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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 4 0 Browse Search
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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Book III (continued) (search)
own examples of game-songs, most of them imported from the Old World, are Weevilly Wheat, Juniper tree, Skip to My Lou, The Needle's eye, Happy is the Miller, We're marching Round the Levy; some favourite game-songs of the Central West are Bounce a round, We'll all go down to Rowser's, Pig in the parlour. Beside traditional pieces and those of obscure origin, modern songs of all kinds have been utilized in play-party games: minstrel songs—as Old Dan Tucker, Angelina Baker, Jim along Jo, Buffalo Gals—and the popular street songs, Nelly Gray, Little Brown Jug, John Brown's body, Captain Jinks of the horse Marines. The modern pieces are likeliest to escape mutilation, at least so long as they retain currency as separate songs. Even hymns, scraps of glee club songs, and Mother Goose rhymes are sometimes utilized to form accompaniments to dances. New stanzas are welcomed, and local adaptations, irrelevant or facetious. Judging from recorded material, communal utilization and preservat
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Index (search)
Harvard, 289 Brownson, O. A., 302, 303, 347 Brownson's quarterly Review, 301, 302, 303 Brown University, 210, 357, 392, 413, 443 Brugmann, 469 Bruhl, B., 581 Bryan, E. B., 341 Bryan, W. J., 334, 364 Bryant, Edwin, 137, 142 Bryant, W. C., 40, 44, 115, 268, 322, 415, 549 Bryce, 361, 586 Buclianan, Thomas, 294 Buckland, James, 539 Buckle, 180, 230, 232 Buckminster, J. S., 445 n., 456 Buddha, 213 Buel, C. C., 181 Buffalo Bill. See Cody, William F. Buffalo Gals, 516 Bullard, Frederic Field, 51 Bulletins (Archaeological Institute of America), 491 n. Bulletins (Bureau of Ethnology), 150 Bulwer, 308 Bunch of keys, a, 279 Bunner, H. C., 22, 86, 312 Bunyan, John, 6, 542 Burdette, R. J., 21, 27 Burgess, J. W., 177, 361 Burgoyne, 577 Burke, Charles, 268 Burkle, 583 Burlingame, E. L., 312 Burlington [Iowa] Hawkeye, 21 Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 280, 285, 287, 290 Burs, 34, 60, 61, 69, 109, 115, 369 Burroughs,