SAM Merch

Work Songs of the 19th Century
An album of Americana produced by the School of American Music in Three Oaks, Michigan

Hear the talent of SAM!

Consisting of songs from the 19th Century about:

1. Land speculators luring workers to the Midwest

2. Disappointed workers who actually made the trip

3. Farmers who raised the crops but lost the farm

4. Lazy men looking for a hardworking wife

5. Pounding wool soaked in sheep’s urine

6. Men who think their lives are tougher than women’s

7. Notes from the diary of a bitter pioneer housewife

8. Prideful sailors

9. The advantages of deferred gratification and patient investing

10. Worker abuse in the cloth mills

11. A lullaby about comfort in the afterlife

12. Great Lakes Iron Ore boats that had good weather and didn’t sink

13. A worker who beat the machine but died doing it

14. The benefits of a good railroad pension

15. Raising a ruckus at the end of a hard day

Performed by teachers, students and friends of the School of American Music:

• Matt Daniel, tenor

• Tara Dodge, alto

• Lauren Eggleston, soprano

• Daniel Rodriguez, bass

• Garth Taylor, strings, composer, arranger

• Cody Allee, percussion

• Produced by Evan Margol, Garth Taylor

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