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Christmas songs / [compiled by] Jerry Silverman.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Joanna Banks Collection M1629.3.C5 C56 1993
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- Format:
- Musical score
- Series:
- Traditional Black music
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christmas music--Juvenile.
- Christmas music.
- African Americans--Music.
- African Americans.
- Carols, English--United States.
- Carols, English.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Christmas music.
- Juvenile works.
- Music.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 1 score (64 pages) : illustrations ; 31 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers, [©1993].
- Summary:
- A collection of Christmas songs traditionally sung by African-Americans.
- Contents:
- It was poor little Jesus
- Mary, what you gonna name that pretty little Baby?
- Yonder comes Sister Mary
- Bright morning stars
- Singing in the land
- Mary had a baby
- Jehovah hallelujah
- Sing-a-lamb
- It's almost day
- Wasn't that a mighty day
- I heard-a from heaven today
- Santa Claus blues
- O, Jerusalem in the morning (I)
- O, Jerusalem in the morning (II)
- O, Mary, where is your Baby?
- The new-born Baby
- Joy to the world!
- Ain't that a rocking all night
- Look-a day
- What month was my Jesus born in?
- O, Mary and the Baby, sweet Lamb
- Sing hallelu
- Children, go where I send thee!
- The angels 'round the throne
- Go tell it on the mountains
- Silent night, holy night
- Christ was born in Bethlehem
- Jesus borned in Bethlea
- Rise up, shepherd, and follow.
- Notes:
- Introduction (page 5) by Kenneth B. Clark.
- Includes indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- Banks Collection copy is "First Printing".
- Other Format:
- Online version: Christmas songs.
- ISBN:
- 0791018326
- 9780791018323
- 0791018482
- 9780791018484
- OCLC:
- 25713787
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