CURRICULUM FOR SONG: "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" was the song of the Republic during the American Civil War. Still more than a hundred years later, the song holds a timeless message of God's sovereignty and ou ... More »

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CURRICULUM FOR SONG: Dixie was a song that was written during the Civil War. The song originated with the Byrant Minstrels and is thought to be written by Daniel Decatur Emmett. Although the song was a favorite of Southerners ... More »

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CURRICULUM FOR SONG: "The Tarpaulin Jacket" a folk song about a soldier dying on his deathbed. The lancer asks his friends to remember him and carry him to his grave. He wishes he could go die in his lover's arms. I ... More »

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CURRICULUM FOR SONG: "Silver Dagger" is a folk ballad about a girl who's mother won't let her marry because the girl's father left. Her mother is bitter. The father broke the hearts of women. The girl then tells her ... More »

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CURRICULUM FOR SONG: The American Civil War is well known by people of all ages. Both sides had a reason to fight and both sides felt pride in what they fought for. "The Bonnie Blue Flag" is a Confederate song expla ... More »

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CURRICULUM FOR SONG: It has been said that "Darling Nelly Gray" is one of the saddest songs ever written, especially because of the last verse in the song, which deals largely with facing the truth, as horrible as i ... More »

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CURRICULUM FOR SONG: "Dear Evelina, Sweet Evelina" was a popular song among the Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War. Not much is known about the origin, but it was published in New York in 1863. The s ... More »

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CURRICULUM FOR SONG: In the late 1860's, union (established post-war) strikes were common. "Eight Hours" was a song that provided union workers with an anthem for their pain and a way to voice their desire for chang ... More »

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CURRICULUM FOR SONG: "Tenting Tonight" was written by Walter Kittredge shortly after he received his draft notice for the Civil War. The song depicts the loneliness and longing for home as weary soldiers pitch their ... More »

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CURRICULUM FOR SONG: "Pretty Saro" is a sad love song about a man who yearns for a lady, but she won't have him because he isn't rich and doesn't own land. The man muses if he was a merchant he would write her a lov ... More »

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CURRICULUM FOR SONG: This is a rebellious, folk song about a Confederate soldier who hates the Union and all it stands for. The soldier doesn't want pardoned for what he has done and is glad to be a rebel. The soldier brags t ... More »

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CURRICULUM FOR SONG: A sweet love song, written in the 1870's, "I'll take You Home Again, Kathleen," tells the story of a husband who longs to make his aging wife's heart happy again by taking her back to her old, b ... More »

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CURRICULUM FOR SONG: "My Wild Irish Rose" is a folk love song. The song begins with a man and a flower that was given to him by the women he loved. The flower dies, but he proceeds to woo his rose and yearn for her. ... More »

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CURRICULUM FOR SONG: "Sweet Rosie O'Grady" is the love song between the man and Rosie O'Grady. The man notices a sweet and cute girl and he falls in love with her. He proceeds to ask her to marry him. Rosie O'Grady ... More »

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CURRICULUM FOR SONG: “The Jam on Gerry's Rocks” is a song that tells the sad tale of six young men, who in the process of trying to break a log jam, lose their lives along with their foreman, young Monroe. Gerry's Rocks (Gerr ... More »

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CURRICULUM FOR SONG: This vaudeville song was a popular duo. It told of marching soldiers and the weariness and trials of the trek. Following their captain, flying their colors, and sticking together day after weary day is th ... More »

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CURRICULUM FOR SONG: "The Oxen Song" is about an ox team master and his oxen. Jonny Carpenter, the ox team master, was sent to haul spruce and pine. He decides to prove that his oxen are the strongest in the land. H ... More »

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CURRICULUM FOR SONG: A marching song sung by Irish troops during the Civil War, "Garry Owen" grew in popularity when the tune was later documented as "Auld Bessy" in 1788. It was featured in the opera &quo ... More »

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CURRICULUM FOR SONG: "Grandfather's Clock" is a folk song about a man and a clock that was bought on the day he was born. The clock and the man age through the years together and clock keeps ticking nonstop. One nig ... More »

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CURRICULUM FOR SONG: "John Brown's Body" is a folk song that originated as a camp meeting hymn. John Brown is a soldier who died honorably in battle. The song is about his soul marching on. The Union soldier was cap ... More »

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CURRICULUM FOR SONG: "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" is a song with a memorable tune that captured the hearts of many civilians who were missing their loved ones who were away fighting in the Civil War. ... More »

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CURRICULUM FOR SONG: "The Drinking Gourd" was a song that was written and used before the Civil War. It had a coded message that was used to tell slaves where to go when they would escape from slavery. The song was ... More »

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CURRICULUM FOR SONG: "The Sword of Bunker Hill" is a song that was written during the Civil War and developed into a national hymn. The song is about a father on his deathbed who bids his son to carry on his legacy ... More »

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CURRICULUM FOR SONG: This tune of folklore has been around since Queen Elizabeth the First. "The Girl I Left Behind Me" began as a traditional, fife tune imported from England. The tune soared into popularity during ... More »

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CURRICULUM FOR SONG: "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!" is the sorrowful tune of a soldier who yearns for home and the sight of his family. It is written from both the point of view of the North and from the South during the Ci ... More »

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CURRICULUM FOR SONG: A rousing folk tune, "Hard is the Fortune" is sung from a man’s perspective on how women are controlled by their parents and husbands. The man in the song wants to marry a woman, but her parents ... More »

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CURRICULUM FOR SONG: The Vacant Chair starts with parents of a son who had died in war. The parents are told of his bravery and how he saved their country. But the parents still are in anguish and remember him every day with ... More »

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