Songs of the Civil War

by Silber, Irwin

• ISBN13: 9780486284385
• ISBN10: 0486284387
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-03-07
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

Collection of 125 songs includes an historical introduction, illustrations, scores for easy piano, guitar chords, plus all the verses.The Battle Cry of Freedom (Rallying Song), The Battle Hymn of the Republic, Marching Song of the First Arkansas (Negro) Regiment, Dixie, Old Abe Lincoln Came Out of the Wilderness, Goober Peas.

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ON THE MUSIC ARRANGEMENTS
PREFACE TO THE DOVER EDITION
INTRODUCTION
The Union Forever
MARCHING AND INSPIRATIONAL SONGS OF THE UNION
The Battle Cry of Freedom (Rallying Song)
"The Battle Cry of Freedom, II (Battle Song)"
"Southern "Battle Cry of Freedom"
The Battle Hymn of the Republic
John Brown's Body
The John Brown Song
The President's Proclamation
Marching Song of the First Arkansas (Negro) Regiment
For the Dear Old Flag I Die
Marching Along
The Army of the Free
Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!
Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! (Southern Version)
Nine Miles to the Junction
The Why and the Wherefore
Marching Through Georgia
In Dixie Land I'll Take My Stand
MARCHING AND INSPIRATIONAL SONGS OF THE CONFEDERACY
Dixie's Land
Dixie
The Officers of Dixie
Union Dixie
The Bonnie Blue Flag
The Homespun Dress
The Bonnie White Flag
"Maryland, My Maryland"
"Answer to "My Maryland"
Kentucky! O Kentucky!
We Conquer or Die
The Yellow Rose of Texas
Stonewall Jackson's Way
Riding a Raid
The Young Volunteer
Old Abe Lincoln Came Out of the Wilderness
SONGS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Old Abe Lincoln Came Out of the Wilderness
Lincoln and Liberty
The Liberty Ball
Abraham's Daughter
"Abraham's Daughter, II"
"We Are Coming, Father Abr'am"
We'll Fight for Uncle Abe
Booth Killed Lincoln
Weeping Sad and Lonely
SENTIMENTAL WAR SONGS OF A SENTIMENTAL AGE
Weeping Sad and Lonely (When This Cruel War Is Over)
Down in Charleston Jail
All Quiet Along the Potomac
Do They Miss Me at Home?
Do They Miss Me in the Trenches?
Lorena
The Vacant Chair
The Drummer Boy of Shiloh
"Home, Sweet Home"
Somebody's Darling
The Southern Soldier Boy
"Just Before the Battle, Mother"
"Farewell, Mother"
Just After the Battle
Who Will Care for Mother Now?
Who Will Care for Micky Now?
The Faded Coat of Blue
Tenting on the Old Camp Ground
SONGS THE SOLDIERS SANG
Tenting on the Old Camp Ground
"Tenting on the Old Camp Ground, II"
Goober Peas
The New York Volunteer
Drink It Down
Farewell to Grog
Wait for the Wagon
The Old Union Wagon
The Southern Wagon
The Brass-Mounted Army
The Valiant Conscript
Confederate Yankee Doodle
I'll Be a Sergeant
There Was an Old Soldier
Johnny is My Darling
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Abe Lincoln Went to Washington
For Bales
The Rebel Soldier
The Southern Soldier
Pat Murphy of the Irish Brigade
Here's Your Mule
"How Are You, John Morgan?"
I Can Whip the Scoundrel
Cumberland Gap
It's All About That Terrible Fight
SONGS OF BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS
Flight of Doodles
Root Hog or Die (Southern Version)
The Battle of Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh Hill
Cairo
Brother Green
"Roll, Alabama, Roll"
Virginia's Bloody Soil
The Cumberland and the Merrimac
The Cumberland Crew
When Sherman Marched Down to the Sea
The Fall of Charleston
Let My People Go!
"NEGRO SPIRITUALS, ABOLITIONIST SONGS, SONGS OF THE NEGRO SOLDIER"
"Go Down, Moses"
Follow the Drinking Gourd
Steal Away to Jesus
Clear the Track
We Wait Beneath the Furnace Blast
"My Father, How Long?"
The Gold Band
Oh Freedom
Give Us a Flag
Many Thousand Gone
Free at Last
Slavery Chain Done Broke at Last
Grafted into the Army
"DIALECT, MINSTREL, AND COMIC SONGS"
Grafted into the Army
Billy Barlow
Billy Barlow?On the Times
Kingdom Coming (Year of Jubilo)
Babylon Is Fallen
De Day ob Liberty's Comin'
I Goes to Fight mit Sigel
The Girl I Left Behind Me
Sambo's Right to Be Kilt
Richmond Is a Hard Road to Travel
Overtures from Richmond
High-Toned Southern Gentleman
Hard Times in Dixie
Jeff in Petticoats
The Blue and the Gray
POST-WAR SONGS AND SONGS INSPIRED BY THE CIVIL WAR
The Blue and the Gray
"Oh, I'm a Good Old Rebel"
Hold the Fort
Dance Me a Jig
Two Brothers
SOURCES
REFERENCES
I. Music Anthologies and Bibliographical Sources on Music and Composers
II. Songsters of the Civil War and Mid-Nineteenth Century
III. Periodicals
IV. Bibliographical Sources on General History
V. Discography
INDEXES
I. Index to Titles
II. Index to First Lines
III. General Index