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Since 2003, Grant Raymond Barrett has been avidly preserving many important vintage songs, stories and poems, especially those relating to holidays. He researches, performs, records and archives each of the pieces and places them on the internet so that people from all over the world may access, listen to and learn more about the material. It is his goal to preserve many more vintage pieces so that their significant contribution to our American society is remembered by future generations.

Vintage works recorded and archived as of September 2009:

Labor Day Poem & Stories:

"I Hear America Singing" by Walt Whitman (1860). "How Kid Gloves Are Made" By Eva March Tappan (1916). "How They Kept Labor Day" By Carolyn Sherwin Bailey (1918). "The New Boy" By Carolyn Sherwin Bailey (1918). "Dust Under The Rug" By Maud Lindsay (1921). "Li'L Hannibal" By Carolyn Sherwin Bailey (1913). "The Brownie Of Blednock" By Elizabeth W. Grierson (1906). "A Single Lantern Of Iroka" A Japanese Legend adapted by Frances G. Wickes (1921). "The Stonecutter" A Japanese Legend. "Agnese And Her Fruit-Stand" By Angela M. Keyes (1919). "The Buckaroo" By Albert W. Tolman (1916). Labor Day Poems & Quotations from "Michigan Special Days 1911". Authors and titles include: Omar Khayyam, Besant, Whittier, James P. Bloomfield, Longfellow, Emerson, Wordsworth, Henry Van Dyke, "Pluck", "The Noblest Men", "The Will And The Way" - By John G. Saxe and "Nobility" - By Alice Cary. "The Heritage" - By James Russell Lowell (ca. 1840s).

Autumn Song & Story: "The Leaves' Party By Jessie L. Gaynor & Alice C.D. Riley. From "Songs Of The Child World" (1895). "Cheating The Squirrels" - By John Burroughs (1907).

Columbus Day Stories:

"The Little Boy Of Genoa" By Frances G. Wickes (1921). "A Dream That Came True" By Frances G. Wickes (1921). "The Simplest Thing In The World" Author Unknown. "The Discoverers" By Carolyn Sherwin Bailey (1918). "The Return Of The Mad Sailor" By Sarah A. Haste (1921). "Columbus" By Joaquin Miller (1892). "Columbus" - By Theodore Watts-Dunton (1903). "Columbus" - By Joaquin Miller (1900), Both from "Michigan Special Days 1911" published by the State Superintendant Of Public Instruction - L.L. Wright (1911).

Halloween Songs and Stories:

"A Ghostly Ballad" By Elizabeth Hough Sechrist. From her book "Heigh-Ho For Halloween" (1948). "Halloween" Published in the book "Heigh-Ho For Halloween (1948). "The Cat" By Gus Kahn & Isham Jones (1927). "My Name Is John Wellington Wells" By Gilbert & Sullivan. From "The Sorcerer" (1877). "The Hell-Bound Train" American Railroad Folk Song (circa 1870s). "The Ragtime Goblin Man" By Harry Von Tilzer & Andrew B. Sterling (1911). "Edgar Allan Poe Tales" - Metzengerstein (1832), The Duc De L'Omelette (1832), A Tale Of Jerusalem (1832), The Masque Of The Red Death (1842), The Pit And The Pendulum (1842). "It's Halloween Night" - By Isabel Innes & Russel Godfrey. From "The American Singer - Book 3" (1944). "The Witch" - J.W. Beattie & J. Wolverton. From "The American Singer - Book 3" (1944). "The Witch" - From The Yellow Fairy Book, edited by Andrew Lang (1894). "Shippeitaro" An Old Japanese Legend. "The Conjure Wives" An Old Southern Tale. "Queer Company" An Old English Tale. "Halloween In Precinct B" By Carolyn Sherwin Bailey (1918). "Sally's Halloween Party" - By Russell Gordon Carter (1934).

All Souls Day Story: "In The Land Of Souls" Edited by Andrew Lang, from The Yellow Fairy Book (1894).

Election Day Story: "The Junior Home Guard" By Carolyn Sherwin Bailey (1918).

