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Pages in category "Songs of the American Civil War" The following 103 pages are in this category, out of 103 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
During the American Civil War, music played a prominent role on each side of the conflict, Union (the North) and Confederate (the South). On the battlefield, different instruments including bugles, drums, and fifes were played to issue marching orders or sometimes simply to boost the morale of one's fellow soldiers.
The poem honors the famed Confederate Army officer Lieutenant General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, and was written by John Williamson Palmer (1825–1906), who stated that he had written the ballad on September 16, 1862; [1] however, Miller & Beacham, who published the song in 1862, stated that the song was found on the body of a Confederate ...
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 ]
In “Selma to Saigon: The Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War,” Daniel S. Lucks notes that young Black men enlisted in the war in hopes of proving “they were worthy of their newly ...
"The Shrimp" (1:03) - Tom tries to start a new dance craze. "Crabs Walk Sideways" (5:10) - A song about the star-crossed lovers Herman the lobster and Sally the crab. It is never going to work out. "Michael, Row the Boat Ashore" (1:58) "Civil War Song" (2:11) - "One brother wore blue and one brother wore grey."
The melody was previously published around July 1, 1863, as the music to the Civil War drinking song "Johnny Fill Up the Bowl". [8] [9] A color-illustrated, undated slip of Gilmore's lyrics, printed by his own Boston publisher, actually states that "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" should be sung to the tune of "Johnny Fill Up the Bowl". [10]
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 parody of patriotic music.