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American History in Ballad and Song, Vol.2

Various Artists
American History in Ballad and Song, Vol.2

Originally intended as a teaching aid for senior high school social studies and covering a broad scope of civic, government, economic, citizenship and immigration issues, this compilation provides a provocative mid-century impression of America culled from witnesses to the first half of the twentieth century. We are treated to songs from Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and Malvina Reynolds; speeches from Theodore Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Williams Jennings Bryan; so-called "brag talk" by cowboys; and pronouncement of an oath of loyalty by Chief John Oberly of the "Osage Tribe of Indians" affirming that he will not conspire with any political parties to overthrow the US government.

Track Listing

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Gene Bluestein
02:13  
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102
Harry Jackson
01:34  
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103
Michael Quill
00:45  
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104
Pete Seeger
01:59  
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105
James W. Gerard
02:49  
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106
John Oberly
01:03  
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107
Woody Guthrie
03:15  
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108
Pete Seeger
02:07  
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109
Williams Jennings Bryan
02:09  
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110
Dora Bliggen
02:06  
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201
The New Lost City Ramblers
02:20  
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202
Oscar Brand
02:45  
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203
Tony Schwartz
02:43  
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204
Pete Seeger
03:35  
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205
Vivien Richman
01:46  
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206
William Howard Taft
01:54  
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207
Pete Seeger
03:11  
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208
Theodore Roosevelt
01:35  
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209
Gene Bluestein
01:37  
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301
Franklin D. Roosevelt
01:56  
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302
Woody Guthrie
02:07  
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303
Aunt Molly Jackson
04:48  
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304
Woody Guthrie
03:28  
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305
Tony Schwartz
01:42  
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306
John Greenway
02:04  
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307
Dave Beck
00:32  
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308
Pete Seeger
02:16  
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309
Elizabeth Knight
01:42  
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401
Oscar Brand
00:44  
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402
William O'Dwyer
03:04  
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403
Oscar Brand
02:00  
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404
Will Geer
00:51  
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405
The New Lost City Ramblers
02:12  
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406
Frank Costello
01:43  
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407
Malvina Reynolds
04:12  
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408
Frederic Ramsey, Jr.
01:22  
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409
Martin Luther King, Jr.
00:25  
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410
Dwight Eisenhower and Orval Faubus
00:42  
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411
Pete Seeger
02:01  
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412
Dwight Eisenhower and Orval Faubus
01:14  
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413
The Grand Wizard of the Klu Klux Klan
00:18  
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414
The Freedom Riders
01:42  
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501
William Mandel
02:51  
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502
Vito Marcantonio
00:54  
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503
Joe Glazer
00:58  
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504
General John Pershing
01:32  
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505
Arthur Fields
00:55  
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506
Ernest Hemingway
01:47  
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507
Woody Guthrie
02:54  
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508
Charles A. Lindberg
01:09  
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509
Franklin D. Roosevelt
02:01  
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510
Woody Guthrie
02:54  
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601
Franklin D. Roosevelt
01:15  
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602
Franklin D. Roosevelt
01:21  
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603
George C. Marshall
00:44  
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604
Robert A. Taft
01:09  
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605
Henry Wallace
02:13  
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606
Joe Glazer
02:26  
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607
Bernard Baruch
00:27  
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608
Fred and Betty Dallas
02:50  
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609
John F. Kennedy
00:45  
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610
Fred Dallas
02:47  
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611
John F. Kennedy
02:12  
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612
Pete Seeger
01:52