These songs were originally bound together, but later disassembled. For example, “Reno Blues” is filed under “Philadelphia Lawyer,” the title being only a variation the song texts themselves are identical. Two exceptions to alphabetical arrangement exist: “Peekskill Songs” consists of a grouping of 21 song texts, penned by Guthrie, on the subject of Peekskill. Where different titles exist for the same song, one title has been chosen, and all copies are filed together.
#LYRICS GIRLS OF THE GOLDEN WEST PUT MY LITTLE SHOES AWAY SERIES#
Series I : loose-leaf individualalphabetically according to Woody Guthrie’s spelling. In some cases songs have multiple copyright holders, for more information contact Woody Guthrie Publications, here. Use restrictions: Permission needed to publish. In addition, many of these include extensive emanations by Guthrie and interesting anecdotes related to the lyrics/verse.Īccess Restrictions: R estricted to pre-approved researchers only. Authorship includes original songs by others or of unknown origin. Along with the unpublished versions of songs, transcribed versions and some published versions are arranged alongside their original counterpart/s. The archives holds over 2000 individual lyrics penned by Guthrie on a variety of mediums, including tissue paper, onionskin, gift-wrap, napkins, concert programs, and even place mats! Some of these lyrics are in the form of loose-leaf sheets, others are written directly in notebooks or journals, others are pasted into over-sized ledgers, and still more are loose sheets collected by Guthrie, which he bound himself. His most famous songs were about the human condition, including but not limited to, equality of human rights, social justice, romance, joy, sorrow and childlike wonder. He is best known for his folk music and songs, and he composed thousands of songs and verse during his lifetime.
Woody Guthrie was a prolific multi-media artist. Provenance: Marjorie Guthrie & offices of Harold Leventhal Original finding aid was prepared by Jorge’ Arevalo Mateus, PhD updated by Tiffany Colannino, March 2011 Melissa Kunz and Kelsey Gulliver, June 2014 updated by Kate L. Research access to this collection is under the discretion of the archivist.Ĭollection Processed by: Jorge Arévalo Mateus, PhD All materials are protected by copyright. This collection includes both previously published and unpublished song ideas, lyrics and verses written by Woody Guthrie.
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