Danish Emigrant Ballads and Songs

by Robert L. Wright and Rochelle Wright

Hawkedby vendors in the streets of Den­mark or sold door-to-door by salesmen, pop­ular street ballads reported disasters at sea, lamented the anguish of separated lovers, and told of the promise of a new land, America.

Authors Rochelle Wright and Robert L. Wright have collected 116 street ballads and songs from oral tradition (a majority of which have never been published before) that pertain to the Danish emigration expe­rience:...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809310643
• ISBN13: 9780809310647
• Release Date: December 1983
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.0" x 11.0"