The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-06-01
RAlIy on6s slglain, Il. I. 81
Shouting the BATH cry Of freed lon. ~ " Y

X shouting the battle CRY of freedom. =
isS One ii. the army songs, which has be-
come as popular in England as IT. sis in
this country, Is published as having
been written and composed by Lewis
Lambert. This is nom de plume for
P.S. Gilmore. To be sure the words do.
not amount to much, and thereiis some.
thing disagreeable to a we'll regulated
temperance mimi like our oWn,in being
Obliged to melodiouslv inform the pub.
liz that
GWEN all drink stone blind, :.
When Johnny comes marching home"
but the tune is Of .rollicking, deyal.may.
caro- order that is very catching. The fact
il, Gilmore built up his words to suit llis
mir, on the same principle thatin Virgin
il they invariably build the chimney
first, and then erect the house against it.
Tho air was an inspiration, but the
words might be classified as rhymes
without reason.
Pour Miles O'Rielley CHARLES g. Hal
pihr) set to the Irish air of 1.-The Low
Back CAr" the words Of the humorous
song Of which we here give. tho first
verse, and we have heard him sing 1t
with Ane effect:
''Sonle tell ns It's q bu ming shame
To make the naygurs fight;
All that the thrsde of being kilt,
Belongs but to the white;
But as for ME, upon my soul!
So liberal are We here,
I'll let Sambo be murdered IN place OF
myself
On every day in the yea,l
On every day in the year, boys.
And every hour In the day,
The right to be kilt I'll divide wild him,
An divil a word I'll say"
All! poor Charley! He was the life of
many a camp fire was private Miles
o Reilly, and much of the best and rae
lest literature of the war came from his
gifted pen.
1.-THE Star Spangled Banner" will ever
rank as the first Of American war songs,
and linked with it will be sHail, Co.
lumbia," "America," and the "Red
White and Blue" We are not certain
that this latter is an American song. 1t
| has Been claimed by the English under
the title britannia, the gem Of the
Ocean," The first person we ever. heard
sing it was the late Edward L. Daven-
port, and he once informed us that ne
got the songhin the mother land. "Hail
Columbia" was sset by its author. Judge
Hopkinson. to the air of"Th Presidents
March," which somebody hsd composed
in honor of Washington; but the words q
''The Star Spangled Banner" are sung tc
| an old English bacchanalan air, "ro
Anacreon i'll heaven" while the Rev,
Mr.. Smiths "My Country tits of Thee,''
goes to the air Of "God save the Queen
The national hymn, with appropriate
original music, is yet to be written. Kel
ler's hymn does not fill the bill, nor in.
deed does Julius Eichberg's, or that am
bilious production which Gilmore gave
| to the country two or three years since
We have touched but lightly on a few
of the soldiers songs. Did one go into
the matter to any great extent there GER
tainly would not be snfficiency o.
space in this edition of the Traveller tt
accommodate us. While there was
plenty of enduring poetry written dur
ing the war, the number Of really meri
torious songs that were given birth tt
were few indeed. On the whole, we
are inclined to think that in this respec
the South was in advance of US, for We
certainly Mrs. Howe's noble efforts
aside) do not possess single song Of the
Rebellion at all comparable to MARY
land, My Maryland" and the air tt
which it is sung is we'll fitted to the
| words.