Thanksgiving Stories, Songs and Poems:

"A Turkey For The Stuffing" - By Katherine Grace Hulbert. Found in "Story Hour Readings - Fifth Year" by E.C. Hartwell. Illustrated by George Varian, Joseph Franke, W.F. White, E.B. Comstock, and others (1921). "The Landing Of The Pilgrims" - By Felicia Dorothea Hemans (1826). "Thanksgiving Day Is Here" - By Jessie L. Gaynor & Alice C.D. Riley. From "Songs Of The Child World" published (1895). "Over The River And Through The Wood" - By Lydia Maria Child (1845). "Day Of Thanksgiving" - By Edna Becker & Grace V. Wilson, From "The American Singer - Book 4" (1945). "Harvest Hymn" - Paraphrased by Peter Ritter, From "The American Singer - Book 5" (1946). "The Thanksgiving Gifts" - From E.C. Hartwell's "Story Hour Readings - Fifth Year" (1921). "Turkey In The Straw" - Popularized in the 1830s, First lyrics added in 1864. "Be Thankful" - Evanston Children, From "The American Singer" (1942). "The First Thanksgiving" By Margaret Pumphrey (1912). "Little Wee Pumpkin's Thanksgiving" By Madge A. Bigham (1903). "Old Man Rabbit's Thanksgiving Dinner" By Carolyn Sherwin Bailey (ca. 1913). "The Quest" - By Eudora S. Bumstead (1889).

Winter Songs, Stories and Poems:

"Approach Of Winter" - Adapted from a melody by Ludwig von Beethoven, From "The American Singer - Book 5" (1946). "It's Winter Again" - Music by Al Hoffman & Al Goodhart, Lyrics by Arthur Freed (1932). "A Winter Song" - By William Cox Bennett (1820-1895). "Jack Frost" - By Gabriel Setoun (1920). "Looks Like A Cold, Cold Winter" - By Jack Fulton, Al Goering & Caesar James (1950). "Frosty The Snowman" - By Steve Nelson & Jack Rollins (1950). "Suzy Snowflake" - By Sid Tepper & Roy C. Bennett (1953). "The Story Of King Frost" - From the "Yellow Fairy Book", Edited by Andrew Lang (1894). "Tommy Tiptop And His Winter Sports" - By Raymond Stone (1912). This is book three in the "Tommy Tiptop" series. "The Story Of The Mittens" - By Ida Coe & Alice J. Christie (ca. 1913). "The Frost Spirit" - By John Greenleaf Whittier (1835).

Christmas Songs, Stories and Poems:

"Silent Night" - Traditional Christmas Carol. Original six stanzas written by Joseph Mohr (1816). "Toyland" - By Victor Herbert & Glen MacDonough, From "Babes In Toyland" (1903). "The Nativity Story" - From the "Christmas Holiday Book" (1934). "The Twelve Days Of Christmas" - Poem first published (1780). "The Story of Santa Claus" - Author Unknown - Published in the "Christmas Holiday Book" (1934). "The First Christmas Tree" - By Rose Fyleman (1934). "Scene For A Medieval Christmas" - From the "Book Of Christmas" (1909). "A Visit From St. Nicholas" - By Clement Clarke Moore (1822). "Granny Miller's Christmas" - By G. Lose (ca. 1900). "The Empty Stocking" - By Elbert Hubbard (1915).

New Year Songs, Stories and Poems:

Emilie Poulsson's "Holiday Songs" (1901). New Year collection includes: "The New Year" by Laura Frost Armitage & W.W. Gilchrist, "A New Year Greeting" by Emilie Poulsson & Josephine Sherwood, "Old Year And New Year" by Emilie Poulsson & Mildred J. Hill. "The Little Match Girl" - By Hans Christian Andersen (1845). "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" - By Frank Loesser (1947). "Auld Lang Syne" - Poem written by Robert Burns (1788), Set to Traditional Folk Song.

Valentine's Day Poems, Stories and Songs:

"I Love You, Dear!" - By William Allingham (1854). "A Valentine Day Story' - By Evelyn Davis (1950). "My Romance" - By Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart (1935). "If You Love Me" - By Marguerite Monnot & Geoffrey Parsons (1953).

Groundhog Day Song: "Groundhog Day" - Slavic Dance. Adapted in "The American Singer - Book 4" (1945).

Lincoln's Birthday Song & Story:

"My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night" - By Stephen Foster (1853). "The Perfect Tribute" By Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews (1906).

