Country Music songbooks

NY: Dixie Music , 1942-1943. First Editions. Original Wraps. Fine. Three volumes. pp: 32+32+32. Contain words and music to 79 hillbilly and cowboy songs. Titles include: The Devil and Mr. Hitler; Dreams of Old Kalua; Just Give Me Dixie; The Midnight Horse; Ha! Ha! Polka; Ridin' to the Rhythm of the Hoof Beats on the Trail; When You're Blue, Just Yodel; The Hobo Yodeler; My Pinto Pal; Small Town Blues; and 69 more. 11" x 8.5 Smilie Sutter was known as West Virginia's Champion Yodeler. more information

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NY: Dixie Music , 1944. Early edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 32pp. Contain words and music to 33 hillbilly and cowboy songs, including: The Fate Of Pearl Harbor; Flounder Foot Polka; How Dan'l Boone Fit The Snappin' Turtle; Square Head Polka; When The War Clouds Fade Away; and 28 more. Bit of extraneous writing on cover. 11" x 8.5 Smilie Sutter was known as West Virginia's Champion Yodeler. more information

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NY: Peer International, 1941. First Edition. Pictorial cover. Very Good. 32pp. Contains words and music to 16 cowboy and hillbilly songs, including: Carry Me Back To The Mountains; I Am Thinking To-night Of My Blue Eyes; In The Cumberland Mountains; Sleepy Rio Grande; The Utah Trail; Worried Mind; and 10 more. Carl, "who hails from the North Dakota hills, is well known as the Carl of 'The Original Nightherders' . Jane is from New Britain, Connecticut." Their radio program originated at station WHAM, Rochester, NY. 12" x 9". more information

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Kansas City, MO Midland Music 1946., 1946. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 12" x 9" 47pp Contains lyrics, melody lines, piano accompaniment, chord symbols and frames for 20 songs performed by The Texas Rangers. Titles include: Broken Hearted; Dogies Lullaby; My and My Old Paint Hoss; Ride, Cowboy, Ride; Six Gun Dan; and 14 more. The six-page photographic scrapbook invites us to "Meet the Gentlemen in the White Hats.Made Honorary Texas Rangers.". Illustrated by 6pp illus from photographs. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. more information

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Dallas, Texas Metro-Music (1948)., 1948. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 12" x 9" (32)pp Contains lyrics, melody lines, piano accompaniment and chord symbols to 13 songs written and performed by Hank Thompson. Titles include: Humpty Dumpty Heart; The Green Light; Don't Flirt With Me; California Women; and nine more. Includes one page of biography and many full-page and half-page candid photos and portraits. Illustrated by 27 illus from photographs. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. more information

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Dallas, Texas: Metro-Music, 1948. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Fair. (32)pp; old tape along spine, back cover quite scuffed, contents complete. Contains lyrics, melody lines, piano accompaniment and chord symbols to 13 songs written and performed by Hank Thompson, including: Humpty Dumpty Heart; The Green Light; Don't Flirt With Me; California Women; and nine more. 12" x 9". more information

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NY: Hill and Range Songs, 1954. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 36pp; cover and 12 illus from photographs. Contains words and music to 15 songs, written and performed by Hank Thompson, including: Rub-A-Dub Dub; You're Walking On My Heart; When You're Lovin', You're Livin'; Cryin' In the Deep Blue Sea; Swing Wide Your Gate Of Love; and 10 more. Top of spine roughened. 12" x 9 Signed by Hank Thompson in blue ink, above his picture on the cover. Thompson, aka The King of Western Swing, was backed by The Brazos Valley Boys to produce their honky tonk cowboy sound. more information

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NY: Hill and Range Songs, 1954. First Edition. Original Wraps. Good +. 36pp; cover and 12 illus from photographs. Contains words and music to 15 songs, written and performed by Hank Thompson, including: Rub-A-Dub Dub; You're Walking On My Heart; When You're Lovin', You're Livin'; Cryin' In the Deep Blue Sea; Swing Wide Your Gate Of Love; and 10 more. 12" x 9 Signed by Hank Thompson in blue ink, above his picture on the cover. Thompson, aka The King of Western Swing, was backed by The Brazos Valley Boys to produce their honky tonk cowboy sound. more information

