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Thread #121112   Message #2640755
Posted By: Joe Offer
25-May-09 - 05:34 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Sebastopol
Subject: ADD: Cheer Boys Cheer
The only recording I can find that seems to "Sebastopol" similar is Cheer, Boys, Cheer! (click to listen), a song of Confederate soldiers from the U.S. Civil War.

I found lyrics and a MIDI at http://www.civilwarpoetry.org/confederate/songs/cheer.html

CHEER, BOYS, CHEER!
Lyricist Unknown

CHORUS: Cheer, boys, cheer! We'll march away to battle!
Cheer, boys, cheer, for our sweethearts and our wives!
Cheer, boys, cheer! We'll nobly do our duty,
And give to the South our hearts, our arms, our lives.

Bring forth the flag, our country's noble standard;
Wave it on high till the wind shakes each fold out.
Proudly it floats, nobly waving in the vanguard;
Then cheer, boys, cheer! with a lusty, long, bold shout.

CHORUS

But as we march, with heads all lowly bending,
Let us implore a blessing from on high.
Our cause is just, the right we're defending,
And the God of battle will listen to our cry.

CHORUS

Tho' to the homes we never may return,
Ne'er press again our lov'd ones in our arms,
O'er our lone graves their faithful hearts will mourn,
Then cheer, boys, cheer! such death hath no alarms.

CHORUS


Click to play



There's another version, almost exactly the same, from an online copy of this book: