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SongSource for racist/inappropriate history:Educational Objective/ Category:Alternate Song without racist/inappropriate history: Resource found in: Project compiled and edited by Elizabeth Hurley, Band and Orchestra Director, Northwest Guilford Middle School, BM, MM Music Education, National Board Certified Teacher
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Apache Chant (Hey Ya Na)https://docs.google.com/document/d/1q1jVGqOgKxfiUZ8N3oz0warXefGIJill2Xha-3X5nUY/edit;Quarter and eighth notesBate, Bate Chocolatehttp://www.lorenz.com/med/pages/AC1009.pdf
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Arkansas Travelerhttps://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1992-10-16-9204030838-story.htmlFiddle TuneHenry MartinEssential Elements for Strings Book 1
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Baa, Baa Black Sheephttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1q1jVGqOgKxfiUZ8N3oz0warXefGIJill2Xha-3X5nUY/edit;5 notes song with leapsTwinkle, Twinkle Little Star/ Alphabet SongEssential Elements for Strings Book 1
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Big Rock Candy Mountainhttps://www.songfacts.com/facts/harry-mcclintock/the-big-rock-candy-mountainG major (on e string for violins)Closet KeyEssential Elements for Strings Book 1
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Boatman's Dance, Thehttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1q1jVGqOgKxfiUZ8N3oz0warXefGIJill2Xha-3X5nUY/edit;
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Bowl of Cherries (Tune of Pick a Bale of Cotton)https://docs.google.com/document/d/1q1jVGqOgKxfiUZ8N3oz0warXefGIJill2Xha-3X5nUY/edit;
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Buckeye Jimhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1q1jVGqOgKxfiUZ8N3oz0warXefGIJill2Xha-3X5nUY/edit;Pentatonic songSwing Low, Sweet Charriot
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Buffalo Galshttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1q1jVGqOgKxfiUZ8N3oz0warXefGIJill2Xha-3X5nUY/edit;5 note song in C majorEssential Elements for Strings Book 2
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Camptown Raceshttps://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200035701/; https://atlantablackstar.com/2015/08/20/12-childhood-nursery-rhymes-you-didnt-realize-were-racist/5 note songAll Night, All DayEssential Elements for Band Book 1
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Canoe Song (My Paddle's Keen and Bright)/Land of the Silver Birchhttps://nationalpost.com/news/boom-diddy-ah-da-boom-racist-song-land-of-the-silver-birch-headed-for-libel-trialCamp songsA Ram Sam SamSpotlight on Music, 2nd Grade
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Cat Came Back, Thehttp://yslee.com/2014/06/the-cat-came-back/Story song/ Cat songThree Little Kittens
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Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Firehttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1q1jVGqOgKxfiUZ8N3oz0warXefGIJill2Xha-3X5nUY/edit;Holiday musicHave yourself a Merry Little Christmas
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Chicken on a Fence Post (Dance Josie)https://docs.google.com/document/d/1q1jVGqOgKxfiUZ8N3oz0warXefGIJill2Xha-3X5nUY/edit;Sixteenth notes and low la and low solSixteenth Notes: Old Brass Wagon
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Ching a Ring Chawhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1q1jVGqOgKxfiUZ8N3oz0warXefGIJill2Xha-3X5nUY/edit;Music of Aaron CoplandSimple Gifts
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Coffee Grows on White Oak Treeshttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1q1jVGqOgKxfiUZ8N3oz0warXefGIJill2Xha-3X5nUY/edit;Circle GameBrinca la Tablita
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Cotton Eyed Joehttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1q1jVGqOgKxfiUZ8N3oz0warXefGIJill2Xha-3X5nUY/edit;Line danceShoo, Turkey (Bessie Jones)
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Cumberland Gaphttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1q1jVGqOgKxfiUZ8N3oz0warXefGIJill2Xha-3X5nUY/edit;Fiddle TuneBile 'em Cabbage Down
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Darkness on the Delta, (When it's)https://docs.google.com/document/d/1q1jVGqOgKxfiUZ8N3oz0warXefGIJill2Xha-3X5nUY/edit;
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Dixie (Dixieland)https://docs.google.com/document/d/1q1jVGqOgKxfiUZ8N3oz0warXefGIJill2Xha-3X5nUY/edit;
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Do your Ears Hang Low?https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2014/05/turkey-in-the-straw/Nonsense songsApples and Bananas
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Down the Ohio (Down the River)https://docs.google.com/document/d/1q1jVGqOgKxfiUZ8N3oz0warXefGIJill2Xha-3X5nUY/edit;Song with motionsHead and Shoulder (Bessie Jones)
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Earth is Our Motherhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1q1jVGqOgKxfiUZ8N3oz0warXefGIJill2Xha-3X5nUY/edit;Earth Day SongA Beautiful, Beautiful World (Storybots)
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Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moehttps://atlantablackstar.com/2015/08/20/12-childhood-nursery-rhymes-you-didnt-realize-were-racist/Choosing/countingOne potato, two potato
