Singing Through American History
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," SINGING THROUGH AMERICAN HISTORY Events and eras in American History, in chronological context, Titles ofsongs that exemplify those dates and eras, and Sources in which those songs may beJound. Compiled by SAM HINTON originally preparedjor the class HFolksong and History," Uniuversity ojcalifornia Extension. 1968. Printed on Friday, July :!O, :!OOI I SUBJECT PAGE SONGS ARRANGED BY DATE ----------------- 1 SONGS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER -------------- 9 SONGS GROUPED BY CATEGORIES ------------- 14 African-Americans and Siavery------- 14 American Revolution-------------- 15 Between Civil War and World War 1-- 15 California ------------------------- 16 Civil Rights ------------------------ 16 Civil War -------------------------- 17 Colonial Days ---------------------- 17 Conservation and Environment ------ 18 Hard Times & Disasters -------------- 18 Immigration ----------------------- 19 Industrial Expansion & Transport ----- 19 Labor----------------------------- 20 Maritime Experience ---------------- 20 Native Americans ------------------- 21 Religious Ferment ------------------ 21 Since World War II ----------...------- 22 War of 1812 ------------------------ 22 Westward Expansion --------------- 22 World War 1------------------------ 23 World War II ----------------------- 23 Young Republic --------------------- 23 SOLIRCES OF SONGS ------------------------ 24 ADDRESSES OF SOURCES -------------------- 27 I ; a .. 'I SINGING THROUGH AMERICAN HISTORY SONGS ARRANGED BY DATE THE AfiLLER 'S WILL (HINS) NOTE; Titles 0 J songsg are in CAPS; alternate titles are PAPER OF PINS (RA.!'.') ill quotes. sources ojsOllgs are in PARE!'.'THESES. THE QUAKER'S WOOING (UNS) Some songless dates are included to help place some RISSELn' ROSSELn' (SEGI) dated songs ill context. These songs may flat have arisen ROVING PEDDLER (CAZI) at the time ojthe event. but are concerned with it. TIIREE JOLLY ROGl7ES C1N GOOD OLD 1492 (Oct 12) Columbus "discovers" America COLOl'\"Y TIAffiS") (LL,,",S) (SCHI) LAD (UNS) (SO!323) 1607-(May) 1st permanent English Colony, Jamestown, (SOREP1) VA; 120 settlers. John Smith tries to rule colony, but is YOUNG CHARLOTTE ("TI-IE FROZE,,", GIRL") driven out; he leaves Va. in 1609. (UNS) (S0!32'3) JONATHAN S:MITII (COL) (HIN3) YOUNG MAN WHO WOULDN'T HOE COR,,", 1609-Spanish found Santa Fe. New Mexico (LOM4) CA.''TO DE CUNA (ESP) l612-tobacco cultivation begun by John Rolfe 1610-Indians are an important part of our history. TOBACCO'S BUr AN Il'.'DIANWEED (HANKS) MY LITTLE MOHEE(LOMl) (lVES) IROQUOIS LULLABY (FOWl) 1614-The Dutch Establish a colony Called New Amsterdam ClllPPEWA OWL SONG (CRA) (later New York) LAKOTA LUlLABY (RUCK2) JOLLY OLD ROGER (HIN4) (LINS) AS LONG AS THE GRASS SHALL GROW 1619-Africans brought to Jamestown; probably as (SCO) indentured servants. l6l0-l776-Coloniallife in general. NOTE; all songs within JUBA (JONE1) (JONE2) this date span are appropriate here.) l620-Pilgrims land near Plymouth From the old world heritage OLD ffilNDREDTH (RUS) BARBARA ALLEN (BRO) (RITCH 2) (SCOT) TOULON (CHAS) (WARN4) '\\:1-10 IS THE MAN? (DOW) CUCKOO, THE (RITCH 