“Dollar Down and a Dollar a Week” I suspect no one knows who was the first person to get in debt trouble — probably Oog the caveman who promised hisContinue readingDollar Down and a Dollar a Week

“On Top of Old Smoky” (often spelled “Smokey”) is a traditional folk song of the United States. As recorded by The Weavers, the song reached the pop music charts inContinue readingOn Top of Old Smoky

“Frog Went a-Courtin’” alternative titlesis an English-language folk song. Its first known appearance is in Wedderburn’s Complaynt of Scotland (1549) under the name “The Frog cam to the Myl dur”,Continue readingFrog Went a-Courtin

“Skip to My (The) Lou” is a popular American partner-stealing dance from the 1840s. Poet and Abraham Lincoln biographer Carl Sandburg writes that “Skip-to-my-Lou” was a popular party game inContinue readingSkip to My (The) Lou

“This Old Man” is an English language children’s song, counting exercise and nursery rhyme . The origins of this song are obscure. The earliest extant record is a version notedContinue readingThis Old Man

“Jimmy Crack Corn” or “Blue-Tail Fly” is an American song which first became popular during the rise of blackface minstrelsy in the 1840s through performances by the Virginia Minstrels. ItContinue readingJimmy Crack Corn

“She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mountain” (sometimes referred to as “Coming ‘Round the Mountain”) is a traditional folk song often categorized as children’s music. The song is derived from theContinue readingShe’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mountain