Song of America (album)

Song of America
Compilation album by Various artists
Released	September 18, 2007
Genre	Folk
Label	Split Rock / 31 Tigers
Producer	David Macias, Bob Olhsson, Ed Pettersen[1][2]

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Song of America is a 3-disc, compilation album comprising 50 songs related to the history of America. Released on September 18, 2007 under Split Rock Records/Thirty One Tigers, the music collection was conceived by former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno and musician Ed Pettersen (who is married to Reno's niece).^[5][6][7]

Track listing

Disc 1

1. "Lakota Dream Song", performed by Earl Bullhead – 3:08
2. "Once More Our God Vouchsafe to Shine", performed by Julie Lee – 3:07
3. "Let Us Break Bread Together", performed by The Blind Boys of Alabama – 3:49
4. "God Save the King", performed by John Wesley Harding – 3:49
5. "Young Ladies in Town", performed by Elizabeth Foster – 3:01
6. "The Old Woman Taught Wisdom", performed by Malcom Holcombe – 6:30
7. "The Liberty Song", performed by Ed Pettersen – 4:59
8. "Yankee Doodle", performed by Harper Simon – 3:29
9. "Jefferson & Liberty", performed by The Wilders – 2:10
10. "Hail Columbia", performed by Steven Kowalczyk-Santoro – 2:56
11. "The Star Spangled Banner", performed by Take 6 – 2:04
12. "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child", performed by Beth Nielsen Chapman – 5:09
13. "Peg & Awl", performed by Freedy Johnston – 4:34
14. "Sweet Betsy From Pike", performed by BR549 – 4:23
15. "Trail of Tears", performed by Will & Jehnean – 4:35
16. "Declaration of Sentiments", performed by Minton Sparks/Pat Flynn – 4:34
17. "Go Down Moses", performed by Fisk Jubilee Singers – 3:44
18. "Dixie's Land", performed by The Mavericks, featuring Thad Cockrell – 6:13

Disc 2

1. "John Brown's Body", performed by Marah – 2:40
2. "Battle Hymn of the Republic", performed by Joanna Smith – 5:15
3. "Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye", performed by Janis Ian – 2:09
4. "Thousands Are Sailing to Amerikay", performed by Tim O'Brien – 4:24
5. "The Farmer is the Man", performed by Otis Gibbs – 3:03
6. "Home On the Range", performed by Joni Harms – 4:30
7. "Stars and Stripes Forever", performed by Jake Shimabukuro – 2:28
8. "Sleep, My Child (Schlof Mayn Kind)", performed by Judith Edelman and Neilson Hubbard – 4:47
9. "Over There", performed by Jen Chapin – 2:31
10. "How You Gonna Keep 'Em Down On the Farm", performed by Andrew Bird – 5:04
11. "Lift Every Voice and Sing", performed by Karen Parks – 5:11
12. "Happy Days Are Here Again", performed by Danielson – 3:05
13. "Brother Can Spare a Dime?", performed by Andy Bey – 6:30
14. "Seven Cent Cotton and Forty Cent Meat", performed by Jim Lauderdale – 2:11
15. "Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)", performed by Old Crow Medicine Show – 4:56
16. "Rosie the Riveter", performed by Suzy Bogguss – 2:31
17. "Reuben James", performed by Folk Family Robinson – 4:04

Disc 3

1. "The Great Atomic Power", performed by Elizabeth Cook and The Grascals – 2:45
2. "Little Boxes", performed by Devendra Banhart – 4:08
3. "The Times They Are a-Changin'", performed by The Del McCoury Band – 3:49
4. "Apache Tears", performed by Scott Kempner – 3:42
5. "Get Together", performed by Kim Richey – 4:01
6. "Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud", performed by The Dynamites with Charles Walker – 4:32
7. "Ohio", performed by Ben Taylor – 2:40
8. "What's Going On", performed by Anthony David – 5:02
9. "I Am Woman", performed by Martha Wainwright – 3:27
10. "Youngstown", performed by Matthew Ryan – 4:14
11. "Wave," performed by Gary Heffern and Chris Eckman – 4:35
12. "The Message", performed by Shortee – 6:34
13. "Streets of Philadelphia", performed by Bettye LaVette – 3:49
14. "Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning", performed by The Wrights – 5:30
15. "This Land is Your Land", performed by John Mellencamp – 4:10

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