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One instrumental and one vocal song, generally written before the coming of radio to Idaho (1923) and relating to the history and culture of Idaho, are posted approximately each month on this site. By clicking on the months below,you can hear the audio tracks. To read about the current song of the month,click on the Song of the Month titles.

Idaho Songs Project	Early Idaho Songs Bibliography
Recordings and Books	Pickles Butte Home

Month	Title (vocal)	Year	Songwriter	Performer
Jan. 2008	Grave of Lizzie King	ca.1900	Clarence E. Eddy	Gary Eller
Feb. 2008	Salmon River Song	1862	unknown	Rob McIntyre
Mar. 2008	Fort Limhi Camp Song	1855-1858	Israel Justice Clark	Marv Quinton
Apr. 2008	Owyhee Miner's Lament	1876	"Pay Rock"	John Larsen
May 2008	Old Judge Duffy	1860s?	Unknown	Johnny Thomsen
June 2008	No June posting
July 2008	Are They Going to Hang My Papa	1907	Owen Spendthrift	John Larsen and Michelle Graves
Aug 2008	Bear Lake Monster	1870s	Unknown	Gary Eller
Sept 2008	Ward Party Massacre	1854	Nicholas Lee	Johnny Thomsen
Oct 2008	Weiser Cowboy Song	1880s?	Unknown	Gary Eller
Nov 2008	The Big Combine	ca. 1917	Jock Coleman	George Nourse
Dec 2008	50,000 Lumberjacks	ca. 1917	Unknown	Earl Gleason

Jul. 2009	To Be a Buckaroo	Unknown	Unknown	Charley Simmons
Aug. 2009	Kamiah Springs	Unknown	Unknown	Shayne Watkins

Sept. 2009	Route of the Great Big Potato	1908	N. R. Streeter, H. Caldwell and Oliver George	Sean Rogers and Gary Eller

Oct. 2009	Teton Peaks	1932	George Smith	Marv Quinton and Gary Eller
Nov. 2009	Down Where the Lost River Flows	1917	Flora Mason Foster	Sean Rogers and Gary Eller
Dec. 2009	Salmon River Savage	1949	Ione Love Thielke	Ione Love Thielke

Jan. 2010	Twin Falls Home Song	1905	unknown	Harry Strang and Gary Eller
Feb. 2010	Overland Stage Drive	1865	Nat Stein	Gary Eller and Scott Knickerbocker
Mar. 2009	Lydia Southard's Famous Apple Pie	1921	unknown	John Larsen

Apr. 2010	I Want to Go to Idaho	1908	Mellor, Lawrance and Gifford	Sean Rogers and Gary Eller
May 2010	Little Miss Ida of Idaho	1898	Arthur Trevelyan	Sean Rogers and Gary Eller

June 2010	Seven Devils Mine	1890s	Hannibal F. "Seven Devils Johnson	Gary Eller
July 2010	Trip to Rapid River	1890s	Hannibal F. "Seven Devils Johnson	Gary Eller and Scott Knickerbocker
Aug. 2010	Grave of a Stranger	1890s	Hannibal F. "Seven Devils Johnson	Dale Fisk
Sept. 2010	Gooding Sheep Song	early 1900s?	unknown	John Larsen
Oct. 2010	The Old Bull Pen	1900	unknown	Gary Eller
Nov. 2010	Woman's Rights	1890s?	unknown	Gary Eller
Dec. 2010	A Lover Bashful	1886	Frank S. Gray	Gary Eller

Jan. 2011	Corps of Discovery	2011	Mrs. Stewart-Mondeax's Rathdrum 4th grade class	Mrs. Stewart-Mondeax's 4th graders
Feb. 2011	Heigh Ho for Idaho	1862	Unknown songwriter	Charley Simmons
Mar. 2011	Battle of the Flu	1918	Clarence E. Eddy	Gary Eller
Apr. 2011	Song of Idaho	ca. 1905	C. E. Ruddock	Lyle Sample

May 2011	Old Deserted Claim	1902	Clarence E. Eddy	Jenny Willison/Charlie Burry
June 2011	Farewell to Old Elm	1870s?	Unknown songwriter	Wayne Nelson
July 2011	Are You from Wallace?	1922	J. C. Mulcahy	???