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NY: Oak, 1974. First edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine. 127pp; illus from candid photographs. Contains an introduction and 15 pages on bluegrass guitar technique as well as words, music and tablature for 32 traditional folk songs. No instruction record is present. 11" x 8.5 Includes transcriptions in the styles of Clarence White, Don Crary, Charlie Waller, Peter Rowan and others. more information

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Portland, Oregon American Music 1939., 1939. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 12" x 9" (54)pp Contains lyrics, melody lines, piano accompaniment, chord symbols and frames for 20 cowboy songs performed by this group. Titles include: Back on the Old Santa Fe; We'll Sleep on the Rolling Prairie; You're Still A Hill Billy to Me; That Ozark Home of Mine; Driftin' Sand; and 15 more. The Drifting Pioneers featured Merle (Pappy) Travis, Morris (Sleepy) Marlin, Walter Brown, Bill Brown, Fun-making Denny, and Winsome Judy Dell. Merle Travis was 22 at the time. Illustrated by 3 group photo-portraits. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. more information

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NY: Treasure Chest, 1935. First Edition. Original Wraps. Good +. 48pp; occasional illus in text. Contains words and music to 38 cowboy songs, including: Bad Company; Brown-eyed Lee; Come All You Wild Rovers; Dreary Black Hills; Night-herding Song; Utah Carroll; and 32 more. 9.25" x 6.75" more information

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Nashville: Ernest Tubb, 1943. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. Illus from Photographs. 40pp; 9pp illus from photographs, "frameable" portrait on coated stock tipped in at front. Laid in is a 1944 song sheet, "Soldier's Last Letter." Small archival repair to foot of spine. 8.25" x 11". more information

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NY Ernest Tubb Music 1953., 1953. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 12" x 9" 40pp Contains lyrics, music, chord symbols and frames to 15 songs performed by Ernest Tubb. Titles include: I Need Attention Bad; She Slipped Out On Me; Dear Judge; My Portigue Gal; Stand By Me; and 10 more. Illustrated by 14 illus from photographs. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. more information

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Portland, Oregon: American Music, 1941. First Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine. 40pp; A foreword by E.T. and a brief account of him and the Texas Troubadours precede the words and music to 20 songs, including: I'll Get Along Somehow; My Rainbow Trail; Yersterday's Tears; Those Simple Things Are Worth A Million Now; and 16 more. The cover contains a portrait of E.T., while six photos of him and the Texas Troubadours are found inside and outside the back cover. 10.75" x 8.25 more information

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Hollywood: Ernest Tubb Music, 1947. First Edition. Original Wraps. Good +. 52pp; 12pp illus from photographs. Contains words and music to 20 songs written and sung by Ernest Tubb, including: A W-O-M-A-N Has Wrecked A Many Good Man; Don't Your Face Look Red; Seaman's Blues; Two Wrongs Don't Make A Right; and 16 more. 12" x 9" The back cover features a photograph of Ernest Tubb and His Texas Troubadours. more information

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Hollywood Ernest Tubb Music 1947., 1947. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Some wear along spine, else in very good condition. 12" x 9" 52pp Contains lyrics, melody lines, piano accompaniment, chord symbols and frames to 20 songs written and sung by Ernest Tubb. Titles include: A Lonely Heart Knows; Don't Your Face Look Red; Seaman's Blues; Two Wrongs Don't Make A Right; and 16 more. Illustrated by cover and 12pp photo-illus. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. more information

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Beverly Hills Ernest Tubb Music 1950., 1950. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 12" x 9" 40pp Contains lyrics, melody lines, piano accompaniment, chord symbols and frames to 15 songs written and/or sung by Tubb. Titles include: Don't Rob Another Man's Castle; My Filipino Rose; My Tennessee Baby; Drivin' Nails in My Coffin; and 11 more. Illustrated by cover and 11pp photo-illus. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. more information