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Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bedhttps://atlantablackstar.com/2015/08/.20/12-childhood-nursery-rhymes-you-didnt-realize-were-racist/Counting5 Little Ducks
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Five Little Monkeys Swinging from a Treehttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1q1jVGqOgKxfiUZ8N3oz0warXefGIJill2Xha-3X5nUY/edit;Counting5 Little Ducks
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G*psy Davyhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1q1jVGqOgKxfiUZ8N3oz0warXefGIJill2Xha-3X5nUY/edit;
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G*psy in the Moonlighthttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1q1jVGqOgKxfiUZ8N3oz0warXefGIJill2Xha-3X5nUY/edit;
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G*psy Laddiehttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1q1jVGqOgKxfiUZ8N3oz0warXefGIJill2Xha-3X5nUY/edit;
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G*psy Turn (dance figure)https://docs.google.com/document/d/1q1jVGqOgKxfiUZ8N3oz0warXefGIJill2Xha-3X5nUY/edit;
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Going Over the Seahttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1q1jVGqOgKxfiUZ8N3oz0warXefGIJill2Xha-3X5nUY/edit;Counting to 10This Old Man
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Golliwog's Cakewalk (Claude Debussy)https://www.npr.org/vsections/codeswitch/2013/12/23/256566647/the-extraordinary-story-of-why-a-cakewalk-wasnt-always-easy; https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1136016/How-golliwog-went-innocent-childrens-hero-symbol-bitter-controversy.htmlsyncopationThe Entertainer (Scott Joplin)
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Here Comes the Bridehttps://getordained.org/blog/the-backstory-behind-here-comes-the-bride https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-wagner/anti-semitic-letter-by-wagner-sold-at-auction-in-jerusalem-idUSKBN1HV2JWPerfect 4th intervalSimple Gifts
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I've Been Working on the Rail Roadhttps://gen.medium.com/dinah-put-down-your-horn-154b8d8db12awork songsWay Down Yonder in the Brickyard
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Ice Cream Truck Song, Thehttps://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/05/11/310708342/recall-that-ice-cream-truck-song-we-have-unpleasant-news-for-you
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Jim Along Josiehttps://decolonizingthemusicroom.com/songs-%26-stories/f/jim-along-josiePlay Party songsOats, Peas, Beans, and Barley
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Jimmy Cracked Corn (Blue Tail Fly)https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/claythompson/2017/03/02/ask-clay-whats-story-behind-jimmy-cracks-corn/98590590/Circle GameToodala
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John Kanakahttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1q1jVGqOgKxfiUZ8N3oz0warXefGIJill2Xha-3X5nUY/edit;Quarter restsBow Wow Wow, Whose Dog art thou?
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Johnny on the Woodpilehttps://decolonizingthemusicroom.com/songs-%26-stories/f/johnny-on-the-woodpile#:~:text=%22N****r,and%20as%20late%20as%201960.Steady beat, echo singingGet on Board
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Jump Jim Joehttps://decolonizingthemusicroom.com/in-practice/f/jump-jim-joeMovement GameOpen, Shut Them
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Lassus Trombone, Henry Filmorehttps://thelasttrombone.com/2020/06/28/trombone-players-its-time-to-bury-henry-fillmores-lassus-trombone/March, Trombone FeatureThe Trombone King March, Karl KingJ.W. Pepper
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Limber (Buckeye) Jimhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1q1jVGqOgKxfiUZ8N3oz0warXefGIJill2Xha-3X5nUY/edit;Pentatonic songSwing Low, Sweet Charriot
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Missouri Waltzhttp://www.bluegrassmessengers.com/missouri-waltz-.aspxState Song of Missouri
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Miss Trombone, Henry Filmorehttps://thelasttrombone.com/2020/06/28/trombone-players-its-time-to-bury-henry-fillmores-lassus-trombone/Trombone FeatureAll Aboard, Nathan FarrellJ.W. Pepper
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My Old Kentucky Homehttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1q1jVGqOgKxfiUZ8N3oz0warXefGIJill2Xha-3X5nUY/edit;State Song of Kentucky
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My Yallow (Yellow) Galhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1q1jVGqOgKxfiUZ8N3oz0warXefGIJill2Xha-3X5nUY/edit;
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Oh, Susannahhttps://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/cant-escape-stephen-foster; https://atlantablackstar.com/2015/08/20/12-childhood-nursery-rhymes-you-didnt-realize-were-racist/Pioneer songCowboy's Lament
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Old Dan Tuckerhttps://decolonizingthemusicroom.com/songs-%26-storiesFolk song; Differentiate between Verse and RefrainCape Cod Chantey
