Philippine Folk Literature: The Folk Songs constitutes Volume VII of the Philippine Folk Literature Series started in the eighties by Damiana L. Eugenio. As in the other volumes in the series, this collection is intended to be national in scope and utmost care was taken to ensure that it contains a wide representation of the different types of folk song and that it represents as many Philippine ethnolinguistic groups as possible. The songs are arranged according to a simple system of classification to accommodate the rich and varied kinds of song in the Philippine folk song repertoire. Narrative songs, or ballads, come first, followed by the big group of non-narrative songs. These non-narrative songs are presented following the main stages in the life cycle -- birth, marriage, and death. Thus lullabies and children's songs come first; love, courtship, and wedding songs come midway in the collection, and death and funeral songs come last. In between these main groups are songs clustered according to theme and purpose, namely, songs about nature, songs about the Filipino maiden, didactic songs (mostly advice to maidens), songs of family life, songs of social protest, and religious festival songs. Indeed we can say of this collection of Philippine folk songs: "Here is God's plenty!" Damiana L. Eugenio is currently Professor Emeritus in the Department of English, University of the Philippines, and Vice President for External Affairs of the Philippine Folklore Society. She has received several awards for her works, among them: Ina ng Folklor ng Pilipinas, from the U.P. Folklorists, Inc. and the U.P. Folklore Studies Program (1986); Professional Achievement Award in the Humanities (Folklore Studies), from the U.P. Alumni Association (1987); National Book Award for Literary History, for Awit at Corrido, from the Manila Critics Circle (1988); Achievement Award in the Humanities, from the Philippine National Science Society (1989); Catholic Mass Media Award, Best Book in English, for Philippine Folk Literature: The Folktales (1990); 1991 Philippine Board on Books for Young People Life Achievement Award; Gawad CCP Para sa Sining (Cultural Research) (1992); Gawad ng Pambansang Alagad ni Balagtas, from the Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas (1993); and a citation for Philippine Folk Literature Series, from the Manila Critics Circle (1995).

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