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Horne, D. D., "An Inquiry into the Musical Backgrounds of Folk Songs of the Southern Mountains," in Tennessee Folklore Society Bulletin, 4:70—81 (Mary-ville, Tenn., 1938).
Hudson, A. P., Folksongs of Mississippi and Their Background. Chapel Hill: Uni­versity of North Carolina Press, 1936.
Hudson, A. P., and Herzog, G., Folk Tunes from Mississippi, ed. G. Herzog. National Play Bureau, W.P.A., Federal Theatre Project, Publication No. 25. New York: National Service Bureau, 1937.
Hudson, A. P., Folk Tunes from Mississippi, 2nd ed., ed. G. Herzog and H. Halpert, with Preface by E. S. Woodward. W.P.A., Federal Theatre Project, Publication No. 25. New York: National Service Bureau, 1937.
Hustvedt, S. B., A Melodic Index of Chili's Ballad Tunes (Publications of the University of California Southern Branch in Languages and Literatures, Vol. I, No. 2). Berkeley: University of California Press, 1936.
Jackson, G. P., "Did Spirituals First Develop in the Northeast?" in SFQ, 3:1-4
(*939). Jackson, G. P., Spiritual Folk-Songs of Early America. New York: J. J. Augustin,
1937-
Johnson, J. R., Rolling Along in Song. New York: Viking Press, 1937.
A chronological survey of Negro music in the United States, with illustrations.
Karpeles, Maud, Folk-Songs from Newfoundland. London: Oxford University Press, 1934.
Kirkland, E. C, and M. M., "Popular Ballads Recorded in Knoxville, Tennessee," in SFQ, 2:65-80 (1938).
Korson, George, Minstrels of the Mine Patch. Philadelphia: University of Penn­sylvania Press, 1938.
Linscott, E. H., Folk-Songs of Old New England. Introduction by J. M. Car­penter. New York: Macmillan Co., 1939. Wide range and charming presentation.
Lomax, J. A. and Alan, Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads. Rev. and enlarged ed. New York: Macmillan Co., 1938. The standard collection.
Lomax, J. A. and Alan, Negro Folk Songs as Sung by Lead Belly. Musical nota­tion by George Herzog. New York: Macmillan Co., 1936. Important. Has fascinating biography of the singer.
Longini, M. D., "Folk Songs of Chicago Negroes," in JAFL, 52:96-111 (1939).
Matteson, Maurice, and Henry, M. E., Beech Mountain Folk-Songs and Ballads. Schirmer's American Folk-Song Series, Set 15. New York: G. Schirmer, 1936.
McDowell, L. L., Songs of the Old Camp Ground. Ann Arbor: Edwards Bros., Inc., 1937.
Religious songs from Tennessee.
McDowell, L. L. and F. L., Folk Dances of Tennessee: Old Play Party Games of the Caney Fork Valley. Smithville, Tenn.: L. L. McDowell, 1938.
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