Preface vii
Introduction 1
_Recent Trends in Song Search_ 2
_Varieties of Religious Songs_ 4
Religious Ballads
Folk-Hymns
Revival Spiritual Songs
_Folk-Song Collectors of Yore_ 10
_Features of American Folk-Tunes_ 12
Tonal Trends, Tune Families
Metrical Patterns
Scales, Modes
Rufty's Classification, Chart of Tunes
_Tunes of Religious and Worldly Folk-Songs Compared_ 17
_Conclusion_ 21
_Acknowledgments_ 23
Fifty-one Religious Ballads 27
Ninety-eight Folk-Hymns 87
One Hundred and one Revival Spiritual Songs 169
Bibliography 241
List of Abbreviations of Titles 245
Index of Songs by Titles 246
Index of First Lines of Texts 250