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Chester" is a patriotic anthem composed by William Billings and sung during the American Revolutionary War. Billings wrote the first version of the song for his 1770 songbook The New England Psalm Singer, and made improvements for the version in his The Singing Master's Assistant (1778). It is the latter version that is best known today.
Battle of Great Bridge: December 9, 1775: Virginia: American victory: Lord Dunmore's loyalist force is defeated [16] Snow Campaign: December 1775: South Carolina: American insurgent victory; a campaign against loyalists in South Carolina [15] Battle of Great Cane Break: December 22, 1775: South Carolina: American victory [17] Battle of Quebec ...
Songs of the American Revolutionary War (7 P) Anarchist songs (11 P) B. Ballads of the Irish Rebellion of 1798 (14 P) I. Irish rebel songs (14 P) R. Songs about ...
World War I produced many patriotic American songs, such as "Over There", written by popular songwriter George M. Cohan. Cohan composed the song on April 6, 1917, when he saw some headlines announcing America's entry into the war. [6] Cohan is also famous for penning "Yankee Doodle Dandy," an over-the-top
Yankee Doodle" is a traditional song and nursery rhyme, the early versions of which predate the Seven Years' War and American Revolutionary War. [1] It is often sung patriotically in the United States today. It is the state song of the U.S. state of Connecticut. [2] Its Roud Folk Song Index number is 4501.
Allegiance: Patriotic Song; Am I the Only One (Aaron Lewis song) America (Chicago song) America (Neil Diamond song) America Is My Home; America the Beautiful; America Will Always Stand; America, an Epic Rhapsody; American Boy (Eddie Rabbitt song) American Patrol; American Soldier (song) An American Trilogy; Anchor and Star; Anchors Aweigh ...
This is a list of plays and musicals about the American Revolution. Valley Forge -1934 play by Maxwell Anderson; Ben Franklin in Paris – 1964 musical by Sidney Michaels; 1776 – 1969 Broadway musical; Composed by Sherman Edwards; The Ruckus at Machias – 1976 play by Richard Sewell
Some revolutionary songs intentionally mimic folk (children's) songs to make them palatable in non-political settings. An example of this type of song is a lullaby from Hungary (tentative translation follows), which starts off as a lullaby but shifts into more direct propaganda toward the end: The bunch of little bears happily sleeping