The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-11
~1AncnIsG TmaouGa GEORGIA.

s1AnCuIxG 1MnoCGa GEORGIA.
Uow ueasy C. WSsk wss4e TAss sal
Other Ha0ess senGs.
- NE u the most prodigicus writer's q
" vnx melodies WAS Henry c. work.
bat 10 the average reader Of this
country hts name u scarcely known Or
recognized. He was tbs conpuar of some
- the most pathetic ard soul -tnsptrsux
ballads o< our nation. Including that ever
popular and fasostts song Marching
Through Georgia This sung ID rot ouly
. fAwOs1ts In Azn~ssca. bGt iss beautiful
Eythm - . poSsulAr tuna N countries
Acspss the Atlantic. The song really re-
war with 6paan. when It, mnsscAi strains
6scAns - popular With eur sousAssu hs-
srse ca their trAmpe to victory - with
our eOys who have mArched 10 it, nstody
anos toyhood- II u certainly the ps4nct-
pal 0usseal legacy of the civil war. and
- strains had ealtvenss every pAsnotts
oocastoa for the last thisty-shres years
The song was written In Chicago near
~ close Of the civil war. For many
yeAxS Gen. sherman. 20 whose famous
march the song refers. was much d~yote6
20 ~ rendition on any occasion Of note.
bat II IL claimed. toward the latter part
e hts life. he .dersdsd the practice Of VS.
lng II Ia his presence. He once told OF
his experionce when on . "trip 70 Ireland
'sWherever I 60" the general said. mot
only In my own country, but In Europe.
Marching Through Georgia pursues me.
On one occasion, arriving AZ . Duhf1n ho-
tez In = driving rain. was congratuiaf.
Ing myseif that tho weather was such A.
% preclude the possibility Of the usual
osrenade, and drawing forth my writing
49, a
neglected correspondence. Scarcely had
UOt under way. however, when notes
of that tune smote my ear. / sprang up,
and busting into my uniform. stepped out
upon the verandA~ In the distance . hand
Was auproaching. followed BY . number
q neu with guns on thar shoulders I
advanced TO the railing. and prepared for
the ovation. but without . pause or even
. glance toward the spot where stood.
shet went on Marching Through
Georgia II WAS q cunning club. - soms
one told me afscrward. going 70 . certain
place - shoot ~ target
work was born October ]. lsa7. in Md
dlstown. Conn. Of Scotch lineage. The
family came TO Illinois when young Work
was only q boy. and lived for = time on
Q farm. His father Sympathised with the
fugitive slaves. and with the help of
friends aided them In their escapes to the
North. He was arrested. convicted and
esatsncsd to the pepitentiAry In Missouri
for term Of twelve years. The governor
pArdoneA him after serving three years
Of his term. provided he would return 10
his native stale In the East. Work con-
oentsd. and the family moved TO Hartford
Conn. He started printing Office Ct 81
CHESTNUT street, assisfed by young Work
Henry. then about II years 81 age. Young
Hsnsy appYenticed himself to the printers
49, - 1~xs.s - - a.
thoroughly familiar with the prominent
authors and poets Of the times. He soon
| began writing verses and soon had some
cro6ltAble poems and songs issued from
the poets corner Of Hartford paper.
A few years later he wrote hts FIRST song
Of any popularity. Lilly Dale but no in
formation II now at hand m To the exact
time Or place n which these pretty versss
were composed. Father, Dear Father
Come Home" may have been written in
Phiiadeiphia or in Chicago, but the In
formation regarding this beautiful ballad
10 also vague. and lis conception will In
al probability remain 4 mystery Thia
song brought him reputation among pub
lisAsrs Of sofgs. az II proved iayossta
OF the temperance advocates throughout
the country.
In the early part OF the COS he landed
n Chicago. stranded He sought employ
ment from the publishers. Root 4 cady.
but. II II said. there was nothing In his
appearance TO indicate anything like akil.
ety. He WAS poorly dressed. but wore an
honest face. He told them Of hts ability.
and gave one OF the managers the song
Kingdom Coming" ballad which he
MAD Just written. The manager ef the
publishing hrm Vas pleased with iss
beauty. and at once employed Work TO
write verses and rot set type. as the lat
ter had anticipated.
Work Was slew at composition. bat
beauty was what he sought 10 accomplish.
lie often would consume three or four
weeks IN writing q angle ballad. and
would make numerous corrections before
ne would let II 60 10 press. 1t was while
Hv'ix in Chicago that he produced the
greatest efforts OK his life. and these were
never sqasisa by him. Here he composed
babylon II Falling" Wake. Ntcot,e-
mus. Ring the Bell. Waterman" '-sons
OF Thousand Years," drafted Into tho
Army. Brave Boys Are They" MY
0randfathtr's Clock ana that Immortal,
song. Marching Through Georgia" The
last - the most popular as his productions
and was the last he wrote while In Chi
eaec The dialect of his sanxs IL perfsc.
and strikes the heart OF the southernsr
as peculiarly characteristics. Their flavor
- genuine and ssnscks much of the origin.
~ article.-Ss Louis Globe Democrat