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The earliest written version of the song was published in John Lomax's Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads in 1910. It would first be recorded by Carl T. Sprague in 1926, and was released on a 10" single through Victor Records. [9] The following year, the melody and lyrics were collected and published in Carl Sandburg's American Songbag. [10]
Jo Stafford on American Folk Songs (Corinthian, 1950) [24] Paul Clayton on Whaling and Sailing Songs from the Days of Moby Dick (Allmusic, 1956) [25] Pete Seeger on American Favorite Ballads, Volume 1 (Smithsonian Folkways, 1958) [25] Bob Dylan on Down in the Groove (1988) [25] Keith Jarrett on The Melody at Night, with You (1998) [26]
The song is one of Stephen Foster's best-known songs, [16] and it also is one of the best-known American songs. [17] No American song had sold more than 5,000 copies before; "Oh! Susanna" sold over 100,000. [18] After its publication, it quickly became known as an "unofficial theme of the Forty-Niners", [16] with new lyrics about traveling to ...
"My Country, 'Tis of Thee", also known as simply "America", is an American patriotic song, the lyrics of which were written by Samuel Francis Smith. [2] The song served as one of the de facto national anthems of the United States (along with songs like "Hail, Columbia") before the adoption of "The Star-Spangled Banner" as the official U.S. national anthem in 1931. [3]
"The Real American Folk Song (is a Rag)" is a 1918 song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin. It was the first song by the Gershwin brothers to be performed on Broadway, where it was introduced by Nora Bayes in the 1918 musical Ladies First .
The first part of the song is anticipated by other Emmett compositions, including "De Wild Goose-Nation" (1844), itself a derivative of "Gumbo Chaff" (1830s) and ultimately an 18th-century English song called "Bow Wow Wow". The second part is possibly related to other material, most likely Scottish folk songs. [8]
Most songs of the Colonial and Revolutionary periods originated in England, Scotland and Ireland and were brought over by early settlers. According to ethnomusicologist Bruno Nettl, American folk music is notable because it "At its roots is an English folk song tradition that has been modified to suit the specific requirements of America."