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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Label Occurrences
American folk music canon canonical 2
American folk music 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (93)

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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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