Sailing Through Song SHORT

SAILING THROUGH SONG

a musical journey from the british isles to the modern united states

why did people migrate?

what do we take with us?

what do we leave behind?

ENGLAND

SCOTLAND

WALES

IRELAND

THE BRITISH ISLES

ENGLISH COLONIZATION AND IMMIGRATION

The Lost Colony

The Jamestown Colony

The Massachusetts Bay Colony

The 13 Original Colonies

key moments

ENGLand

Traditional naval song, first registered in 1624 but first appears in its current form in 1796

spanish ladies

VIDEO

LYRICS

SEA SHANTIES

SHEET MUSIC

RESOURCES

england

The Highland clearances

The Act of Union 1707

The Jacobite Rebellion

The Highland Clearances

key moments

scotland

1750-1850

Lyrics: attributed to Scottish poet Robert Burns (1788); traditionalTune: first appeared with these lyrics in 1799

auld lang syne

VIDEO

LYRICS

HOGMANAY

SHEET MUSIC

RESOURCES

scotland

WELSH immigration to north america

King Charles II and religious intolerance

Cambria (Western Pennsylvania)

American Presidents with Welsh roots

key facts

wALES

1642 - Present Day

Thomas Jefferson James Monroe Abraham Lincoln Calvin Coolidge Richard Nixon

Lyrics: Daniel James (Gwyrosydd) 1890sTune: by Welsh composer Landore John Hughes (1872–1914)

CALON LâN (A pUre Heart)

VIDEO

LYRICS

SHEET MUSIC

RESOURCES

wALES

Cymraeg (WELSH LANGUAGE)

key facts

IRELAND

the great famine

A famine that occurred in Ireland from 1845–49 when the potato crop failed.

NEARLY 1 MILLION DIED

UP TO 2 MILLION EMIGRATED

1841-1850 HALF OF THE IMMIGRANTS TO THE USA WERE IRISH

A folk song written by Pete St. John in 1979 based on the story of the Great Famine

the fields of athenry

VIDEO

LYRICS

RUGBY

SHEET MUSIC

RESOURCES

IRELAND

The Transatlantic Slave Trade

Moonshine and Appalachia

The Great Depression and Delta Blues

American Folk Music

NORTH AMERICA

key facts

transatlantic slave trade

The transportation by slave traders of enslaved African people to the Americas 15th-19th Century

FORCIBLY BROUGHT +10 MILLION AFRICANS

TRIANGULAR TRADE & THE MIDDLE PASSAGE

THE LEGACY OF SLAVERY IN AMERICA

Christian hymn published in 1779 with words written in 1772 by English Anglican clergyman and poet John Newton

amazing grace

VIDEO

LYRICS

SHEET MUSIC

RESOURCES

transatlantic slave trade

THE BANJO AND BLACK AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC

key facts

moonshine and appalachia

Prohibition Era 1920-1933

ORIGINATED IN THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT

LED TO MOONSHINERS AND BOOTLEGGERS

NASCAR

A folk song said to originate in both Appalachia and Ireland, it was first recorded in 1927.

the moonshiner

VIDEO

LYRICS

RESOURCES

moonshine and appalachia

SCOTS IRISH MUSIC IN APPALACHIA

key facts

The great depression and DELTA blues

Worldwide economic downturn1929-1939

LONGEST AND MOST SEVERE ECONOMIC CRISIS IN MODERN HISTORY

THE NUMBERS

THE "DUST BOWL"

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION FELL 47% THE GDP FELL 30% UNEMPLOYMENT REACHED 20%

Dust clouds over Texas, 1936 (Library of Congress)

A Delta Blues song written and recorded by Nehemiah Curtis "Skip" James in 1931.

hard time killing floor blues

VIDEO

LYRICS

RESOURCES

DELTA BLUES

The great depression and delta blues

SHEET MUSIC

One of the most famous American folk songs, written by Woody Guthrie in 1940.

Woody Guthrie, American Folk Singer (1912 - 1967)

this land is your land

VIDEO

LYRICS

RESOURCES

SHEET MUSIC

AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC

what will you take with you?