This vintage book contains a fascinating study on folk-songs from around the world by English author and poet Alfred Owen Williams. For each song Williams has provided the lyrics as well as information pertaining to its origins, history, evolution, popularity, and much more. Highly recommended for those with an interest in traditional folk songs. Alfred Owen Williams (1877 - 1930), also known as "The Hammerman Poet", was an English author, poet, and a collector of folk song lyrics. He taught himself to writer and produced his masterpiece, "Life in a Railway Factory" (1915), in his spare time in between working in the Great Western Railway works in Swindon. Contents include: "American Sea Songs", "The Yankee Man-Of-War", "The Constitution and the Guerriere", "The Coast of Peru", "Folk-Songs of the Civil War", "Freedom's Guide", "Vengeon's La Patrie", "The Beauties of Conscription", "Call All", "The Valiant Conscript", "The South Girl's Song", etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition for the enjoyment of music fans now and for years to come.
This vintage book contains a fascinating study on folk-songs from around the world by English author and poet Alfred Owen Williams. For each song Williams has provided the lyrics as well as information pertaining to its origins, history, evolution, popularity, and much more. Highly recommended for those with an interest in traditional folk songs. Alfred Owen Williams (1877 - 1930), also known as "The Hammerman Poet", was an English author, poet, and a collector of folk song lyrics. He taught himself to writer and produced his masterpiece, "Life in a Railway Factory" (1915), in his spare time in between working in the Great Western Railway works in Swindon. Contents include: "American Sea Songs", "The Yankee Man-Of-War", "The Constitution and the Guerriere", "The Coast of Peru", "Folk-Songs of the Civil War", "Freedom's Guide", "Vengeon's La Patrie", "The Beauties of Conscription", "Call All", "The Valiant Conscript", "The South Girl's Song", etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition for the enjoyment of music fans now and for years to come.
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work...
Studies in Folksong and Popular Poetry is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1895.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and...
This collection of essays deals with various aspects of the study of folk-songs, including their origins, their significance as cultural artifacts, and their relation to other forms of popular music...
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and...
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