Election Songs of the United States
If you’re looking for U.S. presidential campaign songs and political ditties dating from 1800 to 1950, you’ll find them on this collection, which includes a "Yankee Doodle" spin-off urging "Fair and Free Elections" and Lincoln’s "Rally Round the Cause, Boys" to the tune of "Battle Cry of Freedom." A few losers’ songs are featured as well.
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Folkways Suggests
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Presidential Campaign Songs, 1789-1996Oscar Brand
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Fast Folk Musical Magazine (Vol. 4, No. 8) TorontoVarious Artists
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Music from the South, Vol. 3: Horace Sprott, 2Horace Sprott
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Karen JamesKaren James
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From the ArchivesJewish Music from Smithsonian Folkways -
From the ArchivesTax Day from Smithsonian Folkways -
From the Archives“White House Blues”: Music of the Political Process -
From the ArchivesSongs of Protest from Smithsonian Folkways -
From the ArchivesSelections from the Solidarity Sing Along songbook
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From the ArchivesPeace Songs of the 1960s | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine -
From the ArchivesSmithsonian Folkways Remembers Jean Ritchie (1922–2015) -
From the ArchivesThat's Why We're Marching: World War II and the American Folksong ... -
From the ArchivesAppalachian Blues | Smithsonian Folkways Magazine -
From the ArchivesSis Cunningham: Activist musician and Broadside editor