Roustabout Songs
An edition of Roustabout Songs (1939)
A Collection of Ohio River Valley Songs
By Mary Wheeler
Publish Date
1939
Publisher
Remick Music Corporation
Language
eng
Pages
48
Description:
Roustabout Songs is a collection of African American folk music collected by musicologist Mary Wheeler from men and women living and working on the steamboats that traveled the Ohio River Valley. The music contained in this book was arranged by William J. Reddick. For more information about Mary Wheeler and the roustabouts visit http://digitalcollections.mclib.net/luna/servlet/McCracken~13~13
subjects: African Americans, Folk Music, Blues Music, Gospel, Steamboats, United States
People: Mary Wheeler, Irvin S. Cobb
Places: Paducah Kentucky, Cairo Illinois