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Portland, OR: American Music, 1941. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. Some rubbing along spine. 42pp; two illus from photographs. Contains lyrics, melody lines, piano accompaniment, chord symbols and frames to 20 songs written and sung by Ernest Tubb. Titles include: I'll Get Along Somehow; Blue-eyed Elaine; Our Love Yodel; Swell San Angelo; Walking the Floor over You; and 15 more. 12" x 9". more information

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NY Ernest Tubb Music 1947-1963., 1963. Soft cover. Prior owner's signature on each cover, else very good condition. 12" x 9" 214pp in all Contains lyrics, music, chord symbols and frames to 80 songs performed by Ernest Tubb and his Texas Troubadours. Illustrated by many illus from photographs. First Editions. Binding is original wraps. more information

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NY: Ernest Tubb Music, 1953. First Edition. Pictorial cover. Very Good. 40pp; 14 illus from photographs. Contains words, music, guitar chords and frames for 15 songs performed by Ernest Tubb, including: Don't Trifle on Your Sweetheart; Dear Judge; My Portugal Gal; Stand By Me; and 11 more. 12" x 9". more information

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Portland, OR: American Music, 1942. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. 44pp; two illus from photographs. Contains lyrics, music, chord symbols and frames to 20 songs written and sung by Ernest Tubb, incuding: First Year Blues; I Ain't Going Honky-Tonkin' Any More; Our Little Yodeling Boy; Just Rollin' On; Ridin' That Dusty Trail; and 15 more. 12" x 9". more information

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Hollywood, CA: American Music, 1943. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. 46pp; illus from photographs inside cover. Contains words and music to 20 popular favorites by "America's No. 1 Hillbilly Balladeer," including: Answer to "Walking the Floor Over You"; Married Man Blues; Mean Mama Blues; Ernest Tubb's Talking Blues; Mean Old Bed Bug Blues; and 15 more. 12" x 9 more information

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Chicago: M.M. Cole, 1942. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Fine. Illus from photographs. 96pp; 4pp illus from photographs. Contains lyrics, melody lines, piano accompaniment, chord symbols and frames to 86 songs performed by Jack Turner. Titles include: Arizona's Callin'; A Cowboy's Life Is the Best; Dusk on the Range; I Want to Go to Idaho; Loggin'; Moon Over Montana; Oklahoma Hill; Pretty Quadroon; Weary Trav'ler; When It's Springtime in the Shenandoah Valley: and 76 more. Inside the cover is a one-page biographical sketch of Happy Jack. 12" x 9". more information

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NY: Chas. H. Hansen Music, 1948. First Edition. Original wraps. Good. 16pp; signs of light use. Contains words, music, and chord symbols to six songs: I Love You So Much It Hurts; Take Me Back To My Boots And Saddle; Teardrops In My Heart; One Has My Name, The Other Has My Heart; My Daddy Is Only A Picture; Oklahoma Waltz. 12" x 9". more information

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NY: Hill and Range Songs, 1957. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good. Illus from Photographs. 41 pages. Contains 21 photo-illustrations of Porter and his family and friends, along with words and music to 15 songs, including: Itchin' for My Baby; Let's Squiggle; Tricks of the Trade; Blue Guitar; Company's Comin'; and 10 more. 11.75" x 9". more information

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NY Peer International 1943., 1943. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 12" x 9" 32pp Contains lyrics, melody lines, piano accompaniment, chord symbols and frames for 16 songs performed by Smilin' Bill. Titles include: Modern Cannon Ball; Wild and Reckless Hobo; My Blue Eyed Mountain Rose; Born to Lose; and 12 more. Illustrated by large portrait on cover. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. more information

