POB 1775
Kennesaw, GA 30156
robert
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:
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)
Roots of Country Music (Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers)
Will the Circle Be UnbrokeSample 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
Jambalaya
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POB 1775
Kennesaw, GA 30156
robert