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'Twas only an Irishman's dream : the image of Ireland and the Irish in American popular song lyrics, 1800-1920

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Main Author: Williams, W. H. A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c1996.
Series:Music in American life
Subjects and Genres:
Irish > Songs and music > Texts > History and criticism.
Popular music > United States > Texts > History and criticism.
Irish Americans > Songs and music > Texts > History and criticism.
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Table of Contents:
  • Dear harp of my country, the Irish origins
  • Romantic Irish popular songs in antebellum America
  • From teague to Paddy, the evolution of the stage Irishman
  • Ethnicity and parlor songs, Paddy compared
  • To the land we left and to the land we live in
  • The Irish and Vaudeville
  • The Irish American in post-Civil War song
  • The theater and songs of Edward Harrigan
  • Paddy in the alley
  • Irish America in search of an image
  • All that I want is in Ireland.

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