The Minnesota Heritage Songbook

Compiled and edited by Robert B. Waltz in celebration of the Minnesota Sesquicentennial

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  • About
    • From the Introduction to the Heritage Songbook
    • How to Use This Book
    • Acknowledgments
    • Glossary
  • Songs
    • Additional Songs With Recordings
      • Banks of Sacramento
      • Boney on the Isle of Saint Helena
      • Caroline of Edinborough Town
      • James Whalen
      • King Alcohol
      • Lord Franklin (Lady Franklin’s Lament)
      • Lord Randall
      • Mary Hamilton (The Four Maries)
      • Miss Fogarty’s Cake
      • Pull for the Shore
      • Red River Valley
      • Santy Anno
      • Sweet Bessie from Pike
      • The Bayou Sara
      • The Cumberland’s Crew
      • The Flying Cloud
      • The Merry Golden Tree
      • The Croppy Boy
      • The Lumberman’s Alphabet
      • The Shanty-Boy and the Farmer’s Son
      • Weevily Wheat
      • Young Charlotte
    • Additional Songs Without Recordings
      • Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines
      • Charles Guiteau
      • Ella Ree (Ella Rhee)
      • Heenan and Sayers
      • Hold the Fort
      • Katie O’Donahue
      • No Irish Wanted Here
      • Old Black Joe
      • Polly Put the Kettle On
      • Revolutionary Tea
      • The Persian’s Crew
      • The Festive Lumberjack
      • The Last Fierce Charge
      • The Longshoreman’s Strike
      • To Morrow
    • Foreign Language Songs
      • (Danish) Den Lille Ole
      • (Danish) Langt Udi Skoven (The Tree in the Forest)
      • (Finnish) Käki Se Kukkoo (Listen to the Cuckoo)
      • (Finnish) Pium Paum/Kehto Laulu
      • (Finnish) Rosvo, Rosvo (Robber, Robber)
      • (French) A la claire fontaine
      • (French) Ah! Si Mon Moine Voulait Danser!
      • (French) C’est L’aviron
      • (French) Falcon’s Song
      • (German) Es Klapert Die Mühle am Rauschenden Bach
      • (German) Grün Grün Grün
      • (Norwegian) Oleana
      • (Swedish) Hälsa Dem Därhemma (Greet the Folks at Home)
      • (Swedish) Vem Kan Segla Förutan Vind? (Who Can Sail without a Wind?)
    • Texts and Additional Notes on Printed Songs
      • *Boney (new material)
      • *Lincoln and Liberty (new material)
      • *O’Shaughanesey (Brakeman on the Train) (new material)
      • *Red Iron Ore (new material)
      • *Sparkling and Bright (new material)
      • *The Glendy Burk
      • *The Bigler’s Crew (new material)
      • *The Harry Hayward Song (new material)
      • *The Pinery Boy (new material)
      • *The Swede from North Dakota (new material)
      • Billie Johnson of Lundy’s Lane
      • Brave Wolfe
      • Cole Younger
      • Dance, Boatman, Dance
      • Darling Nelly Gray
      • First Minnesota Song (Company G Song)
      • In Good Old Colony Days
      • Jack Haggerty
      • James Bird
      • Jefferson and Liberty
      • Jesse James
      • Last Winter Was a Hard One
      • Lost on the Lady Elgin
      • Marching Through Georgia
      • Old Granny Wales
      • Skibbereen
      • The Banks of the Little Eau Pleine
      • The Banks of the Wabash
      • The Colorado Trail
      • The Day That I Played Baseball
      • The Farmer Is the Man
      • The House Carpenter
      • The Jam on Gerry’s Rocks
      • The Maid of Prairie du Chien
      • The Presidents (In Rhyme)
      • Uncle John Is Sick Abed
      • Uncle Sam’s Farm
      • When This Cruel War is Over
  • Song Information
    • Catalog of Minnesota Songs
    • Song Topics
    • Catalogs of Song Sources
    • Chapters of the Heritage Songbook
      • Song Notes
      • The Beginnings
      • The Louisiana Purchase and the War of 1812
      • The First Minnesota Settlers
      • The Territorial Period
      • The Civil War
      • The Immigrants Arrive
      • People And Their Work
      • Home Life
      • The Decline of Folk Song
  • Performances
    • Download All the Songs
    • Download MIDI Files
    • Recordings
    • Videos
      • The Jam on Gerry’s Rocks
      • Lincoln and Liberty
      • Sweet Betsy from Pike
    • Performers
  • For Teachers
    • Economics
    • Historical Catalog
    • Science
  • More…
    • Download the Heritage Songbook PDF
    • Bibliography
    • Additions and Corrections to the Printed Songbook
    • Instruments on the Recordings
    • M. C. Dean’s The Flying Cloud
    • Other Books by Robert B. Waltz
    • Links
    • Irish Music and Dance Association Festival at Landmark Center

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