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​​ ​​ =** Music, Songs, and Instrumments of the Expedition **=

by Nick Lowe, Kristen Mancini, Ross Moshinsky, and Nicole Schewe

We did our wiki project on the music, songs, and instruments that were part of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Music was an important part of the Expedition. Many instruments were brought along to play or trade and two men brought fiddles along to play. Some of the instraments they brought were the Jews harp, and the tanberine.

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 * Fisher's Hornpipe

[] Click on the link to read actuall music journel entries from Lewis and Clark themselves.

=**Pierre Cruzatte**= Pierre Cruzatte was a member of the Lewis and Clark expedition, he was used for his navigational skills. Though Cruzatte was used for his navigational skills he also played music. Cruzatte played the fiddle which they used for entertainment on the expedition, they even used his music to create trust with the Native Americans. I got this information from: [] Pierre Cruzatte was useful because he knew the Omaha language and was skilled in sign language. So he played an important role in communication with Native Americans. Songs around Lewis and Clarks time. I got this information from [] =//Songs on the journey//=

All Through the Night--"Sleep, my child, and peace attend thee all through the night"

//Alouette//--"Alouette, gentle Alouette"

//Blue Bells of Scotland//--"O where, and O where has my Highland Laddie gone?"

//Comin' Thru the Rye//--"If a-body meet a-body comin --through the rye"

//Drink to me only with thine eyes//--"Drink to me only with thine eyes, and I will pledge with mine //Green Grow the Rashes, Ho//--"I'll sing you one, Ho! Green grow..."

//Green Sleeves//--"Alas, my love, you do me wrong to cast me off discourteously"

//Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier//--"Here I sit on buttermilk hill" (To "go for a soldier" meant to volunteer for military service.) //Malbrouck has gone to battle//--"...Who knows when he'll //Oh, dear, what can the matter be?//--"...Johnny's so long at the fair"

//Yankee Doodle//--"Father and I went down to camp

I got this information at [] =The jews harp=



The corps of discovery had gifts they got before the expedition, they were packed in twenty-one seperate bags. One of the bags included a half dozen Jews harps. Lewis and Clark included it in their gifts because they thought it would appeal to the Indian kids. The Jews harp was a simple instrument, but it needed much practice to be able to play right because of its potential of high pitches, rhythm and loudness. I got this information from []

George Gibson also played the fiddle on the expedition. Sounden horns are horns to signal between ships and shore and between ships. The men on the expedition used them as noisemakers on holidays. Probably the most common instrument on the expedition was the voice. The men of the expedition sung songs as they worked and around the campfire at night. I got this information at []