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Wyoming Where I Belong
Lyrics Let the rivers flow through the Big Horn Mountains, Hear the mighty winds blow across the western plains, Oh take me home where I belong, Wyoming, Wyoming, where I belong. The Black Hills rise over Thunder Basin, The Sweet …
Shake That Little Foot Dinah-O
This song has roots in oppression. “Dinah” is a caricature of the African American “Mammy.” “ ..these caricatures were used to defend and romanticize slavery, and the characters were never shown as particularly smart or able to function well outside their role as domestic servants, …
Jump Jim Joe
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Ring Ring the Banjo
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Five Little Monkeys
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My Old Kentucky Home
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Dixie
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Miss Lucy Had a Baby
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Old Aunt Dinah
This song has roots in oppression. “Dinah” is a caricature of the African American “Mammy.” “ ..these caricatures were used to defend and romanticize slavery, and the characters were never shown as particularly smart or able to function well outside their role as domestic servants, …
Polly Wolly Doodle
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