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Principally words printed as text with accompanying illustrations; includes the music for each song.My old Kentucky home ; The Suwanee River / by Stephen Collins Foster -- Tenting on the old camp ground / by Walter Kittredge -- Marching through Georgia / by Henry C. Work -- Massa's in the cold, cold ground / by Stephen Collins Foster -- Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! The boys are marching / by George F. Root -- Nellie was a lady / by Stephen Collins Foster.
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Copeland, Charles, 1858-1929. illFoote, Mary Hallock, 1847-1938. illKittredge, Walter, 1834-1905Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864
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Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Music
  3. Pictorial Works
  4. Social Life And Customs
  5. Songs
  6. Songs And Music
  7. Songs, English
  8. Southern States
  9. Texts
  10. United States

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