Abraham Lincoln's
America
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Travel across Lincoln's America in song.
Join in the the sorrows of his greatest trials.
Share the laughter
and sentimental recollections
of his leisure hours.
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The audience will travel across Abraham Lincoln's America with songs from and about his lifetime. The songs take us from Lincoln's birth in 1809 to his death in 1865; and from Kentucky to California. Along the way Judy provides fascinating historical details to introduce the songs and to join them in a cohesive whole. Audience members are drawn into the experience and are encouraged to sing on the many choruses. They leave with a deeper understanding of Lincoln's life and times.
"Songs of Lincoln's America" is an informative and entertaining program.
An entertaining and informative mix of ballads, songs and stories from Abraham Lincoln's America.
Program is typically one hour, but may be longer or shorter to suit your needs.
Multi-Media Option
For multi-media programs Judy dresses in 1860's style costume
and/or accompanies her songs with projected images.
Program selections include:
Hunters of Kentucky: A brag song about the part riflemen
from Lincoln's birth state played at the Battle of New Orleans at the end of the War of 1812.
Andrew Jackson used this song for both his presidential campaigns.
Barbara Ellen: A version, collected in Kentucky, of Lincoln's mother's favorite song. The haunting modal melody and Kentucky colloquialisms give unusual flavor to this classic.
El-A-Noy: Over-the-top wonderful advertisement in song about the wonders of Illinois where Lincoln went as a young man.
Richmond is a Hard Road to Travel: Patter song from 1863 about six failed attempts to take the Confederate capital during the Civil War.
Booth Killed Lincoln: Moving song from the singing of Bascom Lamar Lunsford.
* Historical Societies * Arts Centers *
* Festivals * Folk Clubs*
* Museums * Concert Series *
* Libraries * House Concerts*
* For those who like this sort of thing, this is the sort of thing they like.
* How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.
* The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.
* If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?