The Alabama Folk Lyric: A Study in Origins and Media of Dissemination

by Ray B. Browne

Alabamians have always been a singing people. The settlers who moved into the various sections of the state brought with them songs which reflected their national origins and geographical backgrounds, and as they spread into the hills and over the lowlands they created new songs out of the conditions under which they lived. Also, they absorbed songs from outside sources whenever these pieces could be adapted to their sentiments and ways of life...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879721294
• ISBN13: 9780879721299
• Release Date: January 1979
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 494 Pages
• Weight: 1.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"