUNTAIN 372
I WENT DOWN TO THE DEPOT 374
EVER SINCE UNCLE JOHN HENRY BEEN DEAD 376
GO 'WAY F'OM MAH WINDOW 377
MY LULU 378
THE WIND IT BLEW UP THE RAILROAD TRACK 379
HOG-EYE 380
MY SISTER SHE WORKS IN A LAUNDRY 381
I FOUND A HORSE SHOE 382
RAILROAD HILL 384
HANGMAN 385
TIMBER 386
LUMBERJACKS, LOGGERS, SHANTY-BOYS JAMES WHALAND 389
THE SHANTY-MAN'S LIFE 390
FLAT RIVER GIRL 392
THE JAM ON GERRY'S ROCK 394
DRIVING SAW-LOGS ON THE PLOVER 396
MORRISSEY AND THE RUSSIAN SAILOR 398
MULE SKINNER'S SONG 400
SAILORMAN WHISKY JOHNNY 403
BLOW THE MAN DOWN 404
THE DEAD HORSE 406
HEAVE AWAY 407
THE WIDE MIZZOURA 408
I CATCH-A DA PLENTY OF FEESH 409
THE HOG-EYE MAN 410
LEAVE HER, BULLIES, LEAVE HER 412
ACROSS THE WESTERN OCEAN 412
BANDIT BIOGRAPHIES JIM FISK 416
JESSE JAMES 420
SAM BASS 422
FIVE WARS
LOVELY PEOPLE MAN GOIN' ROUN' 447
ALL NIGHT LONG 448
ZEK'L WEEP 449
I KNOW MOONLIGHT 451
BLIND MAN LAY BESIDE THE WAY 452
BY'M BY 453
GO TO SLEEPY 454
JUNGLE MAMMY SONG 455
TEN THOUSAND MILES AWAY FROM HOME 456
MY OLD HAMMAH 457
CHAHCOAL MAN 459
THE WEAVER 460
THE COLORADO TRAIL 462
I MET HER IN THE GARDEN WHERE THE PRATIES GROW 463
SOMEBODY 464
I DON'T WANT TO BE A GAMBLER 465
WHEN POOR MARY CAME WANDERING HOME 466
ROAD TO HEAVEN JESUS, WON'T YOU COME B'M-BY? 469
DESE BONES GWINE TO RISE AGAIN 470
TWO WHITE HORSES 472
WAY OVER IN THE NEW BURYIN' GROUN' 473
MARY WORE THREE LINKS OF CHAIN 474
PHARAOH'S ARMY GOT DROWNDED 476
GOOD-BYE, BROTHER 477
GOD'S GOIN' TO SET THIS WORLD ON FIRE 478
AIN' GO'N TO STUDY WAR NO MO' 480
THINGS I USED TO DO 482
IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE 483
STANDIN' ON THE WALLS OF ZION 484
A HUNDRED YEARS AGO 485
YOU GOT TO CROSS IT FOH YOHSELF 486
I GOT A LETTER FROM JESUS 487
EZEKIEL, YOU AND ME 488
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