Grand Army War Songs

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Compiled Expressly for the Grand Army of the Republic.

 

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GRAND ARMY
WAR SONGS

A COLLECTION OF

WAR SONGS, BATTLE SONGS, CAMP SONGS,
NATIONAL SONGS, MARCHING
SONGS, ETC.,

——AS SUNG BY——

OUR BOYS IN BLUE IN CAMP AND FIELD

TO WHICH IS ADDED A SELECTION OF

MEMORIAL SONGS AND HYMNS FOR USE ON DECORATION DAY

AND OTHER SPECIAL OCCASIONS.

The Choruses Have all Been Arranged for MALE VOICES and the Entire Work

EDITED BY

WILSON G. SMITH.

 

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——PUBLISHED BY——

——————S. BRAINARD'S SONS,——————
CLEVELAND AND CHICAGO.

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Copyright Mdccccxxxvi, by S. Brainard's Sons.

CONTENTS:

 

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PAGE

All Quiet along the Patomac ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

158

America ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

81

Babylon is Fallen ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

10

Battle-Cry of Freedom ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

6

Brave Battery Boys ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

68

Brother, Tell Me of the Battle ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

128

Bury the Brave Where They Fall ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

104

Can the Soldier Forget ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

60

Columbia's Call ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

112

Columbia's Guardian Angels ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

38

Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

108

Corporal Schnapps ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

30

Cover Them Over ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

138

De Day ob Liberty's Comin' ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

100

Drummer Boy of Shiloh ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

76

First Gun is Fired ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

56

Foes and Friends ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

94

Forward, Boys, Forward ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

72

Glory, Glory, Hallelujah ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

54

God Bless Our Brave Young Volunteers ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

90

Good Bye, Old Glory ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

118

God Save the Nation ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

80

Grafted Into the Army ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

66

Hail Columbia ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

84

Hail, Comrades Dear ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

130

Have You Sharpened Your Swords ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

70

Hold the Fort ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

88

Home, Sweet Home ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

160

Honor to Sheridan ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

110

Ho! Rally, Ye Braves ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

106

Hymn for a Dead Comrade ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

137

Just After the Battle ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

18

Just Before the Battle, Mother ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

16

Kingdom Coming ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

8

Lay His Sword by His Side ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

114

Lay Me Down and Save the Flag ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

24

Little Major ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

134

Marching Through Georgia ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

3

March On, March On ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

120

Never Forget the Dear Ones ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

92

Oh, Haste on the Battle ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

98

O, Wrap the Flag Around Me, Boys ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

20

Old Cabin Home ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

148

On, On, On, the Boys Came Marching ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

14

Our Comrade Has Fallen ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

74

Our Captain's Last Words ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

64

Our Heroes ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

78

Our Last Grand Camping Ground ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

34

Poor Old Slave ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

152

Rest, Comrades, Rest ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

144

Sleep, Sacred Dust of Noble Dead ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

142

Sleeping in the Battle-Field ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

102

Soldier's Dream Song ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

118

Song of a Thousand Years ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

59

Songs We Sang Upon the Old Camp Ground ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

123

Stand Up for Uncle Sam, My Boys ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

62

Star Spangled Banner ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

82

Starved in Prison ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

26

Sword of Bunker Hill ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

40

Take Your Gun and Go, John ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

52

Tear for the Comrade That's Gone ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

146

Tenting on the Old Camp Ground ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

132

'Tis Finished, or Sing Hallelujah ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

48

To-Day This Hallowed Place We Seek ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

140

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

12

Tread Lihtly, Ye Comrades ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

120

Uncle Joe's "Hail Columbia" ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

28

Vacant Chair ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

59

Volunteer's Farewell ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

136

Wake, Nicodemus ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

150

Washington and Lincoln ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

36

Weep O'er the Heroes as They Fall ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

96

We'll Fight it Out Here on the Old Union Line ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

22

We Were Comrades Together in the Days of the War ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

42

Weeping Sad and Lonely ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

156

When Johnny Comes Marching Home ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

44

When Sherman Marched Down to the Sea ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

46

Who Shall Rule This American Nation ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

32

Who Will Care for Mother Now ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

154

Yankee Doodle ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

86

MEMORIAL.

Cover Them Over ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

138

Hymn For A Dead Comrade ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

137

Rest, Comrades, Rest ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

144

Sleep, Sacred Dust of Noble Dead ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

142

Tear for the Comrade That's Gone ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

148

To-Day This Hallowed Place We Seek ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

140