1. THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER 00:01:34 THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER IS THE NATIONAL ANTHEM OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND WAS FIRST RECOGNISED AS SUCH BY THE UNITED STATES NAVY IN 1889 AND ALSO BY U.S. PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON IN 1916. THE MELODY WAS COMPOSED BY JOHN STAFFORD SMITH AND IS PRESENTED HERE ARRANGED FOR A FIFE AND DRUM ENSEMBLE.

4. YANKEE DOODLE DANDY 00:02:13 THE TUNE OF YANKEE DOODLE IS THOUGHT TO BE VERY OLD DATING BACK TO THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR OF 1754-1765 WHERE THE BRITISH SANG THE SONG TO MOCK COLONIAL AMERICANS AND EVENTUALLY, AMERICA ADOPTED THE SONG AS A PATRIOTIC ANTHEM DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.

7. HOME SWEET HOME 00:02:06 THE MELODY OF HOME SWEET HOME WAS WRITTEN BY ENGLISHMAN SIR HENRY BISHOP AND THE SONG WAS REPUTEDLY BANNED FROM BEING PLAYED IN UNION ARMY CAMPS DURING THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR FOR BEONG TOO RELDOLENT OF HEARTH AND HOME SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE HOMESICKNESS AMONGST THE TROOPS AND THEREFORE LIKELY TO INCITE DESERTION.

10. WHEN JOHNNY COMES MARCHING HOME 00:01:35 THIS POPULAR SONG FROM THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR WAS SUNG BY BOTH SIDES DURING THE FIGHTING AND EXPRESSED THE PEOPLE'S LONGING FOR THE RETURN OF FRIENDS AND RELATIVES WHO WERE AWAY FIGHTING IN THE WAR. THE SONG WAS COMPOSED IN 1863 AND WAS ALSO POPULAR AS A CIVIL WAR DRINKING SONG "JOHNNY FILL UP THE BOWL" AND ALSO BECAME VERY WELL-KNOWN IN BRITAIN.

13. BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC 00:01:34 THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC IS ALSO KNOWN AS "MINE EYES HAVE SEEN THE GLORY" AND IS SUNG TO THE TUNE OF "JOHN BROWN'S BODY" AND IS AN EXTREMELY POPULAR AND WELL-KNOWN AMERICAN PATRIOTIC SONG.

16. AMAZING GRACE 00:01:16 AMAZING GRACE IS A CHRISTAIN HYMN FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1779 AND IS ARGUABLY ONE OF THE MOST RECOGNISABLE SONGS IN THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING WORLD. IT HAD PARTICULAR INFLUENCE IN FOLK MUSIC AND HAS BECOME AN EMBLEMATIC SPIRITUAL SONG. ITS UNIVERSAL MESSAGE HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR IN ITS CROSSOVER INMTO SECULAR MUSIC AND POPULAR CULTURE AHVING BEEN RECORDED AND PERFORMED THOUSANDS OF TIMES DURING AND SINCE THE 20TH CENTURY.

19. DIXIE QUICKSTEP 00:02:02 THE QUICKSTEP SONG "DIXIE" WAS FAVOURED BY THECONFEDERACY DURING THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, BUT WAS ALSO A FAVOURITE OF PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN WHO HIMSELF WAS BORN IN KENTUCKY. THE SONG IS ONE OF THE MOST DISTINCTIVELY SOUTHERN MUSICAL PRODUCTS OF THE 19TH CENTURY AND CEMENTED THE WORD "DIXIE" IN THE AMERICAN VOCABULARY AS A NICKNAME FOR THE SOUTHERN U.S.

22. CAMPDOWN RACES 00:01:17 THE CATCHY SONG "CAMPDOWN RACES" WAS COMPOSED BY AMERICAN SONGWRITER STEPHEN FOSTER IN THE MID 1800'S AND THE SONG HAS LONG BEEN AN AMERICAN FAVOURITE.

25. OH SUSANNA 00:01:19 "OH SUSANNA" IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR AMERICAN SONGS EVER WRITTEN AND WAS COMPOSED DURING THE 1800'S BY A 21 YEAR OLD AMERICAN SONGWRITER STEPHEN FOSTER WHO BECAME KNOW AS THE FATHER OF AMERICAN MUSIC.

28. THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS 00:02:05 THE SONG "THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS" ORIGINATED IN THE MINSTREL SHOWS OF NEW YORK AROUND 1847.