TONS OF POINTS!!! Choose one of the American folk songs below to research the story behind the song.
. Blowin’ in the Wind
Freight Train
If I Had a Hammer
This Land is Your Land
Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

Folk songs are music of the people and often don’t have direct connections to one culture. Knowing this, your goal is to find out where your song came from and how the story and meaning has changed over generations. Use the following questions to guide your research (research, not a research paper, don’t go running for your MLA citation guidelines): What song did you select? How is your selected song considered Folk music? Trace the history of your selected song. What was the closest point of origin you found? What is your favorite rendition of your selected song? What was the oddest, most intriguing, or bizarre (it is your song, pick your own adjective here) fact you discovered about your selected song? What current cultural connection can you make with your selected song? You did the research, don’t forget your proof. What are three resources you used? Be sure to include all the information needed for your instructor to check out your sources. This should include the title, author, and the URL address of any website.]

“If I Had a Hammer” was written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays in 1949 as an anthem for many progressive concerns of the day and most specifically the Labor Movement. The song features images of blue-collar workers (hammers and bells to suggest factories, etc.) as a rallying call for justice and equality.

Explanation:

It was a bit of anthemic support for the emerging progressive movement. The lyrics allude to the labor movement, taking symbols from the workplace and turning them into calls for action toward equality.The first two verses talk about re-purposing a hammer and a work bell. The third verse talks about "having a song," which is likely a reference to the history of labor union songs, as well as a symbol of people collectively using their voices to speak out on their own behalf.

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Answer:

Freight Train

Sources:

Wikipedia

Explanation:

"Freight Train" is an American folk song written by Elizabeth Cotten in the early 20th century, and popularized during the American folk revival and British skiffle[1] period of the 1950s and 1960s. By Cotten's own account in the 1985 BBC series Down Home, she composed “Freight Train” as a teenager (sometime between 1906 and 1912), inspired by the sound of the trains rolling in on the tracks near her home in North Carolina.

Cotten was a one-time nanny for folk singer Peggy Seeger, who took this song with her to England, where it became popular in folk music circles. British songwriters Paul James and Fred Williams subsequently misappropriated it as their own composition and copyrighted it. Under their credit, it was then recorded by British skiffle singer Chas McDevitt, who recorded the song in December, 1956. Under advice from his manager (Bill Varley), McDevitt then brought in folk-singer Nancy Whiskey and re-recorded the song with her doing the vocal; the result was a chart hit. McDevitt's version influenced many young skiffle groups of the day, including The Quarrymen. Under the advocacy of the influential Seeger family, the copyright was eventually restored to Cotten.[2][3] Nevertheless, it remains mis-credited in many sources.

The Elizabeth Cotten recording for the Folksongs and Instrumentals with Guitar album was made by Mike Seeger in late 1957, early 1958, at Cotten's home in Washington, D.C.[4] Ramblin' Jack Elliott recorded this song in 1957. It is included on the CD, The Lost Topic Tapes: Cowes Harbour 1957.