Aug. 2011	Challis Girls	1902	Clarence E. Eddy	Chad Summervill/ Joe Young
Sept. 2011	Old Deserted Claim	1902	Clarence E. Eddy	Jenny Willison/ Charlie Burry
Oct. 2011	Off to Boise City	ca. 1864	Unknown songwriter	Barre Toelken

Nov. 2011	50,000 Lumberjacks variant	1917	Unknown songwriter	Shayne Watkins
Dec. 2011	Teton Ditchdigger	1890	Garfield brothers	E. Bruce Stanger
Jan. 2012	Seven Devils Mine	1895	Hannibal F. Johnson	Scott Knickerbocker

	Feb. thru June 2012		No postings
July 2012	It's a Long Way Down to Sandpoint	1917	unknown	Bonners Ferry singers
Aug. 2012	Phantom Mule Train	2011	Gary Eller	Gary Eller
	Sep. 2012-Apr. 2013 No Postings
May 2013	Pocatello	early 1900s	Dr. W. F. Howard and Weldon Lawrence	Dawn Holladay/Bill Siems

Month	Title	Year	Songwriter	Lead performer
Jan. 2008	Lewis and Clarke Centennial March	2005	Unknown	Military brass band
Feb. 2008	Idaho Waltz	1864	H. Schirner	Sean Rogers and Gary Eller
Mar. 2008	Sanburn Schottische	1862	Jay Rand Sanburn	Aaron Fewkes
Apr. 2008	Idaho Two Step March	1890	Erma M. Heckman	Sean Rogers and Gary Eller
May 2008	Farewell to Steunenberg	(2007)	John Larsen	John Larsen .
June 2008	No posting
July 2008	Otis Howard Schottische	Early 1900s	Otis Howard	Rue Frisbee
Aug. 2008	Thousand Springs Waltz	Early 1900s	Otis Howard	Rue Frisbee
Sep. 2010	No posting	1908
Oct. 2008	Frozen Dog Quadrille	1905	Col. Wm. C. Hunter	Rue Frisbee
Nov. 2008	The Idaho Panhandle March and Two Step	1913	Geo. C. Murphy	Cynthia Marlette
Dec. 2008	Waves of Coeur d'Alene	1903	Irena Whitney	Cynthia Marlette

Jul. 2009	Lewiston Two Step	1902	Sisters of the Visitation	Sean Rogers and Gary Eller
Aug. 2009	Imnaha March and Two Step	1902	Anna B. Williams	Sean Rogers
Sep. 2009	Sacajawea Papoose Waltz	1905	Carrie McKee	Sean Rogers
Oct. 2009 - Sept. 2010	No postings
Oct. 2010	Lovisa's Waltz	early 1900s	Minnie Louisa Erickson Parkins	Shirley Clovis Nebergall
Nov. 2011 Apr. 2011	No postings

May 2011	Queen of the Purple Mist	1907	Clarence E. Eddy	Erv Johnson
June 2011	In the Valley	1908	Clarence E. Eddy	John Larsen

Sept. 2011	The Devil Outdone	1902	Clarence E. Eddy	Erv Johnson
Oct. 2011	Song of the Teton	1912	B. W. Driggs and David E. Smith	Hal Cannon
Nov. 2011	Otto Hussa Ditty	1919	Mrs. Higbee	Jeannie Eddins

Dec. 2011	Pal Pinto and Idaho	1912	B. W. Driggs, Jt., and D. E. Smith	Mindi Reid Smith, Vince Crofts, Rick McCracken

	Jan. through June 2012		No postings

July 2011	In 1999	1910	Clarence E. Eddy	John Thomsen
Aug. 2011	The MightyWest	1902	Clarence E. Eddy	Erv Johnson

July 2012	Idaho Foxtrot	1922	Charlie and Harry Tobias and George Bennett	Sean Rogers
Aug. 2012	Seven Devils Miner's Bear Fight	1895	Hannibal F. "Seven Devils" Johnson	Rue Frisbee