Resources

When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again

• When Johnny comes Marching Home Again
  overview - links to sheet music, song files and sound recordings
• When Johnny comes marching home; Soldier's Return
  1863 sheet music
• When the boys come marching home.
  Air- "Johnny fill up the bowl." 1864 song sheet
• New Johnny, fill up the bowl!
• White stars!
  By W. H. P. Tune - Johnny fill up the bowl
• Ballad No. 2. Their trophies
  By A. Anderson. Air: Johnny fill up the bowl victory. 1864 version
• Ballad No. 3. The Final victory
  1864 version
• For Hayes and Wheeler We Are Marching On
  By James Nicholson. Tune- Johnny comes marching home Our "Mac" shall march to Washington
  Air-"Johnny fill up the bowl."
  Johnny Comes Marching Home
  Audio file– fiddle version and interview with Henry Reed
  
• When Johnny comes marching home again, hurrah, hurrah
  1965-1975 poster
• When Tommy Comes Marching Home
  1953 political cartoon
• When Johnny Comes Marching Home
  1972 collage by Anita Siegel

Casey Jones

• Casey Jones, the Brave Engineer
  1909 sheet music
• Casey Jones
  Textual transcription
• Casey Jones
  Audio file – fiddle and banjo
• Casey Jones
  Vocal recording – Byron Collin)
• Casey Jones
  1932 vocal recording - Scroll down on this page for a link to an mp3 file.
• Casey Jones
  Vocal performance by Jom Holbert
• Interview about Casey Jones
  Jom Holbert talks about his version of Casey Jones
• Casey Jones
  Audio file – harmonica and guitar

Over There

• Over There
  overview page with historical background and links to sheet music and sound recordings
• Over There, Over Here
  Cartoon drawing
• Over-there
  1944 cartoon drawing by Edwin Marcus
• If They Can Do It Over There -- It Should Be Simple Over Here
  1944 political cartoon by Clifford Berryman
• Over There - Over Here
  1919 educational poster
• Our Country Needs Ships to Carry Our Boys "OverThere" …
  1917 poster
• Three Wonderful Letters from Home
  1918 sheet music
• The Stars and Stripes
  Paris, France. March 8, 1918, Vol. 1 No. 05. Advertisement on bottom right.
• Good-bye Sally, Good Luck to You
  1919 sheet music
• The Yanks Are Coming!

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Library of Congress: Additional Resources for Other Historical Periods

Westward Expansion

• National Expansion and Reform
  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/sm2html/sm2essay4.html
• Westward, Ho!
  1839 sheet music
• My Home's on the Prairie Lea
  1850 sheet music
• Ho for the Kansas Plains
  1856 sheet music
• Gold Rush Songs
  Transcriptions and notes of nine songs from the Gold Rush era in California in the mid-1800s

Great Depression

• Sunny California
  1941 recording
• Associated Farmers Have A Farm
  1940 recording sung to the tune of Old MacDonald
• Government Camp Song
  1941 sound recording
• Fight for Union Recognition
  1940 song recording sung to the tune of I’ve Been Working on the Railroad

Elections and Political Campaigns

• Political Campaigns 1820-1860
  Background info and links
• Seymour and Blair!
  National Democratic campaign song in abc format
• Bourbon Ballads
  Written for the New York Tribune by W.A. Croffut. Extra No. 52
• Freedom's songs! For the Campaign of 1856!
  John C. Fremont. An Acrostic. 1856 song sheet
• Breckinridge & Lane, Campaign Song
  1860. Tune - Yankee Doodle. 1860 song sheet
• Clear the track!
  As sung by the Democratic clubs. Music- "Begone dull care!" c.1856
• We'll go for Hayes and Wheeler
  Air:- "Yankee Doodle" 1876 song
• Tilden and Reform
  1876 song
• Mr. Harding We're All for You
  1920 sheet music

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Social Cultural Movements for Change (Suffrage, Temperance, Prohibition)

Overview Sites

• Historic American Sheet Music Timeline
  1850-1920
• Music Copyrighted in Federal Courts
  1820-1860
• Themes in Popular Songs
  1870-1885
• Social Reform
  1820-1860

Prohibition

• Prohibition Blues
  1917 sheet music
• Everyone Wants a Key to My Cellar
  1919 sheet music
• Goodbye, Booze
  1939 audio file

Temperance

• Let Us Pass this Goodly Measure
  1885 pro-temperance song
• Now Suppose You Pass this Measure
  1885 anti-temperance song
• Prohibition
  1882 sheet music
• Few Days
  lyrics and melodic notes of 1867 song

Suffrage

• We'll Vote Against the Terrible Men
  1869 song
• Daughters of Freedom
  1871 sheet music
• Daughters of Freedom
  audio file
• Shall Women Vote?
  1881 sheet music
  http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/sm1881.10757
• Suffrage song

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Library of Congress: Additional Resources

• Folklore Music Map of the United States from the Primer of American Music
  1946 map created by Dorothea Dix Lawrence
• I Hear America Singing
  Portal to the performing arts features music, theater and dance collections of the Library of Congress
• Music and Dance Themed Resources
  Music related links from across the Library of Congress
• Song of America Tour

Resources Outside of the Library of Congress

• American Music Timeline 
• American Song: A Cultural and Historical Chronology 
• Arts Edge 
• Digital History: Historical Music 
• Hampsong  (Official Thomas Hampson Web Site)
• Lively Arts History Association: Teaching History Through the Performing Arts 
• Popular Songs in American History 
  Tunes, Lyrics, Information, Historical Background and Tune Related Links
  (Includes lyrics and midi files for many American songs)
• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum - for Teachers 
  (This site has a lesson plan database)
• Thomas Hampson: I Hear America Singing 

Lessons from the Teachers Page

• Music and U.S. Reform History: Stand Up and Sing
• Mark Twain's Hannibal
• World War I: What Are We Fighting For Over There?

Tools for Primary Source Analysis

• Primary Source Analysis Tool (PDF, 26 KB)
• Analyzing Sound Recordings (PDF, 55 KB)
• Analyzing Sheet Music and Song Sheets (PDF, 55 KB)
• Thinking About Songs as Historical Artifacts (PDF, 64 KB)
• Analyzing Photographs and Prints (PDF, 55 KB)
• Analyzing Sound Recordings (PDF, 55 KB)
• Analyzing Books and Other Printed Texts (PDF, 61 KB)

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