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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Songs and music

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:

Folklore--Humor and fun

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232487592], Folder: 11
Identifier: MSS 281
Scope and Contents Contents: She's the Queen of the Tonga Islands -- My bonnie lies over the ocean -- Sing a song of sixpence -- Girls get a home of your own -- The Never Even's Sang -- Bob Ingersoll -- The man that wouldn't hoe corn -- Little brown jug -- Skip to Maloo -- My brother -- I bought a wife the tenth of June -- Coo Coo -- Shew Li -- I went down town -- Old Rosin the beau -- Oh babe, my home is on the bayou -- Just kiss yourself goodby -- Nelly Bly -- Song and rhymes -- The squirrel is a handsome...
Dates: 1908-1953

Folklore--Indians

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232487592], Folder: 12
Identifier: MSS 281
Scope and Contents

Contents: Falling leaves -- The aged Indian -- Uncle Lohido -- An Indian legend -- Pretty Maumee -- Pretty Mohea.

Dates: 1908-1953

Folklore--Love

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232487592], Folder: 13
Identifier: MSS 281
Scope and Contents Contents: In the glooming -- Sweet bunch of daisies -- Anna Lee -- I am lonely tonight without you -- Kitty Clyde -- 'Tis true, dear heart, we're fading -- While the leaves come drifting down -- My heart's tonight in Texas -- She was bred in old Kentucky -- I've a longing in my heart -- A song for the girl I love -- Will you love me when I'm old -- Dear heart, we're growing old -- Down among the daisies -- Lorena -- After the game -- The two drummers -- After the honeymoon -- Blue-eyed boy...
Dates: 1908-1953

Folklore--Nature

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232487592], Folder: 14
Identifier: MSS 281
Scope and Contents

Contents: Beautiful star -- Lavender -- The little robin -- Come, birdie, come -- Beautiful bird of Spring -- Who shot Cock Robin -- The old cow -- Little bluebird in the tree -- My bonny black Bess -- Birdies' Ball -- The old gray mule -- A terrible tale -- Under the snow -- Old dog tray.

Dates: 1908-1953

Folklore--Negro songs

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232487592], Folder: 15
Identifier: MSS 281
Scope and Contents Contents: Kitty Wells -- Song sung by Negros in Georgia -- Hangman's tree -- Chicken pie -- Some people say dat Niggahs don't steal -- Black dem boots and make dem shine -- Run, Nigger, run -- Lorena -- Come along home Lucinda -- Fragments -- Ole Sukey Blueskin -- Down on de Missisippi floating -- Darling Nellie Gray -- Dearest May -- Old Massa -- Ella Ree -- Lucy Long -- Kingdom coming -- The sorrows of Yamba -- Poor Old Ned -- Wake Nicodemus -- I is goin' from de cotton field -- My Pete --...
Dates: 1908-1953

Folklore--Railroad songs

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232487592], Folder: 16
Identifier: MSS 281
Scope and Contents

Contents: Song about the building of the Cheyenne Northern Railroad -- Drill ye tarriers, drill -- Baggage coach ahead -- The brakeman's dream -- Casey Jones -- Life's railway to Heaven.

Dates: 1908-1953

Folklore--Songs of battle and bravery

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232487592], Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS 281
Scope and Contents Contents: The soldier's daughter -- The last fierce charge -- The pardon came too late -- Just as the sun went down -- The dying soldier -- The happy day has come, Kate -- On the field of battle -- Soldier's funeral -- Sleeping for the flag -- Just after the battle -- Just after the battle -- Just before the battle, Mother -- Break the news to Mother -- James Bird -- The soldier -- My sweetheart went down with the Maine -- A couple of relics from the War of 1812 (no titles) -- All quiet...
Dates: 1908-1953

Folklore--Songs of the farmer

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232487592], Folder: 8
Identifier: MSS 281
Scope and Contents

Contents: Little brown jug -- Down on the farm -- Old Farmer John -- The rich young farmer -- John the hired man -- The hayseed's reward -- Pastoral elegy -- In Springfield Mountain -- The mower -- One with no title -- Sweet fields of Viola -- Song sung by farm hands in 1850, Farmington, New Mexico -- The milk maid -- Uncle Sam's farm -- To be a farmer's boy -- Farmer's sons and daughters (not real title).

Dates: 1908-1953

Folklore--Songs of the sea

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232487592], Folder: 17
Identifier: MSS 281
Scope and Contents Contents: The house carpenter -- Gathering shells from the seashore -- A home bay on the tide -- Pull for the shore -- Nail, boys, nail -- My sweetheart went down with the Maine -- The old canoe -- Captain Kidd -- Drunken sailor -- Three sailor boys -- Fragment II -- Oh, Mr. Captain stop the ship n The Low Lands Low -- The Lady Elgin -- Red, white and blue -- Sailor's trade -- The ship that never returned -- The sailor's bride's lament -- Dublin Bay -- The ocean burial -- Little Nell --...
Dates: 1908-1953

Folklore--Spiritual

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232487592], Folder: 18
Identifier: MSS 281
Scope and Contents Contents: On Jordon's stormy banks -- Jacob's ladder -- We'll stem the storm -- I want to be an angel -- Pulling hard against the stream -- Ever to the right boys -- Your mission -- The model church -- The reward of intoxicated hautiness -- Pass under the rod -- Two babes -- What is the use of repining -- Where there's a will there's a way -- Little brown church in the vale -- Sometime we'll understand -- Memorial hymn -- The death of a Romish lady -- The preacher's legacy -- Wicked Pollie...
Dates: 1908-1953