From: NO_SPAM_asale@ft.newyorklife.com   
      
   On 18 Dec 2006 19:58:06 -0800, "David Rintoul"    
   wrote:   
      
   >There's American Ballads and Folk Songs by John and Alan Lomax,   
   >published by Dover and Jerry Silvermans' Folk Song Encyclopedia --it's   
   >published in two volumes by Hal Leonard,   
      
   True but you can't avoid _Rise Up Singing_.  It's awfully (but not 100%)   
   saccharine but it has most things people think of singing when they seek   
   this material.   
      
   I still like Silber's _Folksinger's Workbook_.  1000 texts & chords, no   
   tunes.  But most of the tunes are easily available online.  At Mudcat Cafe   
   or Ron Clarke's MIDI Empire - http://tadpole.mytunebook.de/songs/songs.htm   
      
   Actually, there are a zillion midi & ABC sites with folk tunes.  Taylor's   
   American stuff is: http://www.contemplator.com/tunebook/america.htm   
      
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