American Song (Requires Headphones) 
Access: On-Site Access Only
Description: American Song is a database of 50,000 songs that users listen to over the Internet. The database includes music that relates to almost every walk of American life, every ethnic group, and every time period. You’ll find songs by and about American Indians, miners, immigrants, slaves, children, pioneers, and cowboys. There are the songs of Civil Rights, political campaigns, Prohibition, the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, and anti-war protests. There are hymns, funny songs, college songs, sea shanties, shape note songs, and songs about topics as diverse as New York and electricity.
Coverage: Various Dates
Subject(s)
Music, Film & Performing Arts
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