[ noun ] a book containing a collection of songs <noun.communication>
The opening cut, "Full Circle," sounds as though it came from the Foreigner songbook.
Lyrics tend to be simple and repetitive, says Dennis Allen, a Nashville, Tenn., composer who is working on a songbook of 60 such tunes.
With one exception, each songbook features words and music to about 30 children's favorites from "Old MacDonald" to "Little Bunny Froo Froo," hand-lettered by Beall and illustrated by Nancy Klein.
When organizers approached an artist to ask for involvement, they suggested a tune from the Porter songbook.