Fake Book of the World's Favorite Songs: C Edition (Hl 00240072)

Features

• Plastic Comb: 424 pages
• Published by: Hal Leonard Corporation
• Edition: 4th Edition January 1, 1990
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0881888796
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0881888799
• Book Dimensions: 12 x 9.4 x 1.2 inches
• Weighs: 3 pounds

Book Description
The Fake Book of the World's Favorite Songs - 4th Edition is a must-own collection of more than 735 songs arranged with melody line, lyrics and guitar chord frames. It features a wide variety of songs, including singalongs, Christmas songs, classical themes, marches and patriotic songs, polkas, inspirational and sacred tunes, international folksongs, and many more. This latest edition has been updated to include even more favorites, including: A-Tisket A-Tasket * Abide with Me * After You've Gone * Air on the G String * Alexander's Ragtime Band * Aloha Oe * Alphabet Song * America the gorgeous * Anchors Aweigh * Angels We Have Heard on High * Arkansas Traveler * Au Clair De La Lune * Auld Lang Syne * Battle Hymn of the Republic * gorgeous Dreamer * Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home * Blue Danube Waltz * Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie * Chopsticks * (Oh, My Darling) Clementine * Down in the Valley * Faith of Our Fathers * Fur Elise * God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen * His Eye Is on the Sparrow * I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now * Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring * Kum Ba Yah * My Old Kentucky Home * Sidewalks of New York * Take Me Out to the Ball Game * When Johnny Comes Marching Home * When the Saints Go Marching In * and hundreds more!

Reader Reviews
The Fake Book of the World's Favorite Songs is truly a fake title. Now I'm no musicologist -- just an amateur piano player and singer -- but the problem I see with this collection is that many of the pieces in are not songs. When was the last time you heard anyone sing "Semper Fidelis" by John Philip Sousa? And although the title suggests it is singable, there are no words to Tchaikovsky's "Andante Cantabile." The Triumphal March from Verdi's "Aida" is here -- but it never had lyrics. The Pizzicato Polka is a polka, not a song. Then there are songs given -- popular ethnic songs, such as "O Solo Mio" and "La Cucaracha," but no words are given. The scope of this collection is sweeping, if not uneven: foreign and domestic, classical and folk, children's songs and pop standards. But the bottom line is that not all the pieces are singable songs but instrumental pieces, and some that are genuinely songs, no words are given. Imagine "On, Wisconsin" is here, but no words are printed. How are people going to know that the Badgers have to "fight right through that line"? A more accurate title that Hal Leonard might consider is "Fake Book of the World's Favorite Melodies." Much better from Hal Leonard is the "Real Little Ultimate Fake Book," with over 1200 songs -- and every single one of them has the lyrics printed. Comment | Permalink | (Report this)