71 pp. No CDs. Songs presented with melody, chord symbols and lyrics. Most songs accompanied with reproductions of appropriate woodcuts with a short paragraph about the song. Contents: Colonial America, 17th Century-- The Girl I Left Behind Me; The Golden Vanity; We Gather Around; Old Hundredth; The Willow Tree; The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry; Jennie Jenkins; The Trappan'd Maiden; When I First Came to This Land; The Sheepstealer; Soldier Soldier Will You Marry Me; Colonial America 18th Century-- Devil's Dream; Red-Haired Boy; Whiskey in a Jar; Michael Row the Boat Ashore; Jubal; The Mist Covered Mountain; Mouth Music; The Hoosier; The Greenland Whale Fishery; The Death of General Wolf; The American Revolution--The British Grenadiers; Free America; Castle Island Song; The Rich Lady over the Sea; Yankee Doodle; The Battle of the Kegs; Chester; Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier; The World Turned Upside Down; Hail Columbia. The War of 1812--The Eighth of January; Sinclair's Defeat; Parliament of England; The Noble Lads of Canada; The Constitution and the Guerriere; To Anacreon in Heaven; Patriotic Diggers; The Hunters of Kentucky; Recommended sources for and about songs sung in colonial America, the American Revolution and the War of 1812; picture credits, index of song titles.