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Originally published as Gonna Sing My Head Off!, this big, colorful songbook is now reissued for the first time with a 23-song CD created especially for it. The book includes 2 of the best-loved American folk songs, with all the lyrics and easy-to-play musical arrangements of the tunes everyone remembers although they may need a little help with the words. From Maine to California, here are "Michael, Row the Boat Ashore," "On Top of Old Smoky," "Home on the Range," "I've Been Working on the Railroad," "This Land Is Your Land," to name a fewsongs that represent the American spirit and history. With each beautifully illustrated song is a note about its origin.Kathleen Krull is the author of 'I Hear America Singing!: Folksongs for American Families', published 2003 under ISBN 9780375925276 and ISBN 0375925279.
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