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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]
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 ...
The Hanging Tree (The Hunger Games song) Happier (Olivia Rodrigo song) Happy Birthday to You; Hard Tack Come Again No More; Hark, from the Tomb; He Was a Friend of Mine; Hell on the Wabash; John Henry (folklore) Here's your mule; Home (Sheryl Crow song) Home on the Range; House of Gold (Twenty One Pilots song) The House of the Rising Sun
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 Wheels on the Bus" is an American folk song written by Verna Hills (1898–1990). The earliest known publishing of the lyrics is the December 1937 issue of American Childhood, [1] originally called "The Bus", with the lyrics being "The wheels of the bus", with each verse ending in lines relevant to what the verse spoke of, as opposed to the current standard "all through the town" (or "all ...
"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]
This song was collected by John and Alan Lomax from Iron Head and Lead Belly, as well as other sources. [ 3 ] The first recording appears to be the 1930 recording by Memphis Jug Band titled "Cocaine Habit Blues."
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."