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Steamboat 'round the bend : stories and songs of the Mississippi River told by Ben Lucien Burman.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings
Other Authors: Burman, Ben Lucien, 1896-1984 (Performer), Manson, Eddy L. (Eddy Lawrence), 1919-1996 (Performer)
Format: CD Audio
Language:English
Published: [Washington, DC] : Smithsonian Folkways, [between 2000 and 2009?]
Series:Custom compact disc series.
Subjects:
Mississippi River Valley > Social life and customs.
Mississippi River > Description and travel.
Folk songs, English > United States.
Ballads, English > United States.
Incidental music.
Harmonica music.
Table of Contents:
  • The river's still rugged
  • The shanty boats
  • Humor on the river
  • Showboat
  • How folk songs grow
  • Picturesque characters
  • Unnatural history
  • Fire on the mountain
  • The lower river
  • Cumberland River justice.