Books published by publisher henry z. walck, inc.

Jean Ritchie, the youngest of fourteen children born and raised in Viper, Kentucky, is considered one of the greatest balladeers in this century. Her performances have influenced the resurgence of interest in folk music and given audiences a glimpse into the heart of Appalachia. Jean Ritchie's Swapping Song Book brings together twenty-one songs from the Cumberland Mountains of Kentucky. Many are old songs, brought over by settlers from Scotland, Ireland, and England. Child ballads, gospel music, play party tunes, and frolic songs have been handed down by family members, with each generation adding or embellishing verses and melodies. This new edition retains the original text from the 1952 Oxford University Press edition, written by Ritchie, and includes her husband George Pickow's beautiful photographs to help illustrate the stories of such songs as "Jubilee," "The Old Soap Gourd," and "Ground Hog." With a new forward by Oscar Brand.

Second printing, 1946. Contents include The Tinderbox, Great Claus and Little Claus, Little Ida's Flowers, The Real Princess, The traveling Companions, The Goloshes of Fortune, Thumbelisa, The Elf Hill, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, The Mermaid, The Garden of Paradise, The Flying Trunk, The Emperor's New Clothes, The Storks, Ole Ludoie, The Wild Swans, The Swineherd, The Nightingale, The Ugly Duckling, The Red Shoes, The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweeper, The Fir Tree, The Old House, Hans Clodhopper, The Snow Queen, The Marsh King's Daughter, The Little Match Girl, Soup fro a Sausage-Stick, The Shirt Collar, The Money Box and the Bottle Neck. Ten full-page color illustrations by Tasha Tudor, plus many part-page monochrome illustrations.

Jean Ritchie, the youngest of fourteen children born and raised in Viper, Kentucky, is considered one of the greatest balladeers in this century. Her performances have influenced the resurgence of interest in folk music and given audiences a glimpse into the heart of Appalachia. Jean Ritchie's Swapping Song Book brings together twenty-one songs from the Cumberland Mountains of Kentucky. Many are old songs, brought over by settlers from Scotland, Ireland, and England. Child ballads, gospel music, play party tunes, and frolic songs have been handed down by family members, with each generation adding or embellishing verses and melodies. This new edition retains the original text from the 1952 Oxford University Press edition, written by Ritchie, and includes her husband George Pickow's beautiful photographs to help illustrate the stories of such songs as "Jubilee," "The Old Soap Gourd," and "Ground Hog." With a new forward by Oscar Brand.