# Discovering American Folk Music

Reviews the two main influences -- African and English -- on the development of American folk music. Traces the history of one ballad from its original British version through its journey across America to its emergence in the American West as the cowboy song, 'The Streets of Laredo,' and later in a Negro blues version entitled 'Saint James Infirmary. For more on filmmaker Bernard Wilets, visit http://www.afana.org/wilets.htm

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1982
- Runtime: 21 min
- By: Bernard Wilets
- Genres: Education, Music
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/DiscoveringAmericanFolkMusic1982)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Kids profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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