| Title | Songs of the Civil War / piano and guitar arrangements by Jerry Silverman.
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| Published | New York : Columbia University Press, 1960.
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| Description | 1 score (385 p.) : ill. ; 29 cm.
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| General Note | Piano acc.; includes chord symbols.
Edited by Irwin Silber.
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| Bib. Note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 365-368) and indexes.
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| Formatted Note | Contents: 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!, II (southern version) -- Nine miles to the junction -- The why and wherefore -- Marching through Georgia -- 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 -- 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 (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 Mickey now? -- The faded coat of blue --
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 --
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 -- 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 -- 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 -- Oh, I'm a good old rebel -- Hold the fort -- Dance me a jig -- Two brothers.
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| Subjects | Popular music -- United States -- To 1901.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Songs and music.
War songs -- United States.
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| Other Authors | Silverman, Jerry, 1931-
Silber, Irwin, 1925-
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| LC Card Number | m60-1027 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: M 1637 S582
mq155947: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 92754] |
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