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Old ballads, historical and narrative : with some of modern date / now first collected, and reprinted from rare copies ; with notes

Author:
Evans, Thomas 1742-1784  Search this
Former owner:
Shankland, Edward Clapp DSI  Search this
DeVincent, Sam 1918- DSI  Search this
Physical description:
2 v. ; 20 cm. (8vo)
Type:
Books
Date:
1777
Topic:
Ballads, English  Search this
Songs, English  Search this
Call number:
PR1181 .O44 1777
PR1181.O44 1777
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_404649

The Book of British ballads / edited by S.C. Hall ..

Author:
Hall, S. C (Samuel Carter) 1800-1889  Search this
Former owner:
Comegys Library DSI  Search this
Physical description:
vi [i.e. x], 440, [2] p. : ill., music ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1855
[ca. 1855]
Topic:
Ballads, English  Search this
Call number:
PR1181 .B72 1855
PR1181.B72 1855
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_401097

Ballads of the North and South in the Civil War / [compiled by] Walbrook D. Swank

Author:
Swank, Walbrook D (Walbrook Davis)  Search this
Physical description:
xv, 112 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Texts
Poetry
Place:
United States
Confederate States of America
Date:
1996
C1996
19th century
Civil War, 1861-1865
Topic:
Ballads, English--Texts  Search this
Songs, English  Search this
War songs--Texts  Search this
American poetry  Search this
War poetry, American  Search this
History  Search this
Songs and music  Search this
Texts  Search this
Poetry  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_499190

Reliques of ancient English poetry : consisting of old heroic ballads, songs, and other pieces / collected by Thomas Percy ... ; with a supplement of many curious historical and narrative ballads, reprinted from rare copies ; and a copious glossary and notes

Author:
Percy, Thomas 1729-1811  Search this
Walter, Adam B. 1820-1875  Search this
Former owner:
Comegys Library DSI  Search this
Physical description:
[4], l, [1], 51-558, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1870
Early modern, 1500-1700
Topic:
Ballads, English  Search this
English poetry  Search this
Romances, English  Search this
Call number:
PR1181 .R38 1870
PR1181.R38 1870
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_403063

The New Lost City Ramblers song book. Edited by John Cohen and Mike Seeger. Musical transcriptions by Hally Wood

Author:
Cohen, John 1932-  Search this
Seeger, Mike 1933-  Search this
Wood, Hally  Search this
Physical description:
256 p. illus. 26 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1964
[c1964]
Topic:
Folk songs, English  Search this
Ballads, English  Search this
Call number:
M1629 .N57X
M1629.N57X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_44946

Shantymen and shantyboys : songs of the sailor and lumberman / collected and compiled by William Main Doerflinger

Author:
Doerflinger, William Main  Search this
Bayard, Samuel Preston  Search this
Wood, Hally  Search this
Wood, Joseph  Search this
Physical description:
xxiii, 374 p. ports., illus. 27 cm
Type:
Songs and music
Place:
United States
Date:
1951
Topic:
Sea songs  Search this
Lumbermen  Search this
Ballads, English  Search this
Call number:
M1977.S2D57X 1951
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_364549

American ballads and folk songs / collected and compiled by John A. Lomax and Alan Lomax ; with a foreword by George Lyman Kittredge

Author:
Lomax, John A (John Avery) 1867-1948  Search this
Lomax, Alan 1915-2002  Search this
De Vincent Collection of American Sheet Music  Search this
Physical description:
xxxix, 625 p. ; 24 cm
Type:
Songs and music
Place:
United States
Date:
1946
1946, c1934
Topic:
Ballads, English  Search this
Folk songs, English  Search this
African Americans  Search this
Spirituals (Songs)  Search this
Call number:
M1629.L85 A58 1946
M1629.L85A58 1946
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_365554

The Scottish minstrel; the songs of Scotland subsequent to Burns with memoirs of the poets

Author:
Rogers, Charles 1825-1890  Search this
De Vincent Collection of American Sheet Music  Search this
Physical description:
xx, 507 p. port. 25 cm
Type:
Texts
Place:
Scotland
Date:
1870
Topic:
Songs, Scots  Search this
Scottish poetry  Search this
Ballads, English  Search this
Call number:
PR8651 .R72 1870
PR8651.R72 1870
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_365626

American favorite ballads. Vol. 1 [sound recording] / Pete Seeger

Author:
Seeger, Pete 1919-  Search this
Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings  Search this
Physical description:
1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + (booklet, 32 p.)
Type:
Sound recordings
Place:
United States
Date:
2002
1954
P2002
Topic:
Ballads, English  Search this
Folk songs, English  Search this
Folk music  Search this
Popular music  Search this
Call number:
disc 000509
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_762143

Ballads and sea songs of Newfoundland, collected and edited by Elisabeth Bristol Greenleaf; music recorded in the field by Grace Yarrow Mansfield and the editor

Author:
Greenleaf, Elisabeth Bristol 1895-1980  Search this
Mansfield, Grace Yarrow  Search this
Physical description:
xliv, 395 p. plates, ports. 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Newfoundland
Date:
1933
Topic:
Ballads, English  Search this
Sea songs  Search this
English literature  Search this
Call number:
ML3563.G81X 1933
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_364280

Cowboy songs, and other frontier ballads, collected by John A. Lomax ... with a introduction by Barrett Wendell

