The Bonnie Bunch of Roses
The Bonnie Bunch of Roses

Author: Dan Milner

Publisher:

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13:

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"150 traditional songs from the British isles. Historical, informative and witty discourse about each song, with notes on original songs, a discography and a bibliography. Complete with guitar chords and special tunings."--Cover

Paul Clayton and the Folksong Revival
Paul Clayton and the Folksong Revival

Author: Bob Coltman

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9780810861329

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Paul Clayton and the Folksong Revival is the first biography of the folk singer and song collector Paul Clayton (1931-1967). Preeminently a scholar-balladeer, Clayton is credited with the Top-Ten hit "Gotta Travel On" and single-handedly brought hundreds of obscure folksongs to light for the mid-century radio and recording market. He influenced listeners and friends from Dave Van Ronk to Bob Dylan, who considered Clayton a mentor, "mindguard," and well of folksong.

Ballads and Sea-Songs of Newfoundland
Ballads and Sea-Songs of Newfoundland

Author: Grace Yarrow Mansfield

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 1933

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13: 9780674012639

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Newfoundland songs are diverse in origin. Vast numbers of them come from the British Isles, especially from England and Ireland; many are composed in Newfoundland, usually on English or Irish models; a lesser number of American, Canadian, and French songs are current. The ballads to be found in the Child collection are probably the oldest now sung. Then there are many seventeenth- and eighteenth-century broadside ballads, particularly English, and many nineteenth-century compositions. Such are the backgrounds from which the compilers of this volume have drawn their unusually interesting and delightful collection of ballad texts and ballad music. Expeditions to the island in 1920 and 1929 furnished the tunes; and a genuine interest in folk-literature assured the care and accuracy of the work.