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Listen to the Mockingbird by Eight Hand String Band
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fave it Traditional Folk | Bluegrass
14 tracks | 39 minutes
Released May 2005
on Eight Hand String Band
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:45 Arkansas Traveler lyrics BUY MP3 03:45 Arkansas Traveler lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:45 Arkansas Traveler
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:19 Listen to the Mockingbird lyrics BUY MP3 02:19 Listen to the Mockingbird lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:19 Listen to the Mockingbird
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:02 Goober Peas lyrics BUY MP3 02:02 Goober Peas lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:02 Goober Peas
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:47 She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain lyrics BUY MP3 01:47 She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:47 She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:12 The Girl I Left Behind Me lyrics BUY MP3 02:12 The Girl I Left Behind Me lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:12 The Girl I Left Behind Me
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:24 Marching Through Georgia lyrics BUY MP3 03:24 Marching Through Georgia lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:24 Marching Through Georgia
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Traditional folk and bluegrass music from the Civil War era. For the whole family. Originally recorded for use in the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, Illinois.
Bio / Background
Liner notes for the Eight Hand String Band – Civil War era music
"I would beg to remind you that music is a very useful art."
Abraham Lincoln, 11/16/60
Entering the 19th century, the United States was a young country just beginning to develop its own cultural identity. The nation was on the move. Agricultural interests vied with growing urban areas, and the industrial revolution was altering the face of the work force. Through this turbulent time music and song provided the cultural exchange that kept people together and gave them a common language.
Beginning in the 1840s, sheet music sold like records and CDs. Lyrics were printed in sheet folios, newspapers, and broadsides. A good song could cross the country as fast as the news. And, as is true today, a timely tune could capture the spirit of a people better than a speech or a headline.
All of this growth and change came with a cost, however, and by mid-century the country had descended into civil war.
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