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Tone the Bell Easy is now available as a free e-book at the UNT Digital Library and The Portal to Texas History.
African-American folklorist J. Mason Brewer starts this volume with "Juneteenth," followed by Martha Emmons’ "Dyin’ Easy." Mexican-American folklore is explored in witch tales, legends, folk-curing from Ruth Laughlin Barker, Ruth Dodson, Jovita Gonzalez. Other topics include British ballads in Texas and camp-meeting spirituals, by such contributors as J. Frank Dobie, Mabel Major, and Phil LeNoir.