Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Song Book: Words and Tunes From the Best Poets and Musicians
The presentation of these songs wz'f/zozzt accampani ment; has been dictated not merely by want of space, but by the desire to present them in their original forms. For, in almost every case, the tune is the only original part of the music of a national song; the addition even of a bass having been generally made by a later hand - not always guided by a sympathetic Spirit.
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