The Recorded Sound Archives (RSA) is a unit of FAU Libraries Special Collections department. We are located in the Wimberly Library on FAU's Boca Raton campus.

Originally established in 2002 as a small project dedicated to the preservation of recorded Jewish music, it has matured into a robust digitization operation for all types of sound recordings.

Musical America ~ Learning American History Through Folk Music


Additional information (PDF) is only available
through the Research Station
Collection(s)Judaic
Catalogue NumberN/A
Matrix Number N/A
Record Label Judy Caplan Ginsburgh
Record FormatCD
Shelf Number100408
Number of TracksN/A
Date RecordedN/A
Album Artists
Notes Musical America is designed especially for elementary school teachers and their students. Bring American history to life through folk music from the bygone eras of history.

Recordings restricted by copyright will only play 45 seconds to give you a sense of what that recording originally sounded like. These recordings can be identified by the words (Research Station) in the music player.

If a song listed below has not been digitized yet, it will NOT show up within the player. If you need us to digitize this song/album, you can make a formal request here.
1 - Yankee Doodle – Revolutionary War
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2 - Cumberland Gap – Westward Expansion
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3 - When I First Came to this Land – Westward Expansion
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4 - Erie Canal – Industrialization
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5 - Shenendoah – River Shanty
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6 - Swing Low, Sweet Chariot – Slavery
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7 - Follow the Drinkin' Gourd – Slavery - Freedom
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8 - She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain – Rail Transportation
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9 - Drill Ye Tarriers Drill – Transcontinental RR
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10 - Oh Susannah – Gold Rush
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11 - Git Along Little Doggies – Settlement of the West
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12 - This is The Army – WWI
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13 - Gee Mom, I Wanna Go Home – WWII
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14 - Blowin' in the Wind – 60's - Peace Movement
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15 - God Bless the USA – Gulf War - American Pride
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