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  • Many Thousand Gone

    Many Thousand Gone

    Many Thousand Gone was a popular African-American song during the Civil War, sung by slaves fleeing plantations and heading to the…

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  • Pumpkins in the Cornfield

    Pumpkins in the Cornfield

    Pumpkins in the Cornfield is a Hallow’s Eve motion-song to the tune of “Pig in the Parlor.” Published in Normal Instructor and…

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  • Taps

    Taps

    Taps was first performed at Civil War burial ceremonies in 1862, but its origin and authorship of the music and its…

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  • The Goblin Man

    The Goblin Man

    The Goblin Man was published in Normal Instructor and Primary Plans (October 1922). Score credit: Sallie G. Fitzgerald When the Goblin Man,He comes…

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  • The Soldier’s Dream of Home

    The Soldier’s Dream of Home

    The Soldier’s Dream of Home (1861-65) was a Currier & Ives American Civil War print showing a Union soldier with a…

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  • The True Meaning of Christmas (recited by Linus)

    The True Meaning of Christmas (recited by Linus)

    Linus’ speech about the true meaning of Christmas is the highlight of A Charlie Brown Christmas. Retrieved from The Bible,…

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  • Winter Sport

    Winter Sport

    Winter Sport was published in the poetry collection, Gems of Poetry, for Girls and Boys, published by Rufus Merrill in 1850. Down,…

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  • Yankee Doodle

    Yankee Doodle

    Yankee Doodle (1781) is an earlier version of the patriotic song you might also know, Yankee Doodle Dandy (1904). It…

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  • Bingo

    Bingo

    Bingo is an enduring circular rhyme song that continues to delight young children, of unknown English origin. Sing aloud and…

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  • Brahms’ Lullaby

    Brahms’ Lullaby

    Brahms’ Lullaby (1868), the cradle song composed by Johannes Brahms, translated from the German, Wiegenlied: Guten Abend, gute Nacht (Good evening, good night).…

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