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NY Peer International 1943., 1943. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Some pink offsetting on covers, contents in very good condition. 12" x 9" 32pp Contains lyrics, melody lines, piano accompaniment, chord symbols and frames for 16 songs performed by Smilin' Bill. Titles include: Modern Cannon Ball; Wild and Reckless Hobo; My Blue Eyed Mountain Rose; Born to Lose; and 12 more. Illustrated by large portrait on cover. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. more information

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Portland, Oregon: American Music, 1939. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 50pp. Contains words and music to 20 songs featured on radio by Don White, The Carolina Boy, including: Hill Billy Fiddler; Ridin' Saddle for A Dollar A Day; Rock River Valley; In the State of Old Nevada; Hollywood Cowboys; and 15 more. 12" x 9 more information

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Portland, Oregon American Music (1939)., 1939. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 12" x 9" (50)pp Contains lyrics, music, guitar chords and frames to 20 songs featured on radio by Don White, The Carolina Boy. Titles include: Hill Billy Fiddler; Ridin' Saddle for A Dollar A Day; Rock River Valley; In the State of Old Nevada; Hollywood Cowboys; and 15 more. Illustrated by cover photo of Don White. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. more information

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NY: Pacific Coast Borax , 1934. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 16pp; centerspread illus from photographs. Contains historical notes, words and music to six cowboy songs as sung on the "Death Valley Days" radio program, including: The Little Old Sod Shanty; Zebra Dun; The Tenderfoot; and three more. 12" x 9 The cover features a large portrait of John White picking his guitar. more information

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NY Pacific Coast Borax (1934)., 1934. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Small chips from corners of cover, else in very good condition. 12" x 9" 16pp Contains historical notes, lyrics and music to six classic cowboy songs as sung on the "Death Valley Days" radio program. Illustrated by centerspread of photo-illus. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. John I. White was a writer, singer of cowboy songs, and map draftsman. He was born in Washington, D.C. on April 12, 1902 and died in Maplewood, N.J. more information

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Urbana Univ of Illinois Press (1975)., 1975. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Book, dust jacket and record in fine condition. 10.25" x 7.5" pictorial dj pp: xiii, 221 Laid in is the original 33-1/3 rpm vinyl record containing four songs by John White. This is a presentation copy, inscribed on the endpaper and signed as "the former `Lonesome Cowboy,' John I. White, June 1976." In this book, White tells his own story as he outlines the rise of cowboy music to pop status. Chapters center on the people (Owen Wister, Kid O'Malley, and others) and the songs associated with cowboy music of the day. Includes lyrics to many songs and some lines of music. Illustrated by illus from photos & drawings. First Edition. Binding is original cloth. more information

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Urbana Univ of Illinois Press (1975)., 1975. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Near fine condition in a price-clipped dust jacket. 10.25" x 7.5" pictorial dj pp: xiii, 221 Laid in is the original 33-1/3 rpm vinyl record containing four cowboy songs, sung by John White. In this book, White tells his own story as he outlines the rise of cowboy music to pop status. Chapters center on the people (Owen Wister, Kid O'Malley, and others) and the songs associated with cowboy music of the day. Includes lyrics to many songs and some lines of music. Illustrated by illus from photos & drawings. First Edition. Binding is original cloth. more information

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Wheeling, WV: Wheeling Music, 1952. First Edition. Original Wraps. Fine. 28pp; 4pp illus from photographs. Contains a 20th Anniversary message from Doc Williams as the foreword as well as words and music to 12 songs, including: Bright Red Horizon; Fire-fly Waltz; Man In The Moon; Whisper Thru The Stars; Why Should I Cry; and seven more. 12" x 9 The front cover features Doc Williams and his guitar, a cowboy scene in the background. Doc's wife, Chickie Williams, graces the back cover. Laid in is a small, printed broadside advertising Cy Williams as a purveyor of guitar strings: "These are the same strings used by Doc Williams on the radio," etc. Also laid in is a page of lyrics to the song "Filipino Baby. more information

