This attractively illustrated one hundred twenty-five page companion to California Songs - Volume One - Nineteenth Century and California Songs - Volume Two - Twentieth Century includes eighty selections with words, music and chord symbols, plus historical commentary, background information on the songs and a bibliography. Companion Book To CD Collection - Nineteenth Century and Twentieth Century. "The McNeils offer a chronological look at California's past through its music in this large-format book that combines piano music, lyrics, chord notations, and historical background for dozens of songs.  Though this paperback looks similar to the McNeil's Civic War Songbook (1999), the approach is somewhat different.  Rather than representing one period in different places, this traces the history of California from early Indian, Spanish, and Mexican songs through those of gold rush miners, railroad workers, ranchers, movie actors, Dust Bowl refugees, immigrants, world war two soldiers, workers, and the young people who came to San Francisco in the 1960's.  Each song is accompanied by interesting notes and often a period illustration.  Lest you think this book is only for California libraries, where else will you find five piano scores for silent movies, covering situations from 'cattle stampede' to 'fear, anxiety, suspense, ominous situations'?"      Booklist Part one: Indian, Spanish and Mexican California Spain explores California and establishes missions. Indians at the missions chant the mass to European traditional and popular music. Mexico gains independence from Spain and creates a distinctive California culture. Americans arrive, clash with Mexicans, and establish the short-lived Bear Flag Republic. The United States declares war against Mexico.  The Songs: You Who Don't Believe It  Mui婲a D' A Fonte Kyrie Eleison Cielito Lindo (Norte舘Cielito Lindo (Huasteca)  The Spanish Fandango Windy Bill El Ca䩣o Del Alba La Paloma All The Way to Californy The Dying Californian Part Two: The Gold Rush Mexico cedes California to the United States. The gold discovery brings people from many countries. American citizens cross the plains, sail around the Horn and cross the Isthmus. Immigrants arrive from China, and are barred from the mines. African-Americans come to the mines, some leave California for British Columbia. Steamboats fill the rivers. The Port of San Francisco becomes notorious for shanghaiing sailors. The Indian population shrinks.  The Songs: My Darling Clementine Oh, California A Ripping Trip Seeing The Elephant Crossing The Plains Joe Bowers The Days of Forty-Nine  Cripple Creek California Ball Sweet Betsey From Pike John Chinaman's Appeal We're All A-Panning Over My Head Noah North to Victoria Steam Navigation Thieves Sacramento The Big Five Gallon Jar La Indita My Log Cabin Home Part Three: Railroaders, Boom and Bust The Union Pacific, with the help of thousands of Chinese railroad workers, completes the transcontinental railroad. The Southern Pacific monopolizes rail traffic to and from California. Farmers rebel against high-handed railroad tactics. After ten years of depression, the boom begins again.  The Songs: I've Been Workin' On The Railroad Subsidy John Chinaman, My Jo Hayseed Like Me The Bummers' Hotel I Had But Fifty Cents Part Four: Farmers and Ranchers As California enters the twentieth century, its wine and citrus industries are flourishing. Basques from the Pyrenees raise sheep. Cattle ranchers and cowboys sing songs from Mexican California and from the southern Appalachian mountains.  The Songs: California Here I Come California Oranges Andre Madalen El Rancho Grande Come Day Go Day, Wish It Was Sunday Rye Whiskey Cindy The Strawberry Roan Part Five: Temperance and Suffrage, Cars and Movie Stars Women organize against heavy drinking, sing militant songs. Women campaign for the right to vote. Californians sing of their love for (and frustrations with) automobiles. The movie industry moves to California, evolving from silent movies to spectacular films.  The Songs: I'm On The Water Wagon Now The Whiskey Shops Must Go Some Little Bug Is Going To Find You Some Day Lydia Pinkham Where Is My Wanderin' Ma Tonight? He'll Have To Get Under - Get Out And Get Under The Jitney Bus In My Merry Oldsmobile Silent Movie Music (5 Tunes) San Francisco Part Six: Immigrants and Dust Bowl Refugees Immigrants arrive from Italy, Portugal, Armenia and India to work on California's farms. The I.W.W. organizes farm workers. Japanese immigrants buy land and compete with established farmers. The Mexican Revolution sends thousands of refugees to California. Mexican farm workers organize unions, are deported, and replaced with workers from the Philippines. Dust storms on the great plains displace thousands, bringing more job seekers to California. Poverty is rampant.  The Songs: We're Coming Back To California Senza I Brazzi E Fuori The Preacher And The Slave The Mower's Song Canciixteca Los Deportados So Long, It's Been Good To Know You If You Ain't Got The Do Re Mi Part Seven: World War Two, Songs of the Cities World War Two absorbs men into the armed services. Women manufacture bombs, tanks, ships and airplanes. Japanese-Americans are interned in concentration camps, and many volunteer for military duty in Europe. The United States and Mexico create the Bracero program. Californians write and sing songs which reflect pride (and sometimes dismay), about their cities.  The Songs: I Love You California Rosie The Riveter Don't Fence Me In 442nd Infantry El Soldado Razo Plane Wreck At Los Gatos Kumbayah Nosotros Venceremos Santa Maria (My Old Home Town) Brawley, The World's Largest City Beneath The Level Of The Sea Simi Valley L. A. River San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair) Sources for and about songs sung in California  Picture Credits Index of Songs Acknowledgements Order CD's and Song Books Back to: Back to: