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Book

Just listen to this song I'm singing : African-American history through song

Call Number

  • J 780.97 S (CEN)

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Publication Information

Brookfield, Conn. : Millbrook Press, c1996.

Physical Description

95 p. : ill., music ; 29 cm.

Summary

Uses the music and lyrics of thirteen African-American songs as a focal point for relating the history of the African-American experience and for telling American musical history.

Notes

Includes music for voice and keyboard, with chord symbols.

Contents

  • Michael, row the boat ashore
  • Go down, Moses
  • Follow the drinking gourd
  • John Henry
  • Joe Turner
  • Casey Jones
  • The ragtime dance song
  • Yellow dog blues
  • The long-line skinner blues
  • The midnight special
  • Don't you leave me here
  • The Darktown Strutter's Ball
  • We shall overcome.

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