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Nashville: Acuff-Rose, 1948. First Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine. 48pp; 6pp illus from photographs. Contains words and music to 20 songs written and performed by Hank Williams, including: Honky Tonkin'; Honky Tonk Blues; I'm A Long Gone Daddy; Move It On Over; Six More Miles; and 15 more. 12" x 9 This is the first songbook devoted to the works of Hank Williams. more information

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Nashville: Acuff-Rose, 1950. First Edition. Original Wraps. Good. pp: 47, (1)ad; 6pp illus from photographs. Contains words and music to 17 songs by Hank Williams and three associated with his performances. Titles include: A House of Gold; The Alabama Waltz; I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Livin'; My Son Calls Another Man Daddy; You're Gonna Change; and 12 more. Signs of light use. 12" x 9 more information

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Chicago: Hall & McCreary, 1943. First Edition. Fair. Lacking the covers. pp: 63, (1) index. Contains words and music to 52 cowboy and traditional songs, including: Big Corral; Dance for Shoot the Buffalo; Dogie Song; Little Mohee; Pawpaw Patch; Swapping Song; Weevily Wheat; and 45 more. 10.25" x 6.75". more information

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Baltimore: Published by the author, Circa 1950s. First Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine. 12pp; 4pp illus from photographs. Contains a page of biography and words only to 32 songs favored by Wiseman, including: The Georgia Waltz; Waiting For The Boys To Come Home; Shackles & Chains; Dreaming Of A Little Cabin; Crazy Blues; and 27 more. 10.75" x 8.5 A circular window in the cover reveals the portrait of Wiseman which is on page one. Wiseman sang and played on radio shows in a number of places, worked a year with Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys, recorded for Dot Records, and when this book was published he was doing daily programs on radio station WBMD, Baltimore. He has been called one of the Three Tenors of Bluegrass music. more information

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Chicago: Hilliard-Currie, 1944. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 48pp; 12 illus from photographs. Contains words and music to 22 songs performed on the radio by the Shady Valley Folks, including: Sunset Time in Shady Valley; Back by the Old Rio Grande; Sweet Ella Lee; My Cherokee Rose; Riders of Purple Sage; and 17 more. 12" x 9" The back cover comprises a group photo of Uncle George and the gang taking a break from their daily radio program. more information

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NY: Hill and Range Songs, 1952. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 37pp; 7 illus from photographs. Contains words and music to 15 country and hillbilly songs, including: Tennessee Border; Oakie Boogie; Tennessee Polka; Tennessee Saturday Night; Cryin' Heart Blues; and 10 more. Inside the cover is a page of text about Johnnie and Jack. 12" x 9 more information

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NY: Hill and Range Songs, 1952. First Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine. 37pp; 7 illus from photographs. Contains words and music to 15 country and hillbilly songs, including: Tennessee Border; Oakie Boogie; Tennessee Polka; Tennessee Saturday Night; Cryin' Heart Blues; and 10 more. Inside the cover is a page of text about Johnnie and Jack. 12" x 9 Signed on the cover: "Best wishes / Johnny Wright / WSM" and "Jack Anglin / Best Wish. more information

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Chicago: M.M. Cole, 1942. First Edition. Original Wraps. Good. 96pp; 6pp illus from photographs. Contains words and music to 85 songs, including: Bad Brahma Bull; The Crash Of The Sun Racer; The Great Speckled Bird, Number Four; Hills Of Roane County; How Many Biscuits Can You Eat; Ozzy Of The Ozarks; Rambling Yodel Sam; Song Of The WWVA Jamboree; and 77 more. Text age-tanning as usual; spine repaired with archival paper tape. 12" x 9 Performers shown are: Joe Barker; Smilie Sutter; Little Shirley; Big Slim, The Lone Cowboy; Doc, Cy & Curley Simms; Brown Eyes & Slim Carter; Curly Miller; Crazy Elmer; Silver Yodlin' Bill Jones; Buckeye Stanley; Johnny Hill; Sunflower; Toby Stroud; Jimmie Hutchinson; Quarantine; Sonny Day; Froggie Cortez; Willie Whistle; and others. more information

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