Compiler:
Lomax, John A (John Avery) 1867-1948  Search this
Author:
De Vincent Collection of American Sheet Music  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, [14], 414 pages including facsimile 20 cm
Type:
Books
Music
Place:
West (U.S.)
Date:
1916
Topic:
Cowboys--Songs and music  Search this
Ballads, English  Search this
Folk songs, English  Search this
Call number:
PS595.C6 L6 1916X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_364518

My pious friends and drunken companions : songs and ballads of conviviality / collected by Frank Shay ; magnificently illuminated by John Held, Jr

Author:
Shay, Frank 1888-1954  Search this
Held, John 1889-1958  Search this
De Vincent Collection of American Sheet Music  Search this
Physical description:
192 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
Type:
Scores
Place:
United States
Date:
1927
C1927
Topic:
Ballads, English  Search this
Folk songs, English  Search this
Drinking songs  Search this
Folk music  Search this
Call number:
PS593.L8S45X 1927
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_368088

"Gentlemen, be seated!" : a parade of the old-time minstrels / by Dailey Paskman and Sigmund Spaeth ; with a foreword by Daniel Frohman ; profusely illustrated from old prints and photographs and with complete music for voice and piano

Author:
Paskman, Dailey  Search this
Spaeth, Sigmund Gottfried 1885-1965  Search this
Physical description:
xvii p., 247 p., [19] leaves of plates : ill., music, ports. ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1928
Topic:
Blackface entertainers  Search this
Ballads, English  Search this
Call number:
ML3561.P2 G3 1928
ML3561.P2G3 1928
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_365451

"Sound off!" soldier songs from yankee doodle to parley voo / Edward Arthur Dolph ; music arranged by Philip Egner ; illustrated by Lawrence Schick ; foreword by Peter B. Kyne

Author:
Dolph, Edward Arthur 1896-  Search this
Egner, Philip 1870-1956  Search this
De Vincent Collection of American Sheet Music  Search this
Physical description:
xv, 621 p. illus. 27 cm
Type:
Scores
Place:
United States
Date:
1929
Topic:
War-songs, English  Search this
Ballads, English  Search this
Songs, English  Search this
Call number:
M1629.D7X 1929
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_365967

Songs from Shakespeare's plays and popular songs of Shakespeare's times. Compiled and edited by Tom Kines

Author:
Kines, Tom  Search this
Subject:
Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Knowledge Music  Search this
Physical description:
104 p. illus. ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1964
[c1964]
To 1800
Topic:
Ballads, English  Search this
Folk songs, English  Search this
Incidental music--Excerpts  Search this
Call number:
M1740 .K51 1964
M1740.K51 1964
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_366340

Ballads and songs from Ohio / collected and arranged by Mary O. Eddy ; Introduction by James Holly Hanford

Author:
Eddy, Mary Olive  Search this
Physical description:
xxvii, 330 p. ports. 23 cm
Type:
Scores
Place:
Ohio
Date:
1939
[1939]
Topic:
Ballads, English  Search this
Folk songs, English  Search this
Call number:
M1629.E24B2X 1939
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_356669

Songs of our times, from the pages of Broadside magazine. Compiled and edited by Sis Cunningham

Author:
Cunningham, Sis 1909-2004  Search this
Physical description:
v. illus., ports. 28 cm
Type:
Scores
Place:
United States
Date:
1964
1964-
Topic:
Ballads, English  Search this
Call number:
M1629.B87S7X 1964
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_363693

Classic African-American ballads [sound recording] : from Smithsonian Folkways

Author:
Williams, Warner  Search this
Douglas, K. C  Search this
Leadbelly 1885-1949  Search this
Jackson, John 1924-2002  Search this
Memphis Slim  Search this
Dixon, Willie 1915-1992  Search this
Terry, Sonny  Search this
McGhee, Brownie 1915-1996  Search this
Eaglin, Snooks 1936-2009  Search this
White, Josh  Search this
Gillum, Jazz 1904-1966  Search this
Stidham, Arbee  Search this
Anderson, Pink 1900-1974  Search this
Broonzy, Big Bill 1893-1958  Search this
Taylor, Earl 1929-1984  Search this
Guthrie, Woody 1912-1967  Search this
Sprott, Horace  Search this
Van Ronk, Dave  Search this
White, Josh Jr  Search this
Cephas & Wiggins  Search this
Stony Mountain Boys  Search this
Physical description:
1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in
Type:
Sound recordings
Music
Place:
United States
Date:
2006
19uu
P2006
Topic:
Ballads, English  Search this
African Americans  Search this
Popular music  Search this
Blues (Music)  Search this
Call number:
disc 000613
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_826228

A ballad of the West [sound recording] : the epic trilogy / [by Bobby Bridger]

Author:
Bridger, Bobby  Search this
Deloria, Vine  Search this
Subject:
Bridger, Jim 1804-1881  Search this
Glass, Hugh ca. 1780-ca. 1833  Search this
Physical description:
4 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in
Type:
Sound recordings
Songs and music
Place:
West (U.S.)
Date:
2000
1975
P2000
Topic:
Ballads, English  Search this
Frontier and pioneer life  Search this
Call number:
disc 000617
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_830005

Americans and their songs

Author:
Luther, Frank 1905-1980  Search this
De Vincent Collection of American Sheet Music  Search this
Physical description:
xiv p., 1 l., 323 p. 24 cm
Type:
Scores
Place:
United States
Date:
1942
[c1942]
Topic:
Ballads, English  Search this
Americans--Music  Search this
Folk songs  Search this
Call number:
M1629.L97A6X 1942
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_364335

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