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FORMAT: New CD • UPC: 093070580121
GENRE: International • RECORD LABEL: Folkways Records
RELEASE DATE: 05/30/12

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American History In Ballad & Song - American Ballad Song 1 / Various (CD)

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American History In Ballad & Song - American Ballad Song 1 / Various (CD)

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Developed as a teaching guide for junior high school social studies classes, this compilation features 57 songs, mainly about American history and culture. They are organized thematically, with topics including Colonial America, the Civil War, and frontier life. A section on "The World of Man" includes Buddhist, Hindu, and Muslim prayers as well as a Polish, Hungarian, and Zulu song. Most of the tracks originally appeared on other Folkways recordings. Artists include Pete Seeger, Peggy Seeger, Hermes Nye, Wallace House, Ed McCurdy, Woody Guthrie, and the Grail Singers. Liner notes offer song lyrics and lesson plan ideas.

Tracklist:

  1. Washer Lad
  2. Shamrock
  3. When I Was Single
  4. The Ballad of Tea Party
  5. The Liberty Song
  6. The Dying Sergent
  7. The Battle of Saratoga
  8. Cornwallis Burgoyned
  9. Buffalo Skinners 1
  10. Davy Crockett 1
  11. Sioux Indians 1
  12. Greer County Bachelor (Starving to Death on My Government Claim) 1
  13. Crossing the Plains 1
  14. Cowboy Yodel 1
  15. Free Elections 1
  16. Jefferson and Liberty 1
  17. Andrew Jackson 1
  18. Oh Dear, What Can the Matter Be? 1
  19. No Irish Need Apply 2
  20. The Harrison Song 2
  21. Hail Africa Band 2
  22. Abolitionist Hymn 2
  23. The Bonnie Blue Flag 2
  24. Cumberland Crew 2
  25. General Patterson 2
  26. In Charleston Jail 2
  27. All Quiet Along the Potomac 2
  28. Lincoln and Liberty 2
  29. Old Rebel 3
  30. Pittsburgh Town 3
  31. The Blind Fiddler 3
  32. Eight-Hour Day 3
  33. My Children Are Seven in Number 3
  34. Let Them Wear Their Watches Fine 3
  35. Cotton Mill Colic 3
  36. Mill Mother's Lament 3
  37. The Faith of Harry Simms 3
  38. The Tva Song 3
  39. Inflation 4
  40. Sixty Percent 4
  41. Raggedy 4
  42. Seven Cent Cotton and Forty Cent Meat 4
  43. Dust Storm Disaster 4
  44. Old English Forty Years Ago 4
  45. The Hunters of Kentucky 4
  46. Santa Anna 4
  47. Roll Alabama Roll 4
  48. Cuba Libre 4
  49. The Flood and the Storm 5
  50. Well, What a Time 5
  51. Japanese Buddhist Service 5
  52. Indian (Hindu) Religioushymn 5
  53. Moslem Hymna Time 5
  54. It's the Same All Over 5
  55. To I Hola 5
  56. Erdo 5
  57. Ntabezikude

UPC: 093070580121
Label: Folkways Records
Release Date: 5.30.12
Format: CD

TRACK LIST

Tracklist:

  1. Washer Lad
  2. Shamrock
  3. When I Was Single
  4. The Ballad of Tea Party
  5. The Liberty Song
  6. The Dying Sergent
  7. The Battle of Saratoga
  8. Cornwallis Burgoyned
  9. Buffalo Skinners 1
  10. Davy Crockett 1
  11. Sioux Indians 1
  12. Greer County Bachelor (Starving to Death on My Government Claim) 1
  13. Crossing the Plains 1
  14. Cowboy Yodel 1
  15. Free Elections 1
  16. Jefferson and Liberty 1
  17. Andrew Jackson 1
  18. Oh Dear, What Can the Matter Be? 1
  19. No Irish Need Apply 2
  20. The Harrison Song 2
  21. Hail Africa Band 2
  22. Abolitionist Hymn 2
  23. The Bonnie Blue Flag 2
  24. Cumberland Crew 2
  25. General Patterson 2
  26. In Charleston Jail 2
  27. All Quiet Along the Potomac 2
  28. Lincoln and Liberty 2
  29. Old Rebel 3
  30. Pittsburgh Town 3
  31. The Blind Fiddler 3
  32. Eight-Hour Day 3
  33. My Children Are Seven in Number 3
  34. Let Them Wear Their Watches Fine 3
  35. Cotton Mill Colic 3
  36. Mill Mother's Lament 3
  37. The Faith of Harry Simms 3
  38. The Tva Song 3
  39. Inflation 4
  40. Sixty Percent 4
  41. Raggedy 4
  42. Seven Cent Cotton and Forty Cent Meat 4
  43. Dust Storm Disaster 4
  44. Old English Forty Years Ago 4
  45. The Hunters of Kentucky 4
  46. Santa Anna 4
  47. Roll Alabama Roll 4
  48. Cuba Libre 4
  49. The Flood and the Storm 5
  50. Well, What a Time 5
  51. Japanese Buddhist Service 5
  52. Indian (Hindu) Religioushymn 5
  53. Moslem Hymna Time 5
  54. It's the Same All Over 5
  55. To I Hola 5
  56. Erdo 5
  57. Ntabezikude

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