Introduction = 9
Early America (1620-1810) = 14
Greensleeves = 17
Barbara Allen = 20
Thanksgiving prayer (We gather together) = 23
The girl I left behind = 26
A frog went a-courting = 29
Drunken sailor = 32
Yankee Doodle = 35
The riddle = 38
Oh dear, what can the matter be? = 40
Hail Columbia = 45
Auld lang syne = 49
Billy boy = 52
The wayfaring stranger = 55
Believe me, if all those endearing young charms = 59
Pioneer America (1810-1860) = 62
The blue bell of Scotland = 65
All through the night = 68
Charlie is my darling = 71
Skip to my Lou = 75
Down in the valley = 78
Shenandoah = 81
Annie Laurie = 84
Drink to me only with thine eyes = 88
On top of Old Smoky = 91
Flow gently sweet Afton = 94
Long, long ago = 98
Vive la compagnie (Vive l'amour) = 102
The Campbells are coming = 105
Blue-tail fly = 109
Oh Susanna = 112
Blow the man down = 115
Buffalo gals = 118
Sweet Betsy from Pike = 121
Camptown races = 125
Wait for the wagon = 128
Pop goes the weasel = 131
My old Kentucky home = 134
Polly wolly doddle = 138
Listen to the mocking bird = 141
Cindy = 145
America's coming of age (1860-1890) = 148
Beautiful dreamer = 150
St. Patrick's Day = 153
When you and I were young, Maggie = 157
Wearing of the green = 162
The man on the flying trapeze = 166
Little brown jug = 171
She'll be comin' 'round the mountain = 174
Go down Moses = 177
I'll take you home again, Kathleen = 180
Carry me back to old Virginny = 185
Oh, dem golden slippers = 188
Twinkle twinkle little star = 192
I've been working on the railroad = 195
My bonnie lies over the ocean = 201
There is a tavern in the town = 204
While strolling through the park = 208
Clementine = 212
Love's old sweet song = 215
Where did you get that hat = 218
Oh promise me = 222
Turn-of-the-century America (1890-1910) = 225
After the ball = 227
Daisy Bell = 233
Sidewalks of New York = 239
The band played on = 244
When Johnny comes marching home = 250
On the banks of the Wabash =253
Hello ma baby =257
My wild Irish rose = 263
Mighty lak' a rose = 267
Bill Bailey, won't you please come home? = 271
In the good old summertime = 276
Because =281
Ida =286
Dear old girl = 291
Meet me in St. Louis, Louis = 295
Yankee Doodle boy = 300
Give my regards to Broadway = 306
My gal Sal = 311
In my merry Oldsmobile = 316
Wait till the sun shines, Nellie = 321
Mary's a grand old name = 326
You're a grand old flag = 330
I love you truly = 336
Twentieth-century America (1910-The present) = 339
The rosary = 343
Hinky dinky parlay-voo = 347
America the beautiful = 350
Swing low, sweet chariot = 353
The Marines' hymn = 357
Home on the range = 360
Careless love = 364
Wabash cannon ball = 367
Bell bottom trousers = 370
John peel = 373
When the saints go marching in = 376
Red river valley = 379
Round her neck she wore a yellow ribbon =383
The foggy, foggy dew = 387
The yellow rose of Texas = 391
Aura Lee = 395
He's got the whole world in his hand = 398
Tom Dooley = 401
Index of titles and first lines = 404
Early America (1620-1810) = 14
Greensleeves = 17
Barbara Allen = 20
Thanksgiving prayer (We gather together) = 23
The girl I left behind = 26
A frog went a-courting = 29
Drunken sailor = 32
Yankee Doodle = 35
The riddle = 38
Oh dear, what can the matter be? = 40
Hail Columbia = 45
Auld lang syne = 49
Billy boy = 52
The wayfaring stranger = 55
Believe me, if all those endearing young charms = 59
Pioneer America (1810-1860) = 62
The blue bell of Scotland = 65
All through the night = 68
Charlie is my darling = 71
Skip to my Lou = 75
Down in the valley = 78
Shenandoah = 81
Annie Laurie = 84
Drink to me only with thine eyes = 88
On top of Old Smoky = 91
Flow gently sweet Afton = 94
Long, long ago = 98
Vive la compagnie (Vive l'amour) = 102
The Campbells are coming = 105
Blue-tail fly = 109
Oh Susanna = 112
Blow the man down = 115
Buffalo gals = 118
Sweet Betsy from Pike = 121
Camptown races = 125
Wait for the wagon = 128
Pop goes the weasel = 131
My old Kentucky home = 134
Polly wolly doddle = 138
Listen to the mocking bird = 141
Cindy = 145
America's coming of age (1860-1890) = 148
Beautiful dreamer = 150
St. Patrick's Day = 153
When you and I were young, Maggie = 157
Wearing of the green = 162
The man on the flying trapeze = 166
Little brown jug = 171
She'll be comin' 'round the mountain = 174
Go down Moses = 177
I'll take you home again, Kathleen = 180
Carry me back to old Virginny = 185
Oh, dem golden slippers = 188
Twinkle twinkle little star = 192
I've been working on the railroad = 195
My bonnie lies over the ocean = 201
There is a tavern in the town = 204
While strolling through the park = 208
Clementine = 212
Love's old sweet song = 215
Where did you get that hat = 218
Oh promise me = 222
Turn-of-the-century America (1890-1910) = 225
After the ball = 227
Daisy Bell = 233
Sidewalks of New York = 239
The band played on = 244
When Johnny comes marching home = 250
On the banks of the Wabash =253
Hello ma baby =257
My wild Irish rose = 263
Mighty lak' a rose = 267
Bill Bailey, won't you please come home? = 271
In the good old summertime = 276
Because =281
Ida =286
Dear old girl = 291
Meet me in St. Louis, Louis = 295
Yankee Doodle boy = 300
Give my regards to Broadway = 306
My gal Sal = 311
In my merry Oldsmobile = 316
Wait till the sun shines, Nellie = 321
Mary's a grand old name = 326
You're a grand old flag = 330
I love you truly = 336
Twentieth-century America (1910-The present) = 339
The rosary = 343
Hinky dinky parlay-voo = 347
America the beautiful = 350
Swing low, sweet chariot = 353
The Marines' hymn = 357
Home on the range = 360
Careless love = 364
Wabash cannon ball = 367
Bell bottom trousers = 370
John peel = 373
When the saints go marching in = 376
Red river valley = 379
Round her neck she wore a yellow ribbon =383
The foggy, foggy dew = 387
The yellow rose of Texas = 391
Aura Lee = 395
He's got the whole world in his hand = 398
Tom Dooley = 401
Index of titles and first lines = 404