Songs of the Civil War

Songs of the Civil War

Edited by Irwin Silber

$39.95

Publication Date: 7th March 1995

"Admirable . . . destined to become the standard of its period." — The New York Times Book Review
From the turmoil and tragedy of America's Civil War came an outpouring of song that was clearly no longer European in inspiration, but distinctively American, born of a deeply shared experience. It has been estimated that over 10,000 songs were written about the Civil War. This book brings together 125 of the finest and most typical of these songs in one of the best edited, most comprehensive collections of Civil War songs ever published.
The songs are richly varied in ... Read More

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"Admirable . . . destined to become the standard of its period." — The New York Times Book Review
From the turmoil and tragedy of America's Civil War came an outpouring of song that was clearly no longer European in inspiration, but distinctively American, born of a deeply shared experience. It has been estimated that over 10,000 songs were written about the Civil War. This book brings together 125 of the finest and most typical of these songs in one of the best edited, most comprehensive collections of Civil War songs ever published.
The songs are richly varied in ... Read More
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"Admirable . . . destined to become the standard of its period." — The New York Times Book Review
From the turmoil and tragedy of America's Civil War came an outpouring of song that was clearly no longer European in inspiration, but distinctively American, born of a deeply shared experience. It has been estimated that over 10,000 songs were written about the Civil War. This book brings together 125 of the finest and most typical of these songs in one of the best edited, most comprehensive collections of Civil War songs ever published.
The songs are richly varied in subject and theme. Among them are stirring marching songs and patriotic hymns, sentimental ballads and comic ditties, boasting songs and drinking songs, fighting songs and loving songs. Of course, the rousing "Battle Hymn of the Republic," "Dixie," "When Johnny Comes Marching Home," and "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp" are here. But so, too, are the less familiar but no less memorable "Booth Killed Lincoln," "The Vacant Chair," "The Cumberland and the Merrimac," "All Quiet Along the Potomac" and "Many Thousand Gone."
The book is divided into nine groups of songs — battle songs, sentimental songs, comic songs, songs about the Union, the Confederacy, Abraham Lincoln, and more. Each section contains a historical introduction, illustrations, a story and background information about each song, scores for each song arranged for easy piano, with guitar chords, and all the verses.
For enthusiasts, students, and historians of American popular music, American history and the American Civil War, here is a book that will provide endless hours of browsing, study, and enjoyment. Irwin Silber is a leading authority on America's folk song heritage, editor of Sing Out, the folk-song magazine, and anthologies of a number of song collections.
"A wonderful distillation of Civil War music for the modern reader or musician . . . a fine job of selecting the best and most singable of Civil War songs . . . the historical notes are full and accurate." — Chicago Tribune


Reprint of the Columbia University Press, New York, 1960 edition.
Details
  • Price: $39.95
  • Pages: 400
  • Publisher: Dover Publications
  • Imprint: Dover Publications
  • Series: Dover Song Collections
  • Publication Date: 7th March 1995
  • Trim Size: 8.37 x 11 in
  • ISBN: 9780486284385
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    MUSIC / Printed Music / Piano-Vocal-Guitar
    MUSIC / History & Criticism
    HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
    MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Folk & Traditional
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

"Admirable . . . destined to become the standard of its period." — The New York Times Book Review
From the turmoil and tragedy of America's Civil War came an outpouring of song that was clearly no longer European in inspiration, but distinctively American, born of a deeply shared experience. It has been estimated that over 10,000 songs were written about the Civil War. This book brings together 125 of the finest and most typical of these songs in one of the best edited, most comprehensive collections of Civil War songs ever published.
The songs are richly varied in subject and theme. Among them are stirring marching songs and patriotic hymns, sentimental ballads and comic ditties, boasting songs and drinking songs, fighting songs and loving songs. Of course, the rousing "Battle Hymn of the Republic," "Dixie," "When Johnny Comes Marching Home," and "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp" are here. But so, too, are the less familiar but no less memorable "Booth Killed Lincoln," "The Vacant Chair," "The Cumberland and the Merrimac," "All Quiet Along the Potomac" and "Many Thousand Gone."
The book is divided into nine groups of songs — battle songs, sentimental songs, comic songs, songs about the Union, the Confederacy, Abraham Lincoln, and more. Each section contains a historical introduction, illustrations, a story and background information about each song, scores for each song arranged for easy piano, with guitar chords, and all the verses.
For enthusiasts, students, and historians of American popular music, American history and the American Civil War, here is a book that will provide endless hours of browsing, study, and enjoyment. Irwin Silber is a leading authority on America's folk song heritage, editor of Sing Out, the folk-song magazine, and anthologies of a number of song collections.
"A wonderful distillation of Civil War music for the modern reader or musician . . . a fine job of selecting the best and most singable of Civil War songs . . . the historical notes are full and accurate." — Chicago Tribune


Reprint of the Columbia University Press, New York, 1960 edition.
  • Price: $39.95
  • Pages: 400
  • Publisher: Dover Publications
  • Imprint: Dover Publications
  • Series: Dover Song Collections
  • Publication Date: 7th March 1995
  • Trim Size: 8.37 x 11 in
  • ISBN: 9780486284385
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    MUSIC / Printed Music / Piano-Vocal-Guitar
    MUSIC / History & Criticism
    HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
    MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Folk & Traditional
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