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guide readers on a musical voyage across oceans, linking people and songs through centuries of adaptation and change. From ancient ballads at the heart of the tradition to instruments that express this dynamic music, Ritchie and Orr chronicle the details of an epic journey.
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Wayfaring strangers: the musical voyage from Scotland and Ulster to Appalachia
2014
in English
1469618222 9781469618227
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Table of Contents
Beginnings
Voyage
Singing a new song
Epilogue. A great tapestry.
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Barbara Allen -- (Dolly Parton with Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and Altan) -- (5:22)
It was a' for our rightfu' king -- (Dougie MacLean) -- (3:40)
Dh'fhalbh mo nighean chruinn donn -- (Colum Sands & Maggie MacInnes) -- (4:13)
Benton's jig/Benton's dream -- (Patrick Street) -- (3:33)
The rambling Irishman -- (Len Graham & Brían ÓhAirt) -- (4:09)
The winding river Roe -- (Cara Dillon) -- (4:30)
The gypsy laddie -- (Jack Beck) -- (4:07)
Gypsy Davy -- (Julee Glaub) -- (4:04)
Pretty Saro -- (John Doyle) -- (3:38)
Indian whoop -- (James Bryan & Carl Jones) -- (2:00)
The Devil and the farmer's wife -- (Alan Burke) -- (4:40)
The farmer's curst wife -- (Pete Seeger) -- (2:48)
Young hunting/Elzig's farewell -- (Sheila Kay Adams) -- (5:45)
Black is the color -- (Sara Grey) -- (2:43)
Old George's Square -- (Jean Ritchie) -- (3:08)
Single girl, married girl -- (Atwater Donnelly) -- (4:11)
Shady Grove -- (Doc Watson & David Holt) -- (6:17)
Willie's lady -- (Anaïs Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer) -- (6:71)
Wayfaring stranger/British field march -- (Timothy Cummings) -- (3:49)
The parting glass -- (Al Petteway & Amy White)-- (4:10).
Edition Notes
"'Voices of tradition' profiles": pages 289-294; "Glossary of less-familiar musical terms": pages 295-297; "A contextual timeline": pages 299-305; "Resource centers": pages 307-308.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-320), discography (pages 311-312), and index.
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