Includes commmentary before each selection. Includes bibliographical references (p. 84) and index.
Contents:
Old Rosin the beau ; Washington badge ; Sawyer's exit ; Lincoln and liberty ; Hayseed like me ; Old settler -- Territorial expansion and abolition. To the west ; Erie Canal ; Wisconsin emigrant ; Shanty-man's life ; Jam on Gerry's rocks ; Shenandoah ; Darling Nellie Gray ; Steal away ; Abolitionist hymn ; Follow the drinking gourd -- Texas and the Mexican War. Cielito lindo ; El capotín ; Texas Rangers ; Texas war cry ; Will you come to the bower? ; Zachary Taylor ; Mormon Battalion song ; Buck him and gag him ; Leg I left behind me ; Las manãnitas -- Minstrel shows and the California gold rush. Old Dan Tucker ; Camptown races ; Hard times come again no more ; Oh, California ; Crossing the plains ; Days of forty-nine ; Cripple Creek : square dance ; California ball ; Sweet Betsy from Pike ; California as it is -- Immigrants from China, Ireland, and Germany. Heathen Chinee ; John Chinaman ; John Chinaman's appeal ; Famine song ; No Irish need apply ; Who threw the overalls in Mrs. Murphy's chowder ; Lather 'n' shave 'em ; Night that Paddy Murphy died ; Bold Fenian men ; Gedanken sind frei ; O Tannenbaum ; Du, du, liegst mir im Herzen.
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