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Thread #169898   Message #4146769
Posted By: GUEST
08-Jul-22 - 07:08 PM
Thread Name: Any June Songs?
Subject: RE: Any June Songs?
The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought on Saturday June 17, 1775

Battle of Bunker Hill from Wikipedia    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bunker_Hill

SONGS ABOUT THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL

'Bunker Hill'- Shape Note Song from the American Revolution   
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVjIr7OrSZs
” The Battle of Bunker Hill “    https://www.americanantiquarian.org/thomasballads/items/show/47
“Bunker Hill”- Jimmie Driftwood     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsmqJ3OSJrw
”Bunker Hill “(1904)     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLq3FAu7W3E v
“The American Hero.” AKA “Bunker Hill.”    https://songofamerica.net/song/bunker-hill/https://songofamerica.net/song/bunker-hill/

Another pro-British set of lyrics believed to have used the tune ("Yankee Doodle" ) was published in June 1775 following the Battle of Bunker Hill.

The seventeen of June, at Break of Day,
The Rebels they supriz'd us,
With their strong Works, which they'd thrown up,
To burn the Town and drive us.                 
                            quoted in article “Yankee Doodle” from Wikipedia         https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee_Doodle