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Minnesota Folksong Collection
Treasures of traditional folksong from northern Minnesota including archival recordings from 1924.

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  • All Collection Items
  • Archival Material by Singer
    • Michael Dean (Virginia, MN)
    • Reuben Phillips (Akeley, MN)
    • Israel Phillips (Akeley, MN)
    • Seymore Phillips (Akeley, MN)
  • All Song Videos
  • Song Videos by Performer
    • Dòrain
    • Buddy Ferrari
    • The Lost Forty
    • An Luan
    • Brian Miller
    • Al Waisley
    • John Wenstrom
    • The Winterm'n

Songs Classified by Theme

  • Lumbering Songs

    The Bank of the Little Auplaine (1) / The Bank of the Little Auplaine (2)
    The Falling of the Pine
    Shanty Boy
    Shanty Man's Life
    What a Time on the Way
    Young Munroe

  • Great Lakes Songs

    The Bigler's Crew
    Lost on the Lady Elgin
    Persian's Crew
    Red Iron Ore

  • Winter Songs

    Young Charlotte

  • Hunting Songs

    The Hunter's Death
    A Hunting Song

  • Railroading Songs

    Jerry Go Oil the Car (1) / Jerry Go Oil the Car (2)
    To Work Upon the Railroad

  • Partying Songs

    Backwoodsman
    Ye Ranting Roving Billows All

  • Boxing Songs

    Heenan and Sayers

  • Humor / Nonsense

    The Wonderful Whale

  • Emigration Songs

    The Roving Irishman

  • War Songs

    As I Rode Down Through Irishtown
    Banks of the Nile
    The Battle of Waterloo
    Noble Sons of Canardie
    Teddy McGraw

  • Sailors, Pirates and Privateers

    Bold Daniel
    The Clipper Ship "Dreadnaught"
    The Privateer

  • Crime and Punishment

    The Bounty Jumper
    The Crafty Miss
    Jack Rogers
    Jim Fisk
    Lovel
    Old Darby
    Vandiemens Land

  • Love Gone Wrong

    The Apprentice Boy / The Sheffield Aprintis
    The Banks of Boyne
    The Lady Leroy
    Patrick Riley (1) / Patrick Riley (2)
    Young Sally Munroe



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This activity is made possible by the voters of
Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State
Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation
from the arts and cultural heritage fund.