tracks

Fair And Free Elections
Follow Washington [George Washington]
Adams And Liberty [John Adams]
For Jefferson And Liberty [Thomas Jefferson]
Huzzah For Madison, Huzzah [James Madison]
Monroe Is The Man [James Monroe]
Little Know Ye Who's Comin' [John Quincy Adams]
Jackson And Kentucky [Andrew Jackson]
Rockabye, Baby [Martin Van Buren]
The Harrison Yankee Doodle [William Henry Harrison]
Tippecanoe And Tyler Too [John Tyler]
Jimmy Polk Of Tennessee [James K. Polk]
Rumadum Dum [Zachary Taylor]
The Union Wagon [Millard Fillmore]
Pierce And King [Franklin Pierce]
Buchanan And John Breckenridge
Lincoln And Liberty Too [Abraham Lincoln]
Just Before Election, Andy [Andrew Johnson]
Grant, Grant, Grant [Ulysses S. Grant]
For Hayes And Wheeler, Too [Rutherford B. Hayes]
If The Johnnies Get Into Power Again [James A. Garfield]
Democrats, Good Democrats [Grover Cleveland]
He's All Right [Benjamin Harrison]
Marching With McKinley [William McKinley]
Roosevelt The Cry [Theodore Roosevelt]
Get On A Raft With Taft [William H. Taft]
Wilson, That's All [Woodrow Wilson]
Harding, You're The Man For Us [Warren G. Harding]
Keep Cook And Keep Coolidge [Calvin Coolidge]
If He's Good Enough For Lindy [Herbert Hoover]
Franklin D. Roosevelt's Back Again [Franklin D. Roosevelt]
I'm Just Wild About Harry [Harry Truman]
I Like Ike [Dwight D. Eisenhower]
Marching Down To Washington [John F. Kennedy]
Hello, Lyndon [Lyndon B. Johnson]
Buckle Down With Nixon [Richard Nixon]
I'm Feeling Good About America [Gerald Ford]
Why Not The Best? [Jimmy Carter]
California Here We Come [Ronald Reagan]
This Land Is Your Land [George Bush]
Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow [William J. Clinton]
The Same Old Merry-Go-Round
Song Of The Presidents

notes

Track 3 melody: "To Anacreon in Heaven" ["Star-spangled Banner"]
Track 4 melody: "Gabby-O"
Track 6 melody: "Young Lochinvar" by Joseph Mazzinghi
Track 7 words: from Cincinnati Gazette, July 30, 1928, adapted by Oscar Brand; melody: "Highland Muster Roll"
Track 8 melody: "The Unfortunate Miss Baily"
Track 9 melody: lullaby "Rockabye-Baby"
Track 10 melody: "Yankee Doodle Dandy"
Track 12 melody: "Dandy Jim of Caroline"
Track 13 melody: "Old Dan Tucker"
Track 14 melody: "Wait for the Wagon"
Track 15 words: from the Brooklyn Eagle; melody: "Nelly Bly"
Track 17 melody: "Rosin the Beau"
Track 18 melody: "Just Before the Battle, Mother"
Track 19 melody: "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp"
Track 21 melody: "When Johnny Comes Marching Home"
Track 22 melody: "Maryland, My Maryland"
Tracks 23 and 30 sources of words and melody unknown
Track 24 melody: "Marching Through Georgia"
Track 32 is the campaign version, adapted from the original song
Track 35 is a rewritten version of "Hello, Dolly"
Track 36 is a parody based on the original work "Buckle Down, Winsocki"

Mastered at AirShow, Springfield, VA.

credits

Coordinator [Production] – Mary Monseur
Design, Layout – Joe Parisi
Liner Notes [Annotated By] – Anthony Seeger, Oscar Brand
Liner Notes [Editing] – Carla Borden
Liner Notes [Editorial Assistance] – Peter Seitel
Lyrics By [Revised] – Oscar Brand (tracks: 1, 2, 5 to 10, 12 to 16, 18 to 25, 30)
Mastered By – Charlie Pilzer
Other [Smithsonian Folkways Financial Officer] – Heather Berthold
Other [Smithsonian Folkways Fulfillment] – Judy Gilmore, Lee Michael Demsey, Matt Levine, Ronnie Simpkins
Other [Smithsonian Folkways Licensing] – Kevin Doran
Other [Smithsonian Folkways Marketing Director] – Brenda Dunlap
Product Manager [Smithsonian Folkways Product Manager] – Michael Maloney
Recorded By, Mixed By – Jonathan B. Pickow,
Research [Smithsonian Folkways Archivist] – Jeff Pace
Research [Smithsonian Folkways Assistant Archivist] – Stephanie Smith
Supervised By [Production Supervisor] – Anthony Seeger, Atesh Sonneborn,
Supervised By [Sound Supervision] – Pete Reiniger
Vocals, Bass – Jordan Brand,
Vocals, Guitar – John Foley
Vocals, Guitar, Arranged By, Compiled By, Producer – Oscar Brand
Vocals, Synthesizer, Banjo – Jonathan Pickow

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