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Presidential campaign songs, 1789-1996.

Format Electronic, Audio (Streaming), and Musical Sound Recording
Publication InfoWashington, D.C. : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, ©1999.
Description1 online resource.
Supplemental Content https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?AMSO;73511
Subject(s)
Other author/creatorBrand, Jordan.
Other author/creatorBrand, Oscar.
Other author/creatorFoley, John.
Other author/creatorPickow, Jonathan.
Contents Compact disc, Music.
Contents Free elections -- Follow Washington -- Adams and liberty -- For Jefferson and liberty -- Huzzah for Madison, huzzah -- Monroe is the man -- Little know ye who's coming -- Jackson and Kentucky -- Rockabye, baby -- The Harrison Yankee Doodle -- Tippecanoe and Tyler, too -- Jimmy Polk of Tennessee -- Rumadum dum -- The Union wagon -- Pierce and King -- Buchanan and John Breckenridge -- Lincoln and liberty -- Just before election, Andy -- Grant, Grant, Grant -- For Hayes and Wheeler, too -- If the Johnnies get into power again -- Democrats, good Democrats -- He's all right.
Contents Free elections (In General) (0:27) -- Follow Washington (George Washington) (1:01) -- Adams and liberty (John Adams) (1:36) -- For Jefferson and liberty (Thomas Jefferson) (1:51) -- Huzzah for Madison, huzzah (James Madison) (1:22) -- Monroe is the man (James Monroe) (1:29) -- Little know ye who's coming (John Q. Adams) (1:58) -- Jackson and Kentucky (Andrew Jackson) (2:10) -- Rockabye, baby (Martin Van Buren) (1:24) -- The Harrison yankee doodle (William H. Harrison) (1:12).
Contents If he's good enough for Lindy (Herbert Hoover) (1:35) -- Franklin D. Roosevelt's back again (Franklin D. Roosevelt) (1:49) -- I'm just wild about Harry (Harry S. Truman) (0: 47) -- I like Ike (Dwight D. Eisenhower) (0:40) -- Marching down to Washington (John F. Kennedy) (1:03) -- Hello, Lyndon (Lyndon B. Johnson) (1:03) -- Buckle down with Nixon (Richard M. Nixon) (1:17) -- I'm feeling good about America (Gerald R. Ford) (1:22).
Contents If the Johnnies get into power again (James A. Garfield) (1:45) -- Democrats, good Democrats (Grover Cleveland) (1: 38) -- He's all right (Benjamin H. Harrison) (1:20) -- Marching with McKinley (William McKinley) (2:04) -- Roosevelt the cry (Teddy Roosevelt) (1:14) -- Get on a raft with Taft (William H. Taft) (1:34) -- Wilson, that's all (Woodrow Wilson) (1:51) -- Harding, you're the man for us (Warren G. Harding) (1:21) -- Keep cool and keep Coolidge (Calvin Coolidge) (2:17).
Contents Marching with McKinley -- Roosevelt the cry -- Get on a raft with Taft -- Wilson, that's all -- Harding, you're the man for us -- Keep cool and keep Coolidge -- If he's good enough for Lindy -- Franklin D. Roosevelt's back again -- I'm just wild about Harry -- I like Ike -- Marching down to Washington -- Hello, Lyndon -- Buckle down with Nixon -- I'm feeling good about America -- Why not the best? -- California, here we come -- This land is your land -- Don't stop thinking about tomorrow -- The same merry-go-round -- Song of the presidents.
Contents Tippecanoe and Tyler, too (John Tyler) (1:15) -- Jimmy Polk of Tennessee (James K. Polk) (1:37) -- Rumadum dum (Zachary Taylor) (1:19) -- The union wagon (Millard Fillmore) (1:41) -- Pierce and king (Franklin Pierce) (1: 36) -- Buchanan and John Breckenridge (James Buchanan) (1: 12) -- Lincoln and liberty (Abraham Lincoln) (2:09) -- Just before election, Andy (Andrew Johnson) (1:41) -- Grant, Grant, Grant (Ulysses S. Grant) (1:27) -- For Hayes and Wheeler, too (Rutherford Hayes) (1:20) --
Contents Why not the best? (Jimmy Carter) (2:29) -- California, here we come (Ronald W. Reagan) (0:37) -- This land is your land (George Bush) (1:29) -- Don't stop thinking about tomorrow (William J. Clinton) (2:19) -- The same merry-go-round (Third party) (1:42) -- Song of the presidents (all of them) (4:25).
General note"Curators introduction [by] Anthony Seeger" -- booklet.
General noteBooklet contains information on each song and each president ; includes some text.
General notePreviously issued as compact disc.
Performer Oscar Brand, guitar and vocals; John Foley, guitar and vocals; Jordan Brand, bass and vocals; Jonathan Pickow, banjo, synthesizer, and vocals.

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