8vo, hardcover. No dj. Fine condition, contents bright, crisp & clean, unopened. xii, 311 p., illus. 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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