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The Civil War began shortly after the song's release; "Aura Lea" was adopted by soldiers on both sides, and was often sung around campfires. [1] The tune is familiar to modern audiences from the 1956 Elvis Presley #1 hit "Love Me Tender" with new lyrics by Ken Darby, a derivative adaptation of the original.
Singing the Songs of Zion: Soldier's Hymn Collections and Hymn Singing in the American Civil War; Civil War songs and hymns; American Song Sheets, Duke University Libraries Digital Collections – includes images and text of over 1,500 Civil War song sheets; Civil War-era pictorial envelopes and song sheets at the University of Maryland Libraries
Pages in category "Songs of the American Civil War" The following 94 pages are in this category, out of 94 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Divided & United: The Songs of the Civil War is a compilation album of American Civil War music recorded by various artists. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was released on November 5, 2013 through ATO Records . The album was produced with the help of music supervisor Randall Poster , whose credits include work with Boardwalk Empire and Moonrise Kingdom . [ 3 ]
"The Big Battle" is a song written and originally recorded by Johnny Cash. [2] [3] The song was released as a single by Columbia Records (Columbia 4-42301, with "When I've Learned" on the opposite side) [4] [5] [6] in January, [7] February, [8] or March 1962. [9] The song was later used on the concept album America: A 200-Year Salute in Story ...
Both Union and Confederate composers produced war versions of the song during the American Civil War. These variants standardized the spelling and made the song more militant, replacing the slave scenario with specific references to the conflict or to Northern or Southern pride. This Confederate verse by Albert Pike is representative:
Think about classics like "Love Shack," "I Wanna Dance With Somebody," or "Livin' on a Prayer"; chances are high that, no matter your age, your go-to song comes from one decade in particular: the ...
The "Battle Hymn of the Republic" is an American patriotic song written by the abolitionist writer Julia Ward Howe during the American Civil War. Howe adapted her song from the soldiers' song " John Brown's Body " in November 1861, and sold it for $4 to The Atlantic Monthly [ 1 ] in February 1862.