I Hear America Singing!: Folksongs for American Families with CD with CD (Audio) (Treasured Gifts for the Holidays)

Originally published as Gonna Sing My Head Off!, this big, colorful songbook is now reissued for the first time with a 23-song CD created especially for it. The book includes 62 of the best-loved American folk songs, with all the lyrics and easy-to-play musical arrangements of the tunes everyone remembers although they may need a little help with the words. From Maine to California, here are ”Michael, Row the Boat Ashore,” “On Top of Old Smoky,” “Home on the Range,” “Ive Been Working on the Railroad,” “This Land Is Your Land,” to name a few–songs that represent the American spirit and history. With each beautifully illustrated song is a note about its origin.

Originally published as "Gonna Sing My Head Off," this colorful songbook is reissued with an accompanying 23-song CD. Features lyrics from such beloved American songs as "On Top of Old Smoky" and "This Land Is Your Land."

Acres of clams (Puget Sound, Washington) — Arkansas traveler (Arkansas) — Barnyard song (I had a cat) (Appalachia) — Beans in my ears (Ohio) — Buffalo gals (Buffalo, New York) — Casey Jones (Kentucky/Mississippi) — Cat came back (Chicago) — City of New Orleans (Midwest) — Clementine (California) — Cowboy's lament (Streets of Laredo) (Texas) — Crawdad song (South) — Down by the riverside (Ain't going to study war no more) (South) — Down in the valley (Kentucky) — Erie Canal (I've got a mule) (New York State) — Follow the drinking gourd (South) — Fox (Went out on a chilly night) (New England) — Freight train (North Carolina) — Frozen logger (Northwest) — Git along little doggies (West) — Go tell Aunt Rhody (New England) — Go tell it on the mountain (South) — Going to the zoo (Chicago) — Good night, Irene (South) — Home on the range (Kansas) — I ride an old paint (Texas/Oklahoma) — I was born about ten thousand years ago (Traditional American) — If I had a hammer (Hammer song) (Traditional American) — I've been working on the railroad (South) — Jesse James (Missouri) — Joe Hill (Traditional American) — John Henry (West Virginia) --Little Boxes (Daly City, California) — Mama don't allow (Traditional American) — Michael, row the boat ashore (Southeast) — Mockingbird song (Hush little baby) (Appalachia/Alabama) — Motorcycle song (East) — Oh, Susanna! (California) — Old Joe Clark (South) — On top of old smokey (Kentucky/Tennessee) — Red river valley (West) — Riddle song (I gave my love a cherry) (Kentucky) — Rock island line (South) — Shall we gather at the river (Brooklyn, New York) — She'll be coming around the mountain (Midwest) — Shenandoah (Missouri) — Shiloh, Liza Jane (Scraping up sand in the bottom of the sea) (Missouri) — Sloop John B (New England) — So long, it's been good to know you (Dusty old dust) (Oklahoma) — Stewball (South) — Sweet Betsy from Pike (California) — Take me out to the ball game (Traditional American) — Tell me why (Traditional American) — There's a hole in the bucket (Pennsylvania) — This land is your land (Oklahoma) — This little light of mine (South) — 'Tis a gift to be simple (New York State) — Turkey in the straw (Midwest) — Turn, Turn, Turn (To everything there is a season) (New York State) — We shall overcome (South) — What have they done to the rain (California) — Will the circle be unbroken (South) — Yankee Doodle (New England).