Seven verse song celebrating American victories over the British, "Root, Hog, or Die" was a common American catch phrase dating before 1834. It can be an expression for self-reliance. There are many variations of the song and both North and South…
Five verse song and chorus sung to the tune of "Rosin The Bow." This campaign song suports the Lincoln-Hamlin ticket in the 1860 presidential election.
Four verse requiem and chorus sung to the tune of "Old Hundred." According to the date on the sheet, the composer wrote the requiem on April 19, 1865, only four days after Lincoln's death.
Also known as "Or That's Just So," eleven verse song and chorus rallying Pennsylvanians and the North to defeat the Confederate invasion of Pennsylvania in the summer of 1863.Sheet Note: "Composed, published and sung by James D. Gay of Philadelphia,…
Four verse song praising the victory of Abraham Lincoln in the election of 1860, especially his winning Pennsylvania, the home state of outgoing president James Buchanan. Pennsylvania was also a state founded by Quakers, known pacifists, whom the…
Illustrated fifteen verse song and chorus sung to the tune of "Maryland, My Maryland." Sheet Note: "German Melody : O Tannebaum, O Tannebaum, wie grun sind deine Blatter"
Illustrated four verse song about the glory of the flag of the United States.Sheet Note: "As sung by Miss Jennie Wilkinson at the Kossuth Concert Saloon."