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Published by Oak Publications / A division of Embassy Music Corporation, New York, 1972
ISBN 10: 0825600677ISBN 13: 9780825600678
Seller: Cat's Curiosities, Pahrump, NV, U.S.A.
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Cover illustration by Aristide Maillol (illustrator). Outside corners bent to the extent of half an inch; considerable rub along spine. Previous owner's address label inside front wrap. "Compiled and collected at the University of Illinois by the Illini Folk Arts Society." This is "primarily a collection of dirty songs. It is customary at this point to make some pious reference to the 'Ulysses' and 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' court decisions. No such defense will appear here. The Songs are not great literature, and if they can be defended, it must be on other grounds. . . . The reader is not depraved; neither are we. But we, like the reader, know that occasionally we need to purge ourselves of our less acceptable emotions. . . . Sometimes nothing else will, as Tom D'Urfey put it, 'purge the melancholy.'" Further "This is a singer's collection, as opposed to a collection for the folklorist. In most cases, we have combined two or more versions to get the most complete text and singable tune we could." Yes, "Barnacle Bill the Sailor" is included, as well as "Hitler Has Only Got One Ball." 144 pp. including Index and Bibliography. Reduced from $16.
Published by 1972, New York. NY, 2008
ISBN 10: 0825600677ISBN 13: 9780825600678
Seller: Blue Skye Books, Novato, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. NYC: Oak Publications, 1972. 1st edition, NF/. Tall paperback has some edge & corner wear. Black and white drawings, index. Over 100 songs (many with musical notation), presented of which many are of a bawdy nature. Nice copy, 144 pp.