American folk music canon

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The American folk music canon is the body of traditional and widely recognized folk songs from the United States that collectively reflect the nation’s cultural, historical, and regional heritage.

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American folk music canon canonical 2
American folk music 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural tradition
musical canon
country United States
documentedBy Alan Lomax
John A. Lomax
linked to: John Lomax

Library of Congress
documentedIn field recordings
folklore archives
hasPart African American folk songs
Appalachian songs
Mexican American folk songs
Native American–influenced songs
ballads
blues songs
children’s songs
cowboy songs
frontier songs
labor songs
mining songs
play-party songs
protest songs
railroad songs
sea shanties
spirituals
traditional American folk songs
work songs
“Amazing Grace”
linked to: Amazing Grace

“Aura Lee”
“Barbara Allen”
linked to: Barbara Allen

“Buffalo Gals”
“Camptown Races”
linked to: Camptown Ladies

“Clementine”
linked to: Clementine

“Cotton-Eyed Joe”
linked to: "Cotton Eye Joe"

“Dixie”
linked to: Dixie

“Down by the Riverside”
“Down in the Valley”
linked to: Down in the Valley

“Froggie Went A-Courtin’”
“Goodnight, Irene”
linked to: Goodnight, Irene

“Home on the Range”
linked to: Home on the Range

“In the Pines”
linked to: In the Pines

“I’ve Been Working on the Railroad”
“John Brown’s Body”
linked to: John Brown’s Body

“John Henry”
“Kumbaya”
“Man of Constant Sorrow”
“Michael, Row the Boat Ashore”
“Midnight Special”
linked to: Midnight Special

“Nine Pound Hammer”
“Oh! Susanna”
linked to: Oh! Susanna

“Old Dan Tucker”
linked to: Old Dan Tucker

“Red River Valley”
linked to: Red River Valley

“Rock Island Line”
linked to: Rock Island Line

“Shenandoah”
“She’ll Be Coming ’Round the Mountain”
“Skip to My Lou”
“Swing Low, Sweet Chariot”
“The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
“The Erie Canal”
“The House of the Rising Sun”
“The Streets of Laredo”
“The Wabash Cannonball”
“The Water Is Wide”
linked to: The Water Is Wide

“This Land Is Your Land”
“Tom Dooley”
“Turkey in the Straw”
“Wade in the Water”
linked to: Wade in the Water

“Wayfaring Stranger”
“We Shall Overcome”
linked to: We Shall Overcome

“When the Saints Go Marching In”
“Which Side Are You On?”
“Yankee Doodle”
includesLanguage French
Spanish
Yiddish
various Native American languages
influenced American country music
American popular music
American protest music
language English
reflects African American musical traditions
American cultural heritage
American regional diversity
American social history
Native American musical influences
civil rights movement in the United States
immigrant traditions in the United States
labor movements in the United States
rural American life
timePeriod 18th century to present
usedIn community singing
folk festivals
music education in the United States
songbooks

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Shenandoah isPartOf American folk music canon
Van Dyke Parks track medley influencedBy American folk music
linked to: American folk music canon
"If I had a hammer, I'd hammer in the morning" culturalAssociation American folk music canon