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Hear my sad story

the true tales that inspired Stagolee, John Henry, and other traditional American folk songs

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An edition of Hear my sad story (2015)

Hear my sad story

the true tales that inspired Stagolee, John Henry, and other traditional American folk songs

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"Polenberg returns us to the men and women who, in song, became legends. The lyrics serve as valuable historical sources, providing important information about what had happened, why, and what it all meant. More important, they reflect the character of American life and the pathos elicited by the musical memory of these common and troubled lives"--Book jacket flap.

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English Folk songs, Murder, Songs and music, History and criticism, Death in music, Popular music, Disasters, Folk songs, american, history and criticism, New York Times reviewed

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United States

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20th century, 19th century
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Hear my sad story: the true tales that inspired Stagolee, John Henry, and other traditional American folk songs
2015
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Hear My Sad Story: The True Tales That Inspired Stagolee, John Henry, and Other Traditional American Folk Songs
2015, Cornell University Press
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Table of Contents

Prologue. The streets of Laredo
St. Louis. St. Louis blues (1914) ; Duncan and Brady (1890) ; Stagolee (1895) ; Frankie and Johnny (1899)
Lying cold on the ground. Omie Wise (1807) ; The ballad of Frankie Silver (1831) ; Tom Dooley (1866) ; Poor Ellen Smith (1892) ; Pearl Bryan (1896) ; Delia's gone (1900)
Bold highwaymen and outlaws. Cole Younger (1876) ; Jesse James (1882) ; John Hardy (1894) ; Railroad Bill (1896) ; Betty and Dupree (1921)
Railroads. John Henry (1870s) ; Engine 143 (1890) ; Casey Jones (1900) ; Wreck of the old 97 (1903)
Workers. Cotton mill blues (1930s) ; Chain gang blues (1930s) ; Only a miner (1930s) ; House of the Rising Sun (1930s)
Disasters. The Titanic (1912) ; The boll weevil (1920s)
Martyrs. Joe Hill (1915) ; Sacco and Vanzetti (1927)
Epilogue. Hear my sad story.

Edition Notes

"Sources for readers and listeners": pages 263-283.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
782.42162/13009
Library of Congress
ML3551 .P65 2015, ML3551.P65 2015

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Pagination
ix, 293 pages
Number of pages
293

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL27198398M
ISBN 10
1501700022
ISBN 13
9781501700026
LCCN
2015016652
OCLC/WorldCat
908635139

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OL20018330W

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