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American Folk Songs for Christmas by Ruth Crawford Seeger, Barbara Cooney Woodland Journal she crafted The Tale ofRuth Crawford Seeger (1901 1953), distinguished musician, noted music educator and authority on folk music has assembled a collection of songs from the old time Christmas, before Santa Claus came to America and neatly trimmed fir trees bloomed with tinsel. These are the folk songs, the ballads that sprang from a need to express the Christmas spirit, and they are a part of our heritage. The songs are as varied as the singers who have given them