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  • Collection: Civil War Song Sheets Collection

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Five verse song. Lyrics depict man being rejected by lover's father and then setting sail.

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Illustrated three verse song. Lyrics depict singer's mourning for friends who have died and thoughts about their own mortality. Color cover image depicts woman on stage.

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Illustrated two verse song and chorus: "As sung by David S. Wambold, with immense success throughout the States." Lyrics depict singer's desire to see lover. Color cover image of hand with roses and nature scene.

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Illustrated five verse song and chorus sung to the tune of "Annie Lisle." Lyrics describe Elmer Ellsworth's death and the desire to fight for his honor. Cover image depicts soldier pointing sword in upper left-hand corner above the words "Remember…

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Illustrated five verse song and chorus sung to the tune of "Annie Lisle." Lyrics describe Elmer Ellsworth's death and the desire to fight for his honor. Color cover image depicts building and soldier firing into a group of soldiers.

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Four verse song and chorus: Lyrics describe the geography of Illinois. Note on back: Also in Sandburg American song bag - p. 162.

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Illustrated five verse song: Lyrics depict soldier's dying words for his mother after being fatally wounded on the battlefield. Color cover image depicts soldier on the battlefield with angel in upper left corner and woman praying in front of a house…

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Three verse song and chorus sung to the tune of "Last Rose of Summer." Lyrics depict body of drummer laying on the Antietam battlefield and the loss of soldiers in battle. Color cover image depicts "Advance Grand Cavalry - near Alexandria, Va."

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Illustrated three verse song and chorus. Lyrics depict drummer boy's final words before dying on battlefield. Color cover image depicts battle with one soldier shooting another while on horseback.

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Illustrated three verse song and chorus sung to the tune of "Here's to the Maiden of Bashfull Fifteen." Lyrics depict support for soldiers, military leaders, and nurses in battle. Color cover image depicts soldiers drinking around a punch bowl.

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Illustrated two verse song sung to the tune of "Draw the Sword, Scotland." Lyrics depict support for the Union army and encourages soldiers to fight to victory. Color cover image depicts "Rendez-vous of distribution, VA."

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Illustrated two verse song sung to the tune of "Draw the Sword, Scotland." Lyrics depict support for the Union army and encourages soldiers to fight to victory. Color cover image depicts Capitol building.

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Illustrated eight verse song and chorus sung to the tune of "Limerick Races." Lyrics depict activities at a fair in Donybrook, Ireland. Color cover image depicts man in rags on stage.

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Illustrated three verse song and chorus: "As sung nightly, with tremendous applause, by Mrs. W. G. Jones in the drama of 'Fast Women' at the New Bowery Theatre, the music to be had of D. H. Biessenher" Lyrics depict the singer's belief in the…

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Two two verse songs. Lyrics depict singer's homesickness. Lyrics for "You'll Remember Me" at bottom of page. Color cover image depicts soldier sitting by campfire looking at pictures.

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Illustrated four verse song. Lyrics depict soldier's homesickness. Color cover image depicts two soldiers in uniform, one facing front and the other to the back.

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Four verse song and chorus sung to the tune of "Home, Sweet Home." "Commemorative of the passage home of the remains of Abraham Lincoln. Written for the funeral solemnities of the President, Detroit, 25th April, 1865" " Printed at head in…

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Illustrated three verse song and chorus sung to the tune of "Mother, Is the Battle Over?" Lyrics depict soldier returning home from war. Color cover image depicts soldier in woods with open book next to him.

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Satirical four verse anti-war song and chorus sung to the tune of "Cars on the Track." Lyrics depict African American conscripts disillusioned by the war. Color cover image depict two black men, one in uniform and one with a carpet bag.

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Illustrated three verse song. Lyrics depict memories of childhood spent in house by the sea and a desire to return there. Color cover image depicts man and woman in a garden scene in the upper left corner.

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Illustrated satirical four verse song written in stereotypical 19th century African American dialect. Lyrics depict abolitionist group attempting to wash a black person's skin color off. Color cover image depicts two African Americans sitting on…

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Two illustrated songs and chorus sung to the tune of "Kingdom Coming." Lyrics depict soldiers responding to draft call. Color cover image depicts "Review of the United States forces by the President, Va. 1863."

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Iwo illustrated songs and chorus sung to the tune of " Kingdom Coming." Lyrics depict soldiers responding to draft call. Color cover image depicts a map of the North Carolina coast and a portrait of General Jesse Lee Reno.

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Two illustrated songs and chorus sung to the tune of " Kingdom Coming." Lyrics depict soldiers responding to draft call. Color cover image depicts a map of the Tennessee/Kentucky border along the Mississippi River and a portrait of General John Pope.

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Two songs and chorus sung to the tune of "Kingdom Coming." Lyrics depict soldiers responding to draft call. Color cover image depicts a map of the Tennessee/Arkansas border and a portrait of Andrew Foote.
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