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Introduction | |
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How to Use the Songbook | |
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America - life, culture and history in the USA | |
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Ballads and Old Songs - traditional songs and carols of the British Jsles | |
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City - trials and joys of urban life | |
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Creativity - fiddlers, dancers, weavers and singers | |
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Dreams and Fantasies - songs of the imagination | |
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Ecology - care for the earth and our environment | |
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Faith - OldWorld hymns, White spirituals, new folk hymns, songs of Judaism | |
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Farm and Prairie - farmers, migrant workers and cowboys | |
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Freedom - songs of the BlackAmerican civil rights/liberation movement | |
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Friendship - hugs, old buddies, tears and folks to lean on | |
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Funny Songs - humor for the "big kids" | |
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Golden Oldies - popular songs from the 1890's to the 1940's | |
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Good Times - wassails, jugbands, nights-on-the town and other revelry | |
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Gospel - composed hymns of the late 19th and early 20th century revival mectings | |
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Hard Times and Blues - perseverance, prison, loneliness and some murders | |
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Home and Family - children, parenting and other nesting activities | |
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Hope - gentle social change songs, personal change, love for humanity | |
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Love - romance | |
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Lullabies and night songs | |
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Men - on new male roles (and some old ones, too) | |
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Mountain Voices - songs from Appalachia | |
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Outdoors - songs and hymns celebrating nature, weather, wilderness and mornings | |
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Peace - keeping the planet alive | |
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Play - silly songs, animal songs and tons of other kids' favorites | |
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Rich and Poor - "Wobblies", tramps, rising prices and economic justice | |
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Rounds - less "serious" canons (most with music) | |
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Sacred Rounds and Chants - on unity, hope, peace and the Spirit | |
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Sea - sailors, seaports, shipwrecks and loved ones back home | |
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Spirituals - Black traditional hymns from the days of slavery | |
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Struggle - fights for national freedom and a just world | |
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Time and Changes - seasons of the year, seasons of life | |
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Travelin' - canalboats, railroad men, truck drivers (and more hoboes) | |
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Unity - equality, community, solidarity | |
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Women - celebrating our sisterhood, claiming our stories | |
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Work - working folks' experiences and struggles for dignity and their unions | |
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Artist Index | |
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Cultures Index (languages, nationalities, etc.) | |
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Holiday Index | |
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Musicals Index (Broadway shows) | |
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Subject Index | |
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Title Index (including first lines and alternate titles) | |