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Note: This article is linked to the discography in the Burl Ives article. ''Historical America in Song'', released in 1950 by Encyclopædia Britannica Films, is an album set by folk singer Burl Ives . Each of the six albums consists of five 12-inch vinylite records, for a total of thirty 78 rpm records.''Library Journal'', 15 March 1951, p. 540 The album was designed to be used in four types of academic courses: music appreciation, American history, literature, and social studies. Each song was selected and is introduced by Ives. The introductions "establish the songs in mood, time, and place" and "point up the significance of the songs and highlight their most important elements."Inside front cover, ''Songs of the Colonies'', Album 1 of ''Historical America in Songs'', N.p.: Encyclopedia Britannica Films, 1950. The following albums make up the set: ''Songs of the Colonies'', ''Songs of the Revolution'', ''Songs of North and South'', ''Songs of the Sea'', ''Songs of the Frontier'', and ''Songs of Expanding America''. ''SONGS OF THE COLONIES'' LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGUE, LCCN 2001559914: LINK Track listing Record 1, Side 1 (B.I.301) # Psalm 3 # Confess Jehovah # Mother Goose Songs Record 1, Side 2 (B.I.302) # Little Mohee # The Tailor and the Mouse Record 2, Side 3 (B.I.303) # Barbara Allen Record 2, Side 4 (B.I.304) # Lord Thomas # Robin He Married Record 3, Side 5 (B.I.305) # Lord Randall # The Bold Soldier Record 3, Side 6 (B.I.306) # Edward # Black Is the Color Record 4, Side 7 (B.I.307) # The Squire’s Son # The Riddle Song Record 4, Side 8 (B.I.308) # Foggy, Foggy Dew # The Fox Record 5, Side 9 (B.I.309) # Brennan on the Moor # Billy Boy Record 5, Side 10 (B.I.310) # Queen Jane # Turtle Dove ''SONGS OF THE REVOLUTION'' LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGUE, LCCN 2001559915: LINK Track listing Record 1, Side 1 (B.I.311) # The Escape of John Webb # I Know Where I'm Going Record 1, Side 2 (B.I.312) # My Days Have Been So Wondrous Free # On Springfield Mountain # Chester Record 2, Side 3 (B.I.313) # What a Court Hath Old England # Ballad of the Tea Party # The Boston Tea Tax Record 2, Side 4 (B.I.314) # White Cockade # Free America # Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier Record 3, Side 5 (B.I.315) # Yankee Doodle # Riflemen’s Song at Bennington Record 3, Side 6 (B.I.316) # The Battle of the Kegs Record 4, Side 7 (B.I.317) # Battle of Saratoga Record 4, Side 8 (B.I.318) # Cornwallis Country Dance # Sir Peter Parker Record 5, Side 9 (B.I.319) # Yankee Man O’War Record 5, Side 10 (B.I.320) # Skip to My Lou # Careless Love # Wayfaring Stranger ''SONGS OF NORTH AND SOUTH'' LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGUE, LCCN 2001559916: LINK Track listing # Ye Parliaments of England # The Constitution and the Guerriere # Patriotic Diggers # Hunters of Kentucky # The Hornet and the Peacock # Hey Betty Martin # Old Dan Tucker # Blue Tail Fly # The Abolitionist Hymn # Nicodemus # Old Abe Lincoln # All Quiet along the Potomac Tonight # John Brown # Dixie # Bonnie Blue Flag # Goober Peas # The Battle of Bull Run # Johnny Comes Marching Home # Lorena # Keemo-Kimo # Beautiful Dreamer # Where You There When They Crucified My Lord? # Burying Ground # Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen ''SONGS OF THE SEA'' LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGUE, LCCN 2001559917: LINK Track listing # Golden Vanity # High Barbaree # Maid of Amsterdam # Henry Martin # Hullabaloo Baley # Blow The Man Down # Blow Ye Winds # Away Rio # The Whale # Sacramento # Crocodile Song # Early in the Morning # Boston Come All Ye # Haul Away Joe # Venezuela # Shenandoah # Erie Canal # Eddystone Light ''SONGS OF THE FRONTIER'' LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGUE, LCCN 2001559918: LINK Track listing # Ox-Driving Song # Sweet Betsy From Pike # Dreary Black Hills # Peter Gray # Sioux Indians # Joe Bowers # What Was Your Name in the States # Buffalo Gals # Greer County bachelor # Roving Gambler # Chisholm Trail # Old Paint # Sod Shanty # Git along Little Dogies # The Young Man who Wouldn’t Hoe Corn # I’ve Got No Use for Women # The Hand-Cart Song # Brigham Young ''SONGS OF EXPANDING AMERICA'' LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGUE, LCCN 2001559919: LINK Track listing # Streets Of Laredo # Billy the Kid # John Hardy # Jesse James # Drill Ye Tarriers # Blue Mountain Lake # Patrick on the Railroad # The Dying Hogger # John Henry # Down in the Valley # When I Was Single # Sourwood Mountain # Cotton-Eyed Joe # Cowboy’s Dream # Life Is Like a Mountain Railroad # Poor Boy # Old Blue # Midnight Special # Big Rock Candy Mountain # The Boll Weevil # St. John’s River TRIVIA
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