The American Songbag

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The great poet and Lincoln biographer was also an important folk song preserver and performer. Here we sample the best of his landmark 1927 collection, “The American Songbag,” picking favorites like "Shenandoah,"Froggie Went a-Courting,” “John B. Sails” and “Turkey in the Straw .”

Click on graphic above for sample video.