![]() ![]() Ritchie and Orr guide readers on a musical voyage across oceans, linking people and songs through centuries of adaptation and change.Įnriched by the insights of key contributors to the living tradition on both sides of the Atlantic, accompanying this abundantly illustrated volume is an online Spotify playlist featuring over 20 songs by musicians profiled in the book, including Dolly Parton, Dougie MacLean, Cara Dillon, John Doyle, Pete Seeger, Sheila Kay Adams, Jean Ritchie, Doc Watson, David Holt, Anais Mitchell, Al Petteway, and more. Their enduring legacy of music flows today from Appalachia back to Ireland and Scotland and around the globe. I am a poor wayfaring stranger While traveling through this world of woe Yet there's no sickness, toil or danger In that bright world yo which I go I'm going there to see my father I'm going there no more to ram I'm only going over Jordan I'm only going over home I know dark clouds will gather around me I know my way is rough and steep Yet. ![]() ![]() They brought with them a wealth of traditional ballads and tunes from the British Isles and Ireland, a carrying stream that merged with sounds and songs of English, German, Welsh, African American, French, and Cherokee origin. Many of these Scots-Irish immigrants made their way into the mountains of the southern Appalachian region. From the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries, a steady stream of Scots migrated to Ulster and eventually onward across the Atlantic to resettle in the United States. ![]()
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