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'Twas only an Irishman's dream : the image of Ireland and the Irish in American popular song lyrics, 1800-1920 William H.A. Williams
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks ML3554.W77 1996
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Williams, W. H. A.
- Series:
- Music in American life
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Irish--Songs and music--Texts--History and criticism.
- Irish.
- Popular music--United States--Texts--History and criticism.
- Popular music.
- Irish Americans--Songs and music--Texts--History and criticism.
- Irish Americans.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 311 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- Image of Ireland and the Irish in American popular song lyrics, 1800-1920
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c1996.
- Contents:
- Dear harp of my country, the Irish origins
- Romantic Irish popular songs in antebellum America
- From teague to Paddy, the evolution of the stage Irishman
- Ethnicity and parlor songs, Paddy compared
- To the land we left and to the land we live in
- The Irish and Vaudeville
- The Irish American in post-Civil War song
- The theater and songs of Edward Harrigan
- Paddy in the alley
- Irish America in search of an image
- All that I want is in Ireland.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- The Balch Institute Library and Archives
- ISBN:
- 0252065514 (pbk.)
- 0252022467 (cloth)
- OCLC:
- 34151791
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