The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1898-07-13
SOME STIRRING WAR SONGS.
One of Them Was Composed to Fit Both
North and South.

One of Them Was Composed to FIT Both
North and South.
There never WAS Il better marching,
fighting song than Marching Through
Georgia" but the conditions that made
II impressive have passed away, or
If they haven't they are merely pain
full, and the song cannot survive.
The Battle cry of Freedom" was an
other song inspired by the civil War,
but II is only reminder of evil days,
and the Bonnie Blue Flag" of the
South is buried with 1t. Dixie
comes UP TO our ears once in while,
like the mock tragedy OF low come
dian.
One of the most beautiful war
poems of the South was My Mary
land Men have wept to go into
battle after hearing IT, II was writ
ten by James X. Randall, Il native Of
Baltimore. He WAS II professor of
English literature In roydras College,
Louisiana, In 1861. when he read of
the march of the Massachusetts troops
through his native city The subject
preyed on his mind. and In the middle
Of the night he gos out of bed, lighted
Il candle and wrote maryland, My
Maryland"
1t is said Julia Ward Howe wrote
Battle Hymn of the Republic" under
conditions not very dssimlar. 1t was
In 1851, just after the first battle of
Bull Run. She was in Washington,
ana the disastrous defeat of Mcdowell
by Beauregard and zoe Johnston
preycd ON her mind One evening.
after she had witnessed review of
the Army, she retired early but the
subject Of the war kept her from go
Ing To sleep. Words of the hymn
framed themselves In her mind, and
lest they might slip from her she arose
nnd jotted them Gown. Those words
nearly made her famous.
Going back 10 the last century Hail
Columbia was inspired by our lrou-
hles with France In l1gS although 1t
Is classed with the ballads of the
Revolution and was first sung nj the
Chestnut Street Theatre in Philadrl-
phin.
None of the songs of the revou-
tionary war except Yankee Doodle"
survives. Francis Scott kcy's thrill
ling composition Is all that remains
Of the conflict of lSl@15.
Then conquer We must, for our cause
il is Just,
And this he our motto. IN God we
trust"
And the star spanglcd banner in trl-
umph shall wayc.
Ger the land of the free and the home
OF the brave.
Two Of the first ballads written
after the firing on Fort Sumter were
William Cullen Bryanrs Our Coun-
try's Calf for the North. and Henry
Tlmrod's ~ Cry to Arms for the
South. Bryant's began thus.
Lay down the AK, ding by the spade,
Leave In It's track the tolling plough;
The rifle and the bayonct blade.
For arms like yours We're filter now.
Timrod's began something Hike this:
Leave barn and byre, leave Kin aud
cot
Lay down the bloodless spade;
Let desk and case and counter rot,
And burn your books of trader
The doggrel about John Browns
Body was frequently sung upon the
march by the soldiers, as was March
Ing Along which was written by
William IL. Bradbury as tribute TO
Il I..II
leader was changed from time TO
time to accord With the facts.
"Whcn This Cruel War Is over" had
n well sustained popularity during tho
war of 1861 81, n riddle that could not
be read by the help of anything In
the sentimental lines. The song had
no poetic merit, its rythm was com
monplncc and the tune to which it
was sung was of the himslcst must
cal structure, without even "A trick Of
melody to recommend It. YET II was
more frequently sung, North and
South, than any other, the Southern
soldiers inserting gray" for tho
GLUE at the end of the sixth line of
the first stanZa with cheerful rcek-
lcssncss Of its effect upon the rhyme
This thing was heard in every camp
every day and at all hours of the day.
Men chnnled It on the march and
women sang II nj home and II was
sung till the very last day Of the war;
why CannibnIs Iat Human Flesh.
According TO n French writer named
Pctrlc. whose conclusions are quoted
I'm thn AIoIieoI N.,Uu On NOR cant Of
all canuibals eat the dead in order TO
glorlfy them; 10 per cent eat great
warriors in order that they may In