HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL/SATIRICAL SONGS

HARRIET TUBMAN SONGS

Hop on Board

Introduction

Song

Score

What Ya' Doin' Minty

Song

Follow the North Star

song

4. Jump the Broom

song

Soliloquy

A Lantern Lit

7.Henry Box Brown

The Deal

Where My Soul Can Be Free

Freedom Train

 

The Chase

I, Thomas Garrett

Breathe Free

 

10. George Washington

Song

11. Abraham LIncoln

Song

 

12. Political Satires

-Hoedowns

(lyrics to the folk music "Turkey in the Straw.")

Introduction- Political Satire and Square Dancing

a)Race for the Carcass, Hoedown, Showdown

satire of the presidential political campaign,
2006 - 2007 (UNDER CONSTRUCTION )

b)State of the Union Hoedown, Lowdown

satire of conditions in the U.S.A. 2009

 

c) Income Tax Hoedown

- Tippecanoe and Tyler Too
.....A satirical song about William Henry Harrison

Introduction

Song

- Don't Tax Me
....A
satirical look at the causes leading to the American Revolution

Introduction

Song

 

- Dear King Mob
..A satirical song about Andrew Jackson

Introduction

Song

- Who in the World Was Franklin Pierce?

Introduction

Song

 

-The Midnight Ride of Dawes, Revere, and .....Prescott

Introduction

Historical Background

Song

 

-Singing In Praise, of Rutherford Hayes

Song

 

-On the Date We Got Wrong
a song about the 4th of July, which should have been July2.

song

 

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