The American Songbag

This long-established anthology, compiled by Sandburg and 'his friends from coast to coast and from the Gulf to Canada, ' contains singable words and music--complete harmonizations or piano accompaniments--to 290 songs, ballads, and ditties that people have sung in the making of America.

Sandburg was not only a poet but also a noted collector and performer of american folk music. This anthology contains words and music to 290 songs that people have sung in the making of americanca. New Introduction by Garrison Keillor; Prefatory Notes by the Author; Index.