Full Description
A collection of powerful, evocative and hilarious songs collected in the 1970s, My Song is My Own takes the reader on a musical journey of courtship, desire and sex, marriage, motherhood,childhood and work from the last five centuries.
With full sheet music for every song, and accompanying lyrics, this is perfect for singers as well as readers. Each section is introduced with a a brief thematic history, showing how the music has developed over time.
From ballads to industrial songs written for the mine and factory, from folk revivals to children's songs for the street and playground, this book reveals the hidden culture and history of women for us today.
Contents
Introduction
Part I: Love, Courtship and Desire
1. I Long to Have a Man
2. The Unfortunate Lass
3. The Thing is My Own
Part II: Marriage
4. Take Your Partners...
5. We've Been Together Now for Forty Years
6. Nothing Between Us Now
Part III: Motherhood and Childhood
7. We Must Choose
8. When Suzy Was a Baby
Part IV: Work - the Waged and the Unwaged
9. A Woman's Work...
10. The Boss's Darling?
11. Keep That Trouble Stirring
Index of Song Titles
Index of First Lines
Select Bibliography
Select Discography
Sources and Acknowledgments
