Sure do love songbooks, especially the compilations with the words to all the verses, plus the guitar and piano parts. The Fireside Book of Favorite American Songs, published in 1952, is one of favorites, not least for the charming illustrations by Aurelius Battaglia.
This great graphic-arts blog has biographical information on Battaglia, an amusing photograph of the arts, and more examples of his wonderful work. But I'll also just post a few pages from the Fireside Book so you can look for yourself.
Next week, more about the people who pulled the whole book together.
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