Brown girl in the ring : an anthology of song games from the eastern Caribbean / collected and documented by Alan Lomax, J.D. Elder, and Bess Lomax Hawes

Published:: New York : Pantheon Books, [1997]
Copyright Date:: ©1997
Edition:: 1st ed.
Physical Description:: xvi pages, 220 pages of music : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm
Additional Creators:: Lomax, Alan, 1915-2002, Elder, J. D. (Jacob Delworth), 1913-2003, and Hawes, Bess Lomax, 1921-2009

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Language Note:

English and Creole words with singable English translations as applicable.

Contents:

1. Song games from Trinidad and Tobago -- 2. Song games from Dominica and St. Lucia -- 3. Song games from Anguilla and Nevis -- 4. Pass-play songs from Carriacou -- 5. I recall: growing up in Tobago -- 6. Observations on the song game.

Subject(s):

Singing games—Antilles, Lesser

ISBN:

0679404538
9780679404538

Note:

Unacc. melodies with chord symbols; each singing game includes the words, instructions, and commentary.
Description based on surrogate.

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-218).
Discography: pages 219-220.

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