Songsters and Saints. Vocal Traditions on Race Records

Abstract

List of illustrations Acknowledgements A note on the transcriptions The half ain't never been told An introduction 1. Do the Bombashay 2. Under the chicken tree 3 The long-tailed blue 4. If luck don't change 5. As the eagle stirreth her nest 6. Three ways to praise 7. Honey in the rock 8. Natural-born men 9. Next week, sometime...? Notes Bibliography A guide to reissued recordings Index of song titles Index of artists General index.