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Old Folks at Home (Swannee River)https://docs.google.com/document/d/1q1jVGqOgKxfiUZ8N3oz0warXefGIJill2Xha-3X5nUY/edit;
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Pick a Bale of Cottonhttps://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/insensitive-folk-song-pick-bale-cotton-cut-school-concert-amid-racism-claims-150005718.html
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Polly Wolly Doodle (Doodle All Day)https://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:Polly_Wolly_Doodle6 note song6 note song: Didn't My Lord Deliver DanielEssential Elements for Band Book 1
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Run, Children, Run!https://docs.google.com/document/d/1q1jVGqOgKxfiUZ8N3oz0warXefGIJill2Xha-3X5nUY/edit;
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Sandy Landhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1q1jVGqOgKxfiUZ8N3oz0warXefGIJill2Xha-3X5nUY/edit;
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Seminole Chant (War Chant)https://indiancountrytoday.com/archive/war-chant-and-tomahawk-chop-from-seminoles-to-republicans-_oadtktnwEOw7ctWpIoxOQ1st position notes on the D string in 2-3 finger patternIt's Raining (mm 1-4 in key of D)Essential Elements for Strings Book 1
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Shoo Flyhttps://shoo-fly.weebly.com/ https://atlantablackstar.com/2015/08/20/12-childhood-nursery-rhymes-you-didnt-realize-were-racist/Ties across bar linesRocky MountainEssential Elements for Band Book 2
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Shortnin' Breadhttp://self.gutenberg.org/articles/short'nin'_bread
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Shoutin' Liza Trombonehttps://thelasttrombone.com/2020/06/28/trombone-players-its-time-to-bury-henry-fillmores-lassus-trombone/Trombone featureSweet Trombone Rag, Al SweetJ.W. Pepper
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Slim Trombone, Henry Filmorehttps://thelasttrombone.com/2020/06/28/trombone-players-its-time-to-bury-henry-fillmores-lassus-trombone/Trombone featureTrombone Tiger Rag, Nick LaRoccaJ.W. Pepper
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Soldier's Joyhttps://www.avettnews.com/?p=4319#:~:text=During%20the%20American%20Civil%20War,the%20most%20popular%20fiddle%20tunes.Fiddle TuneCluck Old Hen
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Summertime (from Porgy and Bess)https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/19/arts/music/porgy-bess-gershwin-metropolitan-opera.htmlAmerican OperaScott Joplin's "Treemonisha", or any other songs about the Black experience actually written by a POC.
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Tikki Tikki Tembohttp://www.gracelinblog.com/2012/04/rethinking-tikki-tikki-tembo.html?m=1&fbclid=IwAR1Jb_rAvksFIiq8hbvqKvOrumCehhm_Neo36J0JHn2tlFOHpKj-tX-zWHQChinese Folktale (Inaccurate--It is NOT actually a Chinese folktale)http://www.gracelin.com/https://westonwoods.scholastic.com/products/westonwoods/study_guides/Stories-From-Near-And-Far.pdf
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Ten Little Indianshttps://indiancountrytoday.com/archive/the-history-of-ten-little-indians-q1WdVbswNEu5Hat3KCQoAACounting GameZoom Zoom We're Going to the Moon
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Three Wheels on My Wagonhttps://www.songfacts.com/lyrics/the-christy-minstrels/three-wheels-on-my-wagonPioneer songBound to California (http://kodaly.hnu.edu/song.cfm?id=1152)
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Tie Me Down Kangaroo, Sporthttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-420843/Tie-Me-Kangaroo-Down-Sport-racist-says-Rolf.htmlAnimals of AustraliaAussie Animal Dance
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Topsy and Sambohttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1q1jVGqOgKxfiUZ8N3oz0warXefGIJill2Xha-3X5nUY/edit;
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Turkey in the Strawhttps://decolonizingthemusicroom.com/songs%2Ftraditions/f/turkey-in-the-strawFolk Song
Thanksgiving Music		Folk song: Old Joe Clark
Thanksgiving Music: Gobble, Gobble, Turkey Wobble
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What Makes the Red Man Red?https://docs.google.com/document/d/1q1jVGqOgKxfiUZ8N3oz0warXefGIJill2Xha-3X5nUY/edit;Disney MusicAvoid Disney songs from Song of the South, Dumbo, and Peter Pan as these have problimatic views of race.
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When I See an Elephant Flyhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/03/29/original-dumbo-was-decried-racist-heres-how-tim-burtons-version-addresses-that/Disney MusicAvoid Disney songs from Song of the South, Dumbo, and Peter Pan as these have problimatic views of race.
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Where the Columbines GrowNotified by Indiginous AmericanState Song of Colorado
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Winter Wonderlandhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1q1jVGqOgKxfiUZ8N3oz0warXefGIJill2Xha-3X5nUY/edit;Holiday Music
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Zipadee Doo Dah https://docs.google.com/document/d/1q1jVGqOgKxfiUZ8N3oz0warXefGIJill2Xha-3X5nUY/edit;Disney MusicAvoid Disney songs from Song of the South, Dumbo, and Peter Pan as these have problimatic views of race.
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