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	Campin' on de Ole Suwanee. A song combining styles from several different types of dance music.
	Charming Florida. A song celebrating the beauty of nature in Florida.
	Down Where the Swanee River Flows. Another in the lineage of the popular “Swanee River” songs.
	Florida Glide Waltzes. A Florida dance song from the 1800s.
	Florida Moon. This rendition of “Florida Moon” utilizes modern digital technology to simulate what a recording in 1920 might have sounded like.
	Florida Quick Step. A song from the 1800s dedicated to Florida military men.
	In Dear Old Sunny Florida. A 20th century folk song.
	I've Got the Swanee River Flowing Thru My Veins. A song in tribute to the Swanee River, a popular theme in Floridian folk songs.
	Miami. The composition “Miami” is subtitled A Southern Idyll and is a beautiful work for solo piano.
	My Florida Home. A Florida folk song from the late 1800s.
	Tampa Bay. “Tampa Bay” is an example of a novelty song, a genre that was popular during the first decades of the twentieth century.

 

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