Yankee Doodle Dandy             Written by Richard Shurburgh        Circa 1755            

Defense of Fort McHenry        Written by Francis Scott Key          Published in 1814

Home Sweet Home                  Written by Bishop/Payne                Published in 1823     

Skip to my Lou                        Author Unknown                            Circa 1840s

Old Dan Tucker                      Written by Daniel Emmett               Published in 1843

Oh Susanna                             Written by Stephen Foster               Published in 1848

Follow the Drinking Gourd   Credited to Peg Leg Joe                   Circa 1850s

Wayfaring Stranger               Author Unknown                             Published in 1858

Dixie                                     Written by Daniel Emmett               Published in 1859

Battle Hymn of the Rep        Written by Julia Ward Howe           Published in 1861

Tom Dooley                          Written by Thomas Land                 Published Circa 1860s

Shenandoah                          Author Unknown                             Published in 1876

Oh Dem Golden Slippers     Written by James Bland                  Published in 1879

Oh my Darling                     Written by Percy Montrose             Published in 1884

The Laughing Song              Written by George Johnson            Recorded in 1891

After the Ball                        Written by Charles Harris              Published in 1892

The Entertainer                     Written by Scott Joplin                  Published in 1904

Alexander’s Ragtime Band  Written by Irving Berlin                Published in 1911        

Billy Boy                             Author Unknown                           Published in 1912

St Louis Blues                     Written by W. C. Handy                Published in 1914