2) 1629-First Puritans anive at Salem (MA) Bay Colony DEVIL & THE FAR"ffiR'S WIFE, The l629-First commercial fishery established at Medford, MA ("FAR\1ER'S CURST WIFE") (BRO) BOSTON COME-ALL-YE (BON) (FSICvi!2) (HIN3) (SCOT) 1635) (September) Roger Williams banished from GYPSY LADDIE (RITCH 2) Massachusetts Bay for preaching his belief in the JOI-Il'\ BARLEYCORl'\ (RVS) separation of church and State, LORD BATEMA.l.1\i (BRO) (RITCH 2) 1636-Roger Williams founds Providence (Rhode Island). LORD RANDALL (RITCH 2) 1636-Anne Hutchinson also banished from the Bay GOLDEN 1REE (RITCH 2) for holding "SO erroneous opinions", including what they OLD BA..NGUM: (RITCH 2) called Antinomianism, the stressing of personal OLD MAl\" L1\i THE WOOD (FSICi/3) (HIN3) revelation, and her questioning the authority of orthodox (UNS) (SCOT) clergy. She too fled to RI and founded the city of RIDDLE SONG (RUS) Portsmouth in 1638. ROBIN THE BOBBIN (CWTY \VRli"-!') l640-Beginning of Actual slavery in America; \'A and MD (FSlCii3) (HIN3) enact a series of statutes distinguishing between white '\lFE OF USHER'S WELL (RITCH 2) indentured servants and African chattel slaves. North America becomes a goal for some of Europe's ALL HID? (LC, album IV) poor people, , . , ALL THE PREITY LIlTLE HORSES (LOM1. 2) INVITATION TO NORTII AMERICA (SILl) BARNEY McCABE (MOV) (CARA3) (fUNS) Many colonists come as indentured servants GRAY GOOSE (SOREP I) DISTRESSED DAMSEL CfRAPA.NN'D JUBA (HINS) (JOl'.'El) (JOI'.'E2) .MAIDE\1 (SILl) (MACN2) LONG JOHN (LC, album III) MOTHERLESS ClllLD (RUS) (FSICi,,:3) Daily life in the Colonies OH MARY, DON'T YOU 'VEEP (RUS) BILLY GRlA1ES (BEL) SEEK M'D YOU SHALL FINU (RUS) (SO!32:4) THE ClllEFTAIN'S BRIDE (AW) SHOO TIJRKEY (CARA3) GAP (CARM) (Lor..n) S\\lNG LOW, SWl3ET CHARIOT (BON) GRANDMOTIffiR BROWN (HIN2) (Lo.M2) (RUS) KAn' CRtJa (UNS) (SCOT) 1 SINGING THROUGH AMERICAN HISTORY 16-t-1-lst organized whale processing and distribu-tion, on Romance. -- For information. write Ms. Vykki t-.lende Long Island, z-..'''y, (beached whales only) Gray, 634 28th St., San Diego. CA 92181. 16-J.7-Towns of Providence, Newport, and Portsmouth band ADIOS, ADIOS, At-.flGOS (CAUF) together and form the colony of Rhode Island, with a ALABADO (CRUZ) General Assembly draft code separating church and state JAY. SUSA.lI,JAl (CALIF) and guaranteeing religious freedom, BORREGO, EL (CAUF) 1659-1st fire department to be established by municipal CAUFOR.l\,,1 \'ALS JOTA, EL (CALIF) action, in New York City, CAMOTES, LOS (CALIF) BOWERY GRE"JADIERS (Alli) (SO! 9'3) CM'TICO DE ALBA (CRUZ) 1668-French establish fur-trading post and mission at CAt."'TO DE Cl,;\;A (ESP) Sault(W ARl\;4) CAPOTIK, EL (CAUF) (SO!.t:5) (LL'M) 1738-George Whitefield, Evangelist, arrives in America CIELITO Ul'.1)() (MACK3) (OROZ3) o LOVELY APPEARA1\lCE OF DEArn (LOM3) COr-..'TRADANZA DE MONIERREY. LA (CALIF) Rise of "Play-parties" as an answer to religious strictures COl\TRADAN ZA DE SONOMA, LA (CALIF) against dancing DE COLORES (RUS) (SO!25-3) (HlN8) (OROZl) OLD JOE CLARK (FSIC vi:l) (HlN4) DESPEDIDA DE MONlERREY, LA (CALIF) (SOREPl) EN NOMBRE DEL CIELO (ERR) (HlN9) SKIP TO t-.fY LOll (RlTS) (FSIC iv:2) ES AL AMOR MARIPOSA (CALIF) GO IK TIlE \\1LDERNESS (ALLE) GALLITO, EL (ESP) 1756-1763- "French and Indian War" (7 Years' War) (See HAMACA, LA (CAllF) also 1759) MUJER, LA (CALIF) FELIX TIIE SOLDIER (WARi'\l4) MANAN1T AS, LAS (OROZ2) (TOO) 1755-English expel Acadians from Sova Scotia MI PEPA (CALIF) l P;\;", DEllX, TROIS (ALLE) (SM) POSADAS, LAS SONGS (lUN9) (OROZl) CAJlP;\;" D\'O-STEP «(Instrumental) (HlN2) SOMBRERO BLANCO, EL (CALIF) M'SIEl' BAINJO (ALLE) (BON) VALS DE MILAN (CAUF) 1758-1830-Red Jacket (Sagoyawatha), Seneca orator VARSOVlA.1\iA, LA (CALIF) AS LONG AS TIffi GRASS SHALL GROW (SCO) 1770 (March 3) The "Boston Massacre" Cl-llPPEWA OWLLL'lLABY (HOM) UNHAPPY BOSTOI' (ALLI) (BRA.,l\IDl) (LAW) TIlE !ANTI K:.'lOWS YOl"RE 1HERE (CARAl) 1771-1 st Spinning Mill established in Derbyshire, England (Hi\..l\ol\:S) (PET) FOUR-LOOM WEAVER(SEG4) 1759 (Sep 18) - English capture Quebec in French and POVERn' KNOCK (WALK-J2) Indian War; leaders of both armies, Montcalme and 1773 (Dec. 16) The Boston Tea Party Wolfe. are killed, TIlE BOSTON TEA-TA.X (SILl) (SCOT) BRAVE WOLFE (FSIC vii:3) (\\'ARN4) REVOLlmONARY TEA ("RICH LADY OVER 1761-0biutary verse about Timothy Myrick, which passed TIlE SEA") (SCOT) (SILl) into the folk tradition and became a song witH many, 1774 - Increase of anti-British feelings many versions, FREE AMERICA (BRAND2) (SILl) SPRINGFlELD MOL T AL'l (HlN4) (SCO) 1775 (Oct. 7) British rue upon the town of Bristol, Rhode (SCOT) Island 1765-Colomsts complaining about British taxation. BOMBARDMEl'.'T OF BRISTOL (ALLI) (SILl) (SILl) 1775-1783-- (I1-IE GEl\TERAL PERIOD) The American 1767-British Townshend Acts decree that Americans pay Revolution. NOTE: Many of the songs from earlier dates on all imported glass, lead, paint, and tea. Americans refer to events leading up to the Revolution, and may be respond by organizing a boycott against ALL British used in this context imports, JOHNNY HAS GONE FOR A SOLDIER TO TIlE LADIES! ("YOllNG LADIES N TOW!':") C'BUITER.\1ILK l-llLL") (ALU) (SCOT) (SILl) (FOR) (SILl) (SCOT) CHESTER (MACS2) (SILl) 1769 (July 16) Mission San Diego de Alcala founded; 1st of YM'KEE DOODLE (BRA:NTI2) (FSIC Ill: 1) a series of missions & towns designed to strengthen (LAW) (SCO) Spain's claim to California and to keep the Russians JOHN:!'.')' GET 'yot)R GL';\; (ALLI) out. 1775 (JUNE 17)-The Battle Of Bunker Hill 1769-18-lO: The "heyday" of Alta California Missions and HilL (A) (ALLI) (SILl) Ranchos. A good general set of songs and dance music BL'NKER mIL (B) (DRI2) on the CD: Los Californios: Flowers ofOur Lost I a IJ / ' SINGING THROUGH AMERICAN HISTORY 1776 (SEP. 22) Execution of Hale 1799 Quasi-war against France O\'er commercial maritiml..' HALE (ALLI) (SILl) rights ILALE 1:-': TI IE BUSI I (BRA;''D2) S \"lCTORY (BOARD) (LAW) 1-:'76 (Dec 25) WAShington crosses the Delaware to 1800 Jefferson's Presidential Campaign. retake Trenton and Princeton. JEFFERSOK A'.'D LIBERTI' (FSICviii: 1) (U\W) HIE BATILE OF (SCOT) (SCOT) (SO!5:-I.) 1776 - Shakers settle near ALBA!\,;'Y, 1803 - Lewis and Clark Expedition authorized by President MORE LO\'E (A.:'\.'D) (RUS) Jefferson. SIMPLE GIFTS (.<\"'\.'0) (FSICix:2) (RUS) (SCO) ROLL COLUMBIA (GllH) (ReS) 1777 (Aug 16) Battle of Bennington, \1' 1805 - C.S. refuses to pay Barbary