Washington's Birthday Songs:

"Father Of The Land We Love" - By George M. Cohan (1932). In honor of George Washington's 200th Birthday. "February Birthdays" - Old American Tune, sung in Illinois. Adapted in "The American Singer - Book 2" (1943). "Washington The Great" - Early American Song, sung in Tennessee. Published in "The American Singer - Book 5" (1946).

Chinese New Year Songs:

"In A Street Of Chinese Lanterns" - By Harry Melcliffe, Jimmy Campbell & Reg Connelly (1927). "Chop Suey" - By Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II (1958).

Presidents' Day Songs and Stories:

"Lives Of Our Presidents Of The United States" - By Jean S. Remy & H.C. Faulkner (1900). (The Life Of George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, recorded and archived as of April 2009). "Four Faces" - By J.W. Beattie. From "The American Singer - Book 6" (1947).

Mardi Gras Day Songs:

"While We Danced At The Mardi Gras" - By Alfred Opler & John Mercer (1931). "When The Saints Go Marchin' In" - Traditional American Spiritual with roots from the 19th century. "Alexander's Ragtime Band" - By Irving Berlin (1911).

Spring Songs & Poem:

"Spring Song" by Virginia E. Graeff, "The Sunbeams" by Anne Murray Larned & Mary Larned, "The Raindrops" by Anne Murray Larned & Mary Larned, "Queer Pussies" by Anne Murray Larned & J.C. Gebauer, "Fishes At Play" by Emilie Poulsson & Mildred J. Hill, ""Springtime Joy" by H. Grace Parsons & C.V. Stearns, "The Ferns" by Emilie Poulsson & Louise C. Sloane and "Fly, Little Birds." by Emilie Poulsson & Mrs. S.C. Cornwell. All of these songs were published in Emilie Poulsson's "Holiday Songs" 1901. "An Apple Orchard In Spring" By William W. Martin (ca. 1917). "Morning-Glories" - By Madison Cawein (1888). "The Flowerphone" - By Abbie Farwell Brown (1915).

April Fool's Day Story: "Terrence - April Fool" - By Carolyn Sherwin Bailey. From her book "Stories for Every Holiday" (1918).

Easter Songs and Stories:

"Holiday Songs" by Emilie Poulsson (1901). Easter Collection includes: "Lilies Sweet" by Florence E. Scott (Adapted from L. Spohr). "Easter Morning" by Emilie Poulsson and J.H. Chapek. "Glad Easter Is Here!" by Caro A. Dugan. "Easter Song" by Maud L. Betts and Emma M. Rich. "Awake! Awake!" by Grace Houseman. "The Selfish Giant" - By Oscar Wilde (1888). "Finding Easter" by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey, from her book entitled "Stories For Every Holiday" (1918).

Arbor Day Story:

"What Happened In Chestnut Grove" by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey, from her book entitled "Stories For Every Holiday" (1918). "A Day In Camp" By Frances G. Wickes (1921). "The Elder Tree Mother" By Hans Christian Andersen (1845). "How The Cliff Was Clad" By Bjornstjerne Bjornson (1859). "Poplars" By Edward Bliss Reed (1920). "The Little Boy Who Hated Trees" By Alice L. Beckwith (1921). "The Anxious Leaf" By Henry Ward Beecher (1921). "Happy Arbor Day" - By Mary R. Rouskulp and J.H. Kurzenknabe, published in "American School Songs" (1904). "What Do We Plant When We Plant A Tree?" - By Henry Abbey (1906).

Bird Day Poems & Stories:

"The Song-Sparrow" By Henry Van Dyke (1895). "The Origin Of Birds" From E.C. Hardwell's "Story Hour Readings - Fourth Year" (1921). "The First Robin" By Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (ca. 1820's). "The Secret" By Jean Ingelow (1863). "Birds In Winter" - By John Burroughs (1907).

May Day Story: "The May Day Party" - By Margaret J. McElroy (ca. 1920s).

Mother's Day Poem: "An Order For A Picture" - By Alice Cary (1866).

Memorial Day Poem: "Freedom's Silent Host" - By Margaret E. Sangster (1896).

Summer Story & Poem: "Over In The Meadow" - By Olive A. Wadsworth (1913). "Trading Babies" - By Ida Coe & Alice J. Christie (1913).

Independence Day Stories, Songs and Poems:

"My Country 'Tis Of Thee" - By Samuel Francis Smith (1831). "The Star-Spangled Banner" - By Francis Scott Key (1814). "The Glorious Fourth" - By Margaret E. Sangster (1896). "The First Independence Day" - By James Baldwin (1921).

Birthday Song: "Happy Birthday" - By Mildred J. Hill. Melody first published (1893). Lyrics first published (1924).

Vintage Poems (Various Authors):

"The House With Nobody In It" - By Joyce Kilmer (1914). "My Lost Youth" - By Henry Wordsworth Longfellow (1855). "Her Hands" - By Anna Hempstead Branch (1913). "Barter" - By Sara Teasdale (1917).

Vintage Songs (Various Composers):

"Say 'Au Revoir' But Not 'Goodbye'" - By Harry Kennedy (1893). "Hard Times Come Again No More" - By Stephen Foster (1854). "The New Moon" - By Irving Berlin (1911).

"Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes" - First confirmed publication of the rhymes using the term "Mother Goose" was in (1780).

(Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes recorded and archived as of April 2009) - Little Bo-Peep, Little Boy Blue, Rain, The Clock, Winter, Fingers And Toes, A Seasonable Song, Dame Trot And Her Cat, Three Children On The Ice, Cross-Patch, The Old Woman Under A Hill, Tweedle-Dum And Tweedle-Dee, Oh-Dear!, Old Mother Goose, Little Jumping Joan, Pat-A-Cake, Money And The Mare, Robin Redbreast, A Melancholy Song, Jack, Going To St. Ives, Thirty Days Hath September, Baby Dolly, Bees, Come Out To Play, If Wishes Were Horses, To Market, Old Chairs To Mend, Robin And Richard, A Man And A Maid, Here Goes My Lord, The Clever Hen, Two Birds, Leg Over Leg, Lucy Locket, When Jenny Wren Was Young, Barber, The Flying Pig, Solomon Grundy, Hush-A-Bye, Burnie Bee, Three Wise Men Of Gotham, The Hunter Of Reigate, Little Polly Flinders, Ride-Away, Ride-Away, Pippen Hill, Pussy-Cat And Queen, The Winds, Clap Handies, Christmas, Elizabeth, Just Like Me, Play Days, Heigh-Ho The Carrion Crow, ABC, A Needle And Thread, Banbury Cross, The Man In Our Town, Georgy Porgy, For Every Evil, Cushy Cow, Wee Willie Winkie, About The Bush, See-Saw, Robin-A-Bobbin, John Smith, Simple Simon, Three Blind Mice, Five Toes, A Little Man, Doctor Foster, Diddle-Diddle Dumpling, Jerry Hall, Lengthening Days, The Black Hen, The Mist, A Candle, Miss Muffet, Curly-Locks, Humpty-Dumpty, One-Two-Three, The Dove And The Wren, Master I Have, Pins, Shall We Go A-Shearing?, Goosey-Goosey Gander, Old Mother Hubbard, Blue Bell Boy, Why May Not I Love Johnny?, Jack Jelf, Jack Sprat, Hush-A-Bye, Daffodils, The Girl In The Lane, Hush-A-Bye Again, Nancy Dawson, Handy Pandy, Jack And Jill, The Alphabet, Dance To Your Daddie, One Misty Moisty Morning, Robin Hood And Little John, Rain, The Old Woman From France, Teeth And Gums, The Robins, The Old Man, My Kitten, If All The Seas Were One Sea, Pancake Day, A Plum Pudding, Forehead-Eyes-Cheeks-Nose-Mouth And Chin, Two Pigeons, A Sure Test, Lock And Key, The Lion And The Unicorn, The Merchants Of London, I Had A Little Husband, To Babylon, I'll Tell You A Story, A Strange Old Woman, Sleep-Baby-Sleep, Cry-Baby, Baa-Baa Black Sheep, Little Fred, Jack And His Fiddle, Buttons, Hot Boiled Beans, Little Pussy, Sing A Song Of Sixpence, Tommy Tittlemouse, The Derby Ram, The Hobby-Horse, The Mulberry Bush, Young Lambs To Sell, Boy And The Sparrow, Old Woman-Old Woman, The First Of May, Sulky Sue, The House That Jack Built, Saturday-Sunday, I Saw A Ship A-Sailing, A Walnut, The Man In The Moon, One-He Loves, Bat-Bat, Hark! Hark!, The Hart, My Love, The Man Of Bombay, Poor Old Robinson Crusoe, A Sieve, My Maid Mary, A Difficult Rhyme, The Three Sons, The Blacksmith, Two Gray Kits, One-Two Buckle My Shoe, Cock-A-Doodle-Do!, Pairs Or Pears, Belleisle, Old King Cole, See-See, Dapple Gray, A Well, Coffee And Tea, Pussy-Cat Mew, The Little Girl With a Curl, Dreams, A Cock And Bull Story, For Baby, Myself, Over The Water, Candle-Saving, Fears And Tears, The Kilkenny Cats, Old Grimes, A Week Of Birthdays, A Chimney, Ladybird, The Man Who Had Naught, The Tailors And The Snail, Around The Gravel, Intery-Mintery, Caesar's Song, As I Was Going Along, Hector Protector, Billy-Billy, Rock-A-Bye, The Man In The Wilderness, Little Jack Horner, The Bird Scarer, Mary-Mary-Quite-Contrary, Bessy Bell And Mary Gray, Needles And Pins, Pussy-Cat And The Dumplings, Dance-Thumbkin-Dance, Mary's Canary, The Little Bird, Birds Of A Feather, The Dusty Miller, A Star, The Greedy Man, The Ten O'Clock Scholar, Cock-A-Doodle-Do, An Icicle, A Ship's Nail, The Old Woman Of Leeds, The Boy In The Barn, Sunshine, Willy-Willy, Tongs, Jack Jingle, The Quarrel, The Pumpkin-Eater, Shoeing, Betty Blue, That's All, Bedtime, Dance-Little-Baby, My Little Maid, For Want Of A Nail, Pease Porridge, Ring A Ring O' Roses, The Crooked Sixpence, This Is The Way, Ducks And Drakes, The Donkey, If, The Bells, Little Girl And Queen, The King Of France, Peter Piper, One To Ten, An Equal, The Tarts, Come-Let's To Bed, Little Maid, What Are Little Boys Made Of?, Bandy Legs, The Girl And The Birds, A Pig, Jenny Wren, Little Tom Tucker, Where Are You Going-Pretty Maid?, The Old Woman Of Gloucester, Multiplication Is Vexation, Little King Boggen, Whistle, Bell Horses, Taffy, The Robin, The Old Woman Of Harrow, Young Roger And Dolly, The Piper And His Cow, The Man Of Derby, The Coachman, There Was An Old Woman, A Thorn, The Old Woman Of Surrey, The Little Mouse, Boy And Girl, When, Sing-Sing, London Bridge, March Winds, The Balloon, A Cherry, The Lost Shoe, Hot Codlins, Swan, Three Straws, The Man Of Tobago, Ding-Dong Bell, A Sunshiny Shower, The Farmer And The Raven, Christmas, Willy Boy, Polly And Sukey, The Death And Burial Of Poor Cock Robin, The Mouse And The Clock, Hot-Cross Buns, Bobby Shaftoe, The Bunch Of Blue Ribbons, The Woman of Exeter, Sneezing, Pussy-Cat By The Fire and When The Snow Is On The Ground.

"Grimm Fairy Tales" - (Tales recorded and archived as of September 2009):

The Twelve Dancing Princesses, Die Zertanzten Schuhe, The Golden Bird, The Three Spinning Fairies, The Three Children Of Fortune, King Thrushbeard, Jorinda & Joringel, The Wren And The Bear, The Twelve Brothers, The Wolf And The Seven Goats, The Mouse, The Bird & The Sausage, Thumbling The Dwarf & Giant, Sweetheart Roland, The Goose Girl. First published in (1812).

Additional Vintage Stories, Songs & Poems:

"Today When I Awakened" - An Old American Poem. "Piggy Wig's House" - An Old Folk Tale. "Love At Home" - By J.H. McNaughton, published in "American School Songs" (1904).