Winners & losers. campaign songs from the critical elections in American history, 1800-1876. Volume 1 :
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| Format: | CD Audio |
| Language: | English |
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[Washington, D.C.] :
Smithsonian Folkways,
[2001]
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| Series: | Custom compact disc series.
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Table of Contents:
- The election of 1800 : emergence of the two party system: Overture and Yankee Doodle for Adams (2:55) ; American liberty, or, The sovereign right of thinking (1:57) ; Jefferson and liberty (3:05)
- The election of 1828: triumph of Jacksonian democracy: The hunters of Kentucky (Jackson) (1:22) ; Jackson and the militiamen (J.Q. Adams) (2:26) ; Johnny Q my Jo John (Jackson) (1:37)
- The election of 1844 : mandate for expansionism: Tip and Ty (from the election of 1840 (Harrison) (1:34) ; Ye true hearted Whigs of the Union (Clay) (1:57) ; Clay and Frelinghuysen (Clay) (1:35) ; A song of the Hickory (Polk) (2:29) ; Good-by Harry (Polk) (1:22)
- The election of 1860 : prelude to civil war: Slavery is a hard foe to battle (2:10) ; Bell song (Bell) (2:42) ; Breckenridge and Lane (Breckenridge) (1:17) ; Old uncle Abe (Douglas) (2:25) ; The people's nominee (Lincoln) (2:08) ; The people had five candidates (Lincoln) (2:27)
- The election of 1876 : the end of
- Reconstruction: Oh I'm a good old rebel (1:47) ; Let no guilty man escpe (Tilden) (1:04) ; Marseillaise for Tilden (Tilden) (1:55) ; The bloody hand of treason (Hayes) (1:09) ; Our country must be free (Hayes) (2:37).