Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-08-11
SOME STIRRING WAR SONGS.
ops Of Them Was Composed to VA 10th
North and soath.

North aud soath.
There never was q better marching.
lighting song than Marching Through
Georgia" but the conditions that made
Il impressive have passed away. or
II 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 Il is only a reminder Of evil days.
and the Bonnie Blue Flag" OF the
South Is buried with IL. "Dlxle"
comes up TO our ears once In a while.
ike the mock tragedy OF a 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 II. It was writ
ten by James II. Randall, a native Of
Baltimore. file was a professor OF
English literature In Poydras College.
Louisiana. In 1861. when he read Of
the march OF the Massachusetts, troops
through his native city. The subject
preyed on hls mind. and In the middle
OF the nlgI7s he got out OF bed. lighted
a candle and wrote Maryland. My
Maryland"
IL rs said Julia Ward Howe wrote
BATTLE Hymn Of the Republic" under
conditions not very disslmilar. II was
In 1861. just after the first battle Of
Bull Run. She was In Washington.
and the disastrous defeat OF Mcdowell
by Beauregard and zoe Johnston
preyed 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 10 sleep. Words Of the hymn
framed themselves In her mind. and
lest they might slip from her she arose
and jotted them down. Those words
Dearly made her famous.
Going back to the last century. Hail
Columbia was inspired by our trou-
bles with France In las although IL
Is classed with the BALLADS Of the
Revolution and was first sung IT the
Chestnut Street Theatre In Phlladel.
phia.
None Of the songs Of the rcyolu-
tionary war except Yankee Doodle"
survives. Francis Scott hey's thrill
ling composition Is all that remains
Of the conflict Of lsi2lj.
Then conquer We must. for our cause
Il Is Just
And this be- our motto: In God we
trust"
And the star spangled banner In trl-
umph shah wave,
Der the land Of the free and the home
OF me brave.
Two OF the first ballads written
after tho firing on Fort sumter were
William Cullen Bryants Our Coun.
try's Call'' for the North. and Henry
rimrod's "a Cry 10 Arms for the
South. Bryants began thus:
lay down the AK, ding by the spade
Leave In its track the toiling plough
The rifle aud the bayonet blade,
For arms like yours were litter now
Tlmrod's began something like this
Leave barn and byre. leave kin ant
cot.
Lay down the bloodless spade:
Let desk aud case and counter rot.
Aud burn your books OF trader
The doggrel about John Brown
Body" was frequently sung upon th'
march by the soldiers. rs was March
Ing Along" which was written b!
William H. Bradbury MS a tribute 4
General McClelland. The name Of IN
leader was changed from time 4
time 10 accord with the facts
when This Cruel War Is over" hal
well sustained popularity during IN
war % iSGi-Gj. a riddle that could no
be- read 10y the help OF anything 4
the sentimental lines. The song ha
, 90 poetic merit. It's rythm was con
monplace and the tune To which
was sung was of the hlmslcst mus
eal structure. without even trick a
melody TO recommend H. Yet Il wa
more frequently sung North an
South. than any other. the Souther
soldiers inserting gray for IN
blue" ut the end Of the sixth line d
the first stanza-wIth cheerful reel
lessness Of lbs effect upon the rhym'
This thing was heard la every cam
\ every day and at all hours Of the da.
a Men chanted II on the march an
women sang Il al home and IL wa
sung til the very last day Of the wa
J. why Cannibais lat Human Flesh.
10 According TO a French writer name
Pctrie. whose conclusions are quote
In the Medical News, ~ per cent {
all cannibals eat the dcad In order
> glorify them; 10 per cent eat grei
Z warriors In order that they may 4
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