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Thread #8916   Message #173898
Posted By: jeffp
05-Feb-00 - 09:33 AM
Thread Name: Songs of the American Civil War
Subject: RE: Songs of the American Civil War
According to "The Life of Johnny Reb - The Common Soldier of the Confederacy" by Bell Irvin Wiley, popular songs around Southern campfires were "Home Sweet Home," "Lorena," "All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight," "Annie of the Vale," "Sweet Evelina," Lilly Dale," "The Girl I Left Behind Me," "Bell Brandon," "Her Bright Eyes Haunt Me Still," "Listen to the Mockingbird," and "Just Before the Battle, Mother." "Annie Laurie" and "Juanita" were also very popular.

jeffp