| INTRODUCTION TO THE DOVER EDITION |
| INTRODUCTION TO THE 1941 EDITION |
| PREFACE |
| MUSIC PREFACE |
| EXPLANATION OF HEADNOTES |
| I RELIGIOUS SONGS |
| 1. NEGRO SPIRITUALS |
| "Prayer-This evening, our Father" |
| Adam in the Garden Pinnin' Leaves |
| Samson |
| The Man of Calvary |
| Job |
| John Done Saw That Number |
| John Was A-Writin' |
| Dem Bones |
| The Blood-Strained Banders |
| God Moves on the Water |
| God Don't Like It |
| Soon One Mornin' Death Come Creepin' |
| I Feel Like My Time Ain't Long |
| "If I Got My Ticket, Can I Ride?" |
| Choose You a Seat 'n' Set Down |
| Low Down Chariot |
| 2. WHITE RELIGIOUS SONGS |
| Over Jordon |
| "Oh, Lovely Appearance of Death" |
| The Romish Lady |
| 3. THE HOLINESS PEOPLE |
| Keep Your Hands on That Plow |
| The Little Black Train |
| Holy Ghost |
| II. SOCIAL SONGS |
| 1. WHITE DANCE TUNES |
| Bonyparte |
| Callahan |
| "Hop Up, My Ladies" |
| Ducks in the Millpond |
| Lynchburg Town |
| Jinny Git Around |
| King William Was King George's Son |
| Had a Little Fight in Mexico |
| The Bank of Arkansaw |
| 2. NEGRO GAME SONGS |
| Ladies in the Dinin' Room |
| You Turn for Sugar an' Tea |
| Johnnie Bought a Ham |
| "Little Bird, Go Through My Window" |
| Sally Go Round the Sunshine |
| Don't You Like It? |
| Cocky Doodle Doodle Doo |
| "Kitty, Kitty Casket" |
| 3. BAHAMAN NEGRO SONGS |
| The Wind Blow East |
| "Biddy, Biddy" |
| Never Get a Lickin' Til I Go Down to Bimini |
| Married Man Gonna Keep Your Secret |
| A Wasp Bite Nobi on Her Conch-Eye |
| Don't You Hurry Worry with Me |
| Round the Bay of Mexico |
| When de Whale Get Strike |
| Dig My Grave |
| 4. LULLABIES |
| Mamma's Gone to the Mail Boat |
| "Ol' Hag, You See Mammy?" |
| Daddy Shot a Bear |
| "Hush, L'i'l' Baby" |
| Crabe dans Calalou |
| Mary Was a Red Bird |
| Cotton Eye Joe |
| 5. WHOPPERS |
| Billy Barlow |
| The Crooked Gun |
| The Ram of Darby |
| The Lady Who Loved a |
| Toll-a-Winker |
| The Marrowbone Itch |
| Old Blue |
| Wunst I Had an Old Gray Mare |
| Hog Rogues on the Harricane |
| Cod Liver Ile |
| Tom Bolyn |
| 6. COURTING SONGS |
| The Bachelor's Lay |
| Kate Dorey |
| Johnny McCardner |
| Lolly Too-Dum |
| "Where Have You Been, My Good Old Man?" |
| Jennie Jenkins |
| Married Me a Wife |
| Old Shoes and Leggin's |
| Blue Bottle |
| Devilish Mary |
| Do Come Back Again |
| My Old True Love |
| "Fare Ye Well, My Darlin'" |
| I've Rambled This Country Both Earlye and Late |
| East Virginia |
| Long Lonesome Road |
| Little Bonny |
| 7. OLD-TIME LOVE SONGS |
| Old Bangham |
| The Mermaid |
| Tee Roo |
| Sweet William |
| Black Jack Davy |
| The Irish Lady |
| The Lady of Carlisle |
| The Lame Soldier |
| Willy Reilly |
| John Riley |
| Lily Munro |
| Pretty Polly |
| The Lexington Murder |
| The Rich Old Lady |
| 8. FRENCH SONGS AND BALLADS FROM SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA |
| Sept Ans Mer |
| Blance Comme la Neige |
| Je Caresserai la Belle par Amitié |
| "Qu' avec-vous, Oui, Belle Blonde " |
| Le Petit Mari |
| Les Clefs de la Prison |
| Belle |
| III. MEN AT WORK |
| 1. SOLDIERS AND SAILORS |
| The Frenchman's Ball |
| The True Paddy's Song |
| Trench Blues |
| Old King Cole |
| Santy Anno |
| "Haul Away, My Rosy" |
| "The Low-Down, Lonesome Low" |
| The High Barbaree |
| Greenland Whale Fishery |
| The Beaver Island Boys |
| Dark-Eyed Canaller |
| The Bigler |
| 2. LUMBERJACKS AND TEAMSTERS |
| The Little Brown Bulls |
| Moosehead Lake |
| "Johnny Stiles, or the Wild Mustard River" |
| I Came to This Country in 1865 |
| Ox-Driving Song |
| Yo Soy de la Tierra |
| 3. COWBOY SONGS |
| "Git Along, Little Dogies" |
| As I Went A-Walking One Fine Summer's Evening |
| The Sporting Cowboy |
| "Run Along, You Little Dogies" |
| Texas Rangers |
| Diamon |
| If He'd Be a Buckaroo |
| Doney Gal |
| Peter Gray |
| 4. RAILROADERS AND HOBOS |
| The Wreck on Somerset Road |
| The White House Blues |
| John Henry |
| Sis Joe |
| "Oh, Roll On, Babe" |
| As I Went Out for a Ramble |
| Way Out in Idaho |
| 5. MINERS' SONGS |
| "Oh, My Liver and My Lungs" |
| "Down, Down, Down" |
| Pay Day at Coal Creek |
| The Coal Miner's Child |
| 6. FARMERS OF THE SOUTH |
| Po' Farmer |
| It's Hard on We Po' Farmers |
| Ain't It Hard to Be a Right Black Nigger? |
| Georgia |