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"The Arkansas Traveler" (also known as "The Arkansaw Traveler") is an American folk song first published by Mose Case, a humorist and guitarist from New York, in 1863. The song was based on the composition "The Arkansas Traveller" by Sandford C. Faulkner and is the Arkansas official historic song .
The average size of the bear taken is around 7.5–8.0 ft (2.3–2.4 m) in Magadan and Okhotsk and 8.0–8.5 ft (2.4–2.6 m) in Kamchatka. [ 6 ] The Siberian brown bear ( Ursus arctos collaris ) is larger than the Eurasian brown bear, with denser bones and a slightly larger and heavier skull.
The Bear Went Over the Mountain" is a campfire song sung to the tune of For He's a Jolly Good Fellow, [1] which, in turn, got its melody from the French tune Malbrough s'en va-t-en guerre (Marlborough is going to war). The public domain lyrics are of unknown origin. Bing Crosby included the song in a medley on his 1961 album 101 Gang Songs.
"The Preacher and the Bear" is an American popular song, originally a "coon song". The lyrics recount the story of a church pastor who appeals to God after being treed by a grizzly bear while out hunting on the Sabbath. [1] He falls out of the tree and has to fight the bear. [2] Various versions have been recorded. [3] George Fairman wrote the ...
Arkansas", written by Eva Ware Barnett in 1916, is one of the official state songs of Arkansas. It was first adopted as the state song in the early 20th century but was removed in 1949 due to a copyright dispute. After the state settled the dispute by buying all claims to its copyright, it was restored as state song in 1963.
It was named an official "state song" by the Arkansas General Assembly in 1987. Other official Arkansas state songs are " Arkansas ", the state anthem (state song before 1949 and from 1963 to 1987); " Arkansas (You Run Deep In Me) ", also written for the state's 150th birthday in 1986, and likewise designated "state song" in 1987; and " The ...
The song was also popular on radio stations in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and in West Virginia. [1] According to DeCaire, the band sold more than 30,000 copies of Culture Shock. [2] "Second Week of Deer Camp" is a novelty song about a group of men who partake in deer hunting in a camp in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
A sporting song is a folk song which celebrates fox hunting, horse racing, gambling and other recreations. Although songs about boxers and successful racehorses were common in the nineteenth century, few are performed by current singers. In particular fox-hunting is considered politically incorrect.