Americana Resources

Have you purchased Americana? Bookmark this page for easy access to the resources referenced in the book, including videos to help you get started, play-along tutorials, and links to reference materials. If you are brand new to the ukulele, you may want to get started by first checking out my free Ukulele Basics guide or my beginner’s book, Let’s Play! The Ukulele Handbook for Beginners. Happy strumming!

Battle Hymn of the Republic

• How "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" became an anthem for every cause from NPR

• The Story Behind the Song from The Kennedy Center

Bury Me Beneath the Willow

• Bury Me Beneath the Weeping Willow from No Depression

• Is There a Mystery in “Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow?” by Country Thang Daily

Cindy

• Cindy from Folk Song Index

Come All Ye Fair and Tender Ladies

• Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies from Secondhand Songs

• Fair and Tender Ladies from Mainly Norfolk

I’ve Got the Joy / In My Family’s House

• I’ve Got the Joy from Hymnary

Jennie Jenkins

• Jennie Jenkins from Gia Publications

• Jennie Jenkins from Holy Names University

Just from the Kitchen (Shoo-Lie-Loo)

• “Step It Down: Games, Plays, Songs, and Stories from the Afro-American Heritage” from Google Books

• Ranky Tanky Builds on the Music and Culture of Slave Descendants from NPR

• What is Call and Response in Music? from MasterClass

Keep On the Sunny Side

• Keep On the Sunny Side from Folkslingers

• Keep on the Sunny Side, a Brief History from World of Panem

Li’l Liza Jane

• Who’s Little Liza Jane? from Cultural Equity

• The Story of America Through the History of a Song from Liza Jane Movie

Peace Like a River

• Behind the Song: I’ve Got Peace Like a River from Diana Leagh Matthews

• Peace Like a River arrangement from Gwyneth Walker

Take This Hammer

• Protest Song of the Week from Shadowproof

• Take This Hammer (1 of 2) from Cultural Equity

• Take This Hammer (2 of 2) from Cultural Equity

• African-American Work Songs from The History Engine

• The Music of Louisiana’s Angola State Prison from NPR

• Negro Prison Songs from the Mississippi State Penitentiary from archive.org

• Prison Worksongs from Smithsonian Folkways

this Train is Bound for Glory

• Learning “This Train is Bound for Glory” from Savannah Music Festival

Trouble in Mind

• Trouble in Mind from Rise Up and Sing

• The Sun’s Gonna Shine in My Back Door Someday: Songs of Hope in a Time of Fear from the Library of Congress

• “Trouble in Mind” performed by Vera Hall from Cultural Equity

When the Saints Go Marching In

• Story Behind the Song from the St. Augustine Record

• When the Saints Go Marching In from Songwriters Hall of Fame

• When the Saints Go Marching In from Songfacts

• When the Saints Go Marching In from JazzStandards

• The Rich History of “When the Saints Go Marching In” from Wynton Marsalis and CBS This Morning

Wildwood Flower

• The NPR 100, “Wildwood Flower” from NPR

• Wildwood Flower from TIME Entertainment

• The Story Behind the Song from Classic Country Music Stories Facebook Post

• The Mystery of Maud Irving from Ergo-Sum

• The Carter Family — Wildwood Flower from Public Domain 4 U

• Wildwood Flower from Songfacts

• Wildwood Flower from Bob Dylan Roots