The Open Air Song Book by Arthur Poyser

The Open Air Song Book

With which is incorporated The Scout Song Book, the first official song book of the Boy Scouts Association

Compiled and edited by Arthur Poyser

The Boy Scouts Association, 1947, [First Edition], contains sheet music, hardcover, dustjacket

Very Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, previous owners’ inscription on front endpaper, dustjacket in pieces, shows some edge and shelf wear, some chipping, tears, small parts missing and discoloration (see photographs)

“Many of the songs in this book taught wayfaring youth how to sing the joys of the open air.  Some were made by the singers themselves to express the joys of hiking or camping; so were born the folk songs and ballads of long ago, and so are all the best and the real songs made.”