Download Hear My Sad Story: The True Tales That Inspired "Stagolee", "John Henry", and Other Traditional American Folk Songs AudioBook Free
In Hear My Sad Story, Richard Polenberg details the historical incidents that resulted in the writing of several famous North american folk tracks that dished up as touchstones for years of American music artists, lyricists, and folklorists. Those incidents, which took place from the first 19th to the mid-20th hundreds of years, often involved tragic occurrences: murders, sometimes caused by love affairs gone wrong; desperate works given birth to out of poverty and intolerable working conditions; and calamities such as railroad accidents, shipwrecks, and natural disasters. Listening to these tales of sorrow, misfortune, and regret places us touching a dark but terribly familiar part of American history. Polenberg results us to the women and men who, in music, became legends. The book is released by Cornell School Press.
