Research Catalog
Singing soldiers
- Title
- Singing soldiers / [compiled] by John J. Niles illustrated by Margaret Thorniley Williamson.
- Publication
- New York : C. Scribner's Sons, 1927.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notated music | Request in advance | 71.3 N594 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Niles, John Jacob, 1892-1980
- Description
- 1 score (x, 171 pages) : illustrations; 23 cm
- Subjects
- Note
- Songs sung by African-American soldiers during World War I; with or without piano acc.
- Includes extensive historical information, in English.
- Contents
- Going home song -- Whale song -- Don't close dose gates -- Crap-shootin' Charley -- Diggin' -- I'm a warrior -- I don't want to go -- Lordy, turn your face -- Good-bye, Tennessee -- He's a burden-bearer -- I don't want any more France -- For I'se weary -- Ole ark -- Gimmie song -- Scratch -- The soldier man blues -- Deep-sea blues -- Chicken butcher -- Jackass song -- We wish the same to you -- Grave-diggers -- Ghost song -- Jail house -- Roll, Jordan, roll -- Long gone -- Pray for forgiveness -- Clean clothes song -- Destroyer song -- Georgia.
- LCCN
- 27007596
- OCLC
- ocm01358779
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries