When the Fisk Jubilee Singers first performed in the late 1800s, they sang ballads and patriotic anthems; it was their director, George White, who suggested that they sing the songs of their ...

As tracks began to snake their way across the continent during the 1800s, songs were composed to hail the coming of the Iron Horse, and to tell the tales of the laborers whose sweat made it possible.

The song dates back to circa 1860 and is widely ... English-born traders, the Weller Brothers ran supply ships to New Zealand in the 1800s. Employees working on the supply ships, which supplied ...