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...long procession troop Susannah, Frankie & Johnnie, Captain Jinks, Casey Jones, Daisy with her answer true. And easy, engaging Ballad Singer Burl Ives throws in his own specialties-Foggy, Foggy Dew, Blue Tail Fly, and that luscious glimpse of Hobo Heaven, Rock Candy Mountain...
...Streets Are Guarded mixes vaporish mysticism with barrack-room horseplay and talk that lacks the old punch. Over it all lies the war-at-a-distance wistfulness of a man who once lived war at first hand. Meant for a martial chant, it is more like a nostalgic ballad, too often sung rustily...
What that U.S. air force has meant to China was indicated in a ballad reprinted last week by the New York Times from Chungking's Central Weekly-titled Ballad of the Eagles, written by Tien Chin, translated by Frank...
...song, "I Was Raised to the Tune of the Telegraph Key" or "Shoot the Loco' to me Koko." This little ditty should prove popular with all who are interested in Transportation (alias the glorification of the R.R.'s). Therefore, a conservative estimate places the net circulation of the new ballad at approximately...
...Treasury's 918 pages bristle with songs and stories about Paul Bunyan, Old Stormalong, John Henry, Johnny Apple, seed, The Arkansas Traveler, backwoods boasters, killers, patron saints, miracle men - with many an anecdote, joke, tall tale, proverb, animal and ghost story, jingle, ballad, and hunks of widely known, rarely published Americana. If they tell little about U.S. history, they tell much about U.S. character. Editor Botkin wisely keeps his comment to a minimum, lets his collection tell its own story in its own lingo...