Steven Foster: With my Banjo on my knee

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Here are some of the first and most popular songs ever written for banjo. Fascinating historical notes accompany this collection, describing the meaning of the songs, their place in history, the significance of the musicians who first performed them, and Foster himself, America's first professional songwriter. The complete original lyrics of each song and an extensive bibliography are included. The CD contains recordings of each arrangement performed on solo minstrel banjo.

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1. A CATCHING, MELODIC ITCH
2. A DULCEM MELODY
3. A SONG LIKE NO OTHER
4. AN ENDURING STEREOTYPE
5. COMPLETE LYRICS
6. DEATH UP NORTH
7. DREAMING OF MINSTRELS
8. I LIKE DAT GOOD OLD SONG
9. STEPHEN FOSTER & THE BANJO: A MUSICAL TRANSFORMATION
10. THE AMERICAN SONGWRITER
11. THE BEGINNING OF MELANCHOLY
12. THE CELEBRATORY SLAVE
13. THE ENCHANTMENT OF DOO-DAH
14. THE INTOLERABLE BURDEN
15. THE LAST MINSTREL SONG
16. THE MASTER STORYTELLER
17. THE SECOND-PRIZE WINNER
18. THE SOLD AWAY SLAVE
19. THE STORY AND SPIRIT OF THE ANTEBELLUM BANJO
20. THE YEARNING OF A FREEDOM
21. TWO CENTS A COPY
22. WORKS CITED
23. A CATCHING, MELODIC ITCH
24. A DULCEM MELODY
25. A SONG LIKE NO OTHER
26. AN ENDURING STEREOTYPE
27. COMPLETE LYRICS
28. DEATH UP NORTH
29. DREAMING OF MINSTRELS
30. I LIKE DAT GOOD OLD SONG
31. STEPHEN FOSTER & THE BANJO: A MUSICAL TRANSFORMATION
32. THE AMERICAN SONGWRITER
33. THE BEGINNING OF MELANCHOLY
34. THE CELEBRATORY SLAVE
35. THE ENCHANTMENT OF DOO-DAH
36. THE INTOLERABLE BURDEN
37. THE LAST MINSTREL SONG
38. THE MASTER STORYTELLER
39. THE SECOND-PRIZE WINNER
40. THE SOLD AWAY SLAVE
41. THE STORY AND SPIRIT OF THE ANTEBELLUM BANJO
42. THE YEARNING OF A FREEDOM
43. TWO CENTS A COPY
44. WORKS CITED