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A Ballad of America:

A History of the United States through Folk Song

Table of Contents


 

Introduction

PART ONE -- The Colonial Period -- Beginnings to 1763

PART TWO -- Revolution and War -- 1763 - 1815

PART THREE -- Antebellum America -- 1815 - 1860

PART FOUR -- The Civil War

PART FIVE -- Continental Empire 1870 - 1914

PART SIX -- Between Two Wars 1914 - 1945

Chapter 13 -- Songs of World War I

"When Johnny Comes Marching Home"
"Johnny, I Hardly Knew You"
"Mademoiselle From Armentières"
"Pack Up Your Troubles"
"Sunrise" ("Morgenrot")

Chapter 14 -- The New Deal Through its Songs and Ballads

"Wandering"
"Everything Is Higher"
"Soup Song"
"Raggedy"
"Times Are Getting Hard"
"We Shall Not Be Moved"
"Which Side Are You On?"
"Going Down The Road Feeling Bad"
"Roll On, Columbia"
"Strange Fruit"
"Discrimination Blues"
"This Land Is Your Land"
Notes for Chapter 14 Songs

Chapter 15 -- Songs of World War II

"Los Cuatro Generales" ("The Four Generals")
"Viva la Quince Brigada"
"The Peat-Bog Soldiers"
"Partizaner Lid"
"D-Day Dodgers"
"Lili Marlene"
"Where Have All the Flowers Gone?"

PART SEVEN -- Human Rights and the Cold War

Folksong In The Classroom and us

Index

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