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Thread #23687   Message #264654
Posted By: MAG (inactive)
25-Jul-00 - 08:46 PM
Thread Name: Oregon Trail/pioneer songs?
Subject: Oregon Trail/pioneer songs?
I will (again) be telling stories at the Whitman Mission (National Park) in a coupla weeks, and they love it when I add music.

Some songs I already know and can make fit are:

Days of '49

Root Hog, or Die

Acres of Clams

Sweet Betsy from Pike

Frozen Logger

Any thoughts on obvious things I am missing? Yeah, I know about "Give 'em Jessie;" it's a boring campaign song, and requires a history lesson.

this is a fun time for me; I don't get to do much "professional" storytelling anymore. I cheerfully delete verses derogatory to anybody.

TIA, MA