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This is an American version of a popular ballad which also has English, Scottish and Irish versions.

This was an extremely popular American folk song. It reflects the hardships of the early American settlers.

This is one of the oldest known lumberjack songs, dating from the 1840s, and and found in many different versions around North America, varying according to local traditions and conditions.

This is one of the most popular cowboy folk songs.

This was thought to have been sung by the Bahamian negroes working in Nassau Harbour where the ships were loaded with produce.

This is a marching song of the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (1861-65).

A simple love song calypso from Jamaica.

The origins of this song are not known for sure, but it became popular as an American Civil War song.

This popular folk song was first sung by the British during the American War of Independence (1775-83) to deride the American colonial revolutionaries, but was eventually adopted by the Americans them...