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**Old Zip Coon**

**Played by**: *Fiddlin' Doc Roberts*
**Source**: *Soundcloud*
**Image**: *First performed by George Dixon in 1834, Zip Coon made a mockery of free blacks*

**Soldier's Joy**

**Played by**: *The Skillet Lickers*
**Source**: *Soundcloud*
**Image**: *The string band Gid Tanner and his Skillet Lickers*

Cuckoo's Nest
Played by:Paul Brown - Winston-Salem, United States
Image:Gammer Gurton's garland of nursery songs and Toby Tickle's collection of riddles
Source:Soudcloud

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The Last Shot Got Him
Played by:Martin Simpson
Image: Chenwett's Crest
Source:Soudcloud

Old Zip Coon
Played by:Fiddlin' Doc Roberts
Image: First performed by George Dixon in 1834, Zip Coon made a mockery of free blacks
Source:Soudcloud

Soldier's Joy
Played by:The Skillet Lickers
Image: The string band Gid Tanner and his Skillet Lickers
Source:Soudcloud

Greenfields of America
Played by:Martin Simpson
Image: If e'er a friendless Irishman should happen my way...
Source:Soudcloud

Forked Deer
Played by:The Fretless - Vancouver/Toronto/Vermont, Canada
Image: A Hoosier Fiddle - mid 1800s (Courtesy Switzerland County Historical Museum).
Source:Soudcloud