Animal Folk Songs for Children : Traditional American Songs

Noted musician, folklorist, & teacher Ruth Crawford Seeger has selected & arranged more than 40 American folk songs about all kinds of animals -- rabbits, hounds, Ôpossums, raccoons, bears, snakes, cows, sows, turkeys -- even crocodiles! She gathered these authentic songs from field recordings in the archives of the Library of Congress & transposed them from banjo-guitar-fiddle & voice patterns into piano scores. Primarily from the South, many of the songs show a black African influence which, when mixed with other cultural traditions, results in a strong, resilient music unique to the American experience. These animal songs, with amusing illustrations, will be a delight not only for children, but for those teachers & librarians who work with them.Seeger, Ruth Crawford is the author of 'Animal Folk Songs for Children : Traditional American Songs', published 2004 under ISBN 9780756779689 and ISBN 0756779685.