Lyr Add: Battle of Shiloh (Hold our glasses)

Subject: Lyr Add: Battle of Shiloh (Hold our glasses)
From: chico
Date: 29 Jun 05 - 12:32 AM

From Cumberland Trio's recording

            A             7              D              A
  We were camped in Missisippi, General Johnson at our head,
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  We were eating hay for breakfast and we used it for our bed
           A                 7          D                    A
  When we heard the Yankees comin' we arose with smiles of bliss
                                 7 (F#m)    E7              A
  For however fierce the battle was it was better far than this
  
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  So we'll hold our glasses steady
       D              A
  And singing we will go
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  And we'll tell the valiant story of 
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  the battle of Shiloh
  
  It was on the 6th of April they were coming to attack
  And with all their force & bluster they were sure they'd drive us back
  But the yankees never reckon'd with our rebel art & skill
  We simply took a deep long breath and blew them off the hill.
  
  General Hardy in the forefront led his men against the Yanks
  Their pickets in the center yelled "We shoulda tried the flanks"
  As we marched across their barracks like an army on parade,
  We could hear the Yankee general shoutin' "Boys it's just a raid!"
  
  They were running in confusion when they heard the rebel yell
  And they left behind their muskets, and their cannon, and their shell
  So we picked up all the rations and we chased them off the crest
  But we got so tired of running that we all laid down to rest.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Battle of Shiloh (Hold our glasses)
From: GUEST,Lighter at work
Date: 29 Jun 05 - 04:59 PM

For those who take their history straight, this is a modern song, written around 1961 for the "The Cumberland Three" (the "Trio" is a different group).

The redoubtable Oscar Brand wrote the lyrics

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Battle of Shiloh (Hold our glasses)
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 29 Jun 05 - 05:40 PM

I was going to put the song "Shiloh!
" here, but it runs to 30 six and eight line verses.
Francis D. Allan, 1874, "Allan's Lone Star Ballads, a Collection of Southern Patriotic Songs made During Confederate Times," pp. 128-133. Lenox Hill (Burt Franklin).

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Battle of Shiloh (Hold our glasses)
From: Lighter
Date: 29 Jun 05 - 06:53 PM

Also, that should be General (Albert S.) *Johnston.*