American songs to celebrate Independence Day
“The Fightin’ Side of Me by Merle Haggard
“If you don’t love it leave it.”
“The Ballad of Ira Hayes” by Townes Van Zandt
Roses on the 4th of July by Nanci Griffith
Steve Earle “Revolution Starts Now”
American troubadour Steve Earle sings about revolution.
Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings “American by Birth”
Nothing better than the lyric “I’m American by birth and Southern by the grace of god.”
The Beach Boys “Spirit of America”
Woody Guthrie “This Land is Your Land”
Simon and Garfunkel “America”
Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan “Heartland”
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