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See media help. "Tenting on the Old Camp Ground" (also known as Tenting Tonight) was a popular song during the American Civil War. A particular favorite of enlisted men in the Union army, it was written in 1863 by Walter Kittredge and first performed in that year at Old High Rock, Lynn, Massachusetts. A tableau vivant was given on May 29, 1897 ...
Old Folks at Home. " Old Folks at Home " (also known as "Swanee River") is a minstrel song written by Stephen Foster in 1851. Since 1935, it has been the official state song of Florida, although in 2008 the original lyrics were revised. [1] It is Roud Folk Song Index no. 13880.
My Old Kentucky Home. " My Old Kentucky Home, Good-Night! ", typically shortened to " My Old Kentucky Home ", is a sentimental ballad written by Stephen Foster, probably composed in 1852. [1][2][3] It was published in January 1853 by Firth, Pond, & Co. of New York. [1][4] Foster was likely inspired by Harriet Beecher Stowe 's anti-slavery novel ...
Lady Grizel Baillie, née Hume, (25 December 1665 – 6 December 1746) was a Scottish gentlewoman and songwriter. Her accounting ledgers, in which she kept details about her household for more than 50 years, provide information about social life in Scotland in the eighteenth century.
Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management, also published as Mrs. Beeton's Cookery Book, is an extensive guide to running a household in Victorian Britain, edited by Isabella Beeton and first published as a book in 1861. Previously published in parts, it initially and briefly bore the title Beeton's Book of Household Management, as one of the ...
Home (. The Wiz. song) " Home " is a song from the 1975 Broadway musical, The Wiz. It was written by Charlie Smalls and was performed by Stephanie Mills in the stage production and by Diana Ross in the 1978 film adaptation and released on the soundtrack album in 1978.
The old gray mare, she kicked on the whiffletree, Many long years ago. (Note that "mule" is sometimes substituted for "mare".) (A whiffletree is a force-distributing mechanism in the traces of a draft animal. As an energetic younger horse, the mare still had the spirit to kick even though she was harnessed up to pull a plow or similar.)
Cumberland Gap (song) " Cumberland Gap " (Roud 3413) is an Appalachian folk song that likely dates to the latter half of the 19th century and was first recorded in 1924. The song is typically played on banjo or fiddle, and well-known versions of the song include instrumental versions as well as versions with lyrics.