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I now offer several music lectures where I play and sing a group of songs (typically 10-12), and explain the origins of the songs.  Topic areas include:

• Civil War (North or South, or combination)
• Railroad songs
• Revolutionary War Era
• Western & Western Swing
• All-American Songs (18th & 19th century)
• Christmas (good for sing-alongs)
• Music of the World War I and II Era
• Music of the Vietnam Era]
  
• Colonioal Era (pre-1700)
• The Early Bob Dylan
• The Hank Williams Legacy
• Roots of Country Music

Terms for music lectures are the same as for my other lectures ($25/$50 for gas, plus a table to market my books).

Sample Song Sets

Civil War (South)

Aura Lee
Bonnie Blue Flag
Dixie
Goober Peas
Johnny is Gone for a Soldier
Lorena
Oh Susanna
Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Yellow Rose of Texas

Revolutionary War Era

Barbara Allen
Chester
Foggy Foggy Dew
Girl I left behind Me
Greensleeves
Johnny Is Gone for a Soldier
Johnny Tremain
Liberty Tree
Rock of Ages
Scarborough Fair
World Turned Upside Down
Yankee Doodle

All American (18 & 19th Century)

Camptown Races
Casey Jones
Down in the Valley
The Girl I Left Behind
I’ve Been Working on the Railroad
Leaning On the Everlasting Arms
Oh Susanna
Old Folks at Home
On Top of Old Somky
She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mountain
Yankee Doodle

World War I & II

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
Chattanooga Choo-Choo
Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree
It’s a long way to Tipperary
Lili Marlene
Mademoiselle from Armentieres
New San Antonio Rose
Oh ! It’s a lovely war
On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe
Over There
Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag

Vietnam War Era

Alice's Restaurant (chours)
Ballad of the Green Berets
I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag
Okie From Muscogee
Universal Soldier
Where Have All the Flowers Gone
America (Waylon Jennings)
Eve of Destruction
Fighting Side of Me
Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town

Colonial Era (pre-1700)

1. Barbara Allen
2. Foggy Foggy Dew
3. The Girl I Left Behind Me
4. Greensleeves
5. I Gave My Love a Cherry
6. Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier
7. John Barleycorn Must Die
8. Scarborough Fair
9. The Water is Wide
10. The World Turned Upside Down

Roots of Country Music (Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers)

Sample Song Sets

Railroad 

Casey Jones
Chattanooga Choo-Choo
City of New Orleans
Folsom Prison Blues
Golden Train Comes Down/This Train
I Know You Rider – Traditional
I’ve been working on the railroad
The Midnight Special
Southern Pacific
Wabash Cannonball
On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe

Western/Western Swing

Back in the Saddle Again
Don't Fence Me In
Down in the Valley
Ghost Riders in the Sky
I’m an old cowhand
Miles and Miles of Texas
New San Antonio Rose
Rawhide
Route 66
Take Me Back To Tulsa
The Ballad of Davy Crockett
Tumbling Tumbleweeds

Civil War (North)

Aura Lee
Battle Cry of Freedom
Battle Hymn of the Republic
The Girl I Left behind Me
Johnny is Gone for a Soldier
Lorena
Marching Through Georgia
Oh Susanna
Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!
When Johnny Comes Marching Home

Christmas

Away in a Manger
Deck the Halls
Go Tell It On the Mountain
I Saw Three Ships Guitar
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
Jingle Bells Guitar
O Little Town of Bethlehem Guitar
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
Silent Night
Silver Bells
The Twelve Days of Christmas
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
What Child is This?

Songs of America's Wars

Yankee Doodle
Girl I left behind Me
Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Over There
Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
Lili Marlene
Ballad of the Green Berets
Eve of Destruction

The Early Bob Dylan

The Times They Are a-Changin'
Blowing in the Wind
Hard Rain's Gonna Fall
When the Ship Comes In
It Ain't Me, babe
Mr. Tambourine Man
Girl From the North Country
One Too Many Mornings
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Chimes of Freedom

The Legacy of Hank Williams