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02 Sep 98 - 04:01 PM (#36825) Subject: Lookin for battle tunes From: Casey O'Donovan Hey, I have been looking for lyrics and melodies for older war tunes and ballads. I am looking especially for those songs that were meant to inspire troops about to enter battle and to "charge the ranks". Any help would be great.
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03 Sep 98 - 12:13 AM (#36863) Subject: RE: Lookin for battle tunes From: steve t Waterloo, waterloo, dum dum dum, de dah Waterlow, waterloo, dum dum dum, de dah We dum de de dum dah Dum de de dum dah Waterloo Waterloo Waterloo - University of Waterloo's unofficial school cheer (to the same tune as Dennis Moore in the Monty Python sketch)
More seriously, "Follow Me Up To Carlow" is wonderfully nasty and oldish sounding. But it's a modern tune.
I'm really curious to see what the Mudcat Wise will say on this subject.
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03 Sep 98 - 01:08 AM (#36872) Subject: RE: Lookin for battle tunes From: Bo I would suggest some of the Corries recordings. For the most part they are not very very old, a lot of them are Robbie Burns pieces, but thier heart is in the right place. Bo |
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03 Sep 98 - 06:34 AM (#36890) Subject: RE: Lookin for battle tunes From: Gunny The American Civil War is a great place to look for inspirational battle tunes. "Give Us A Flag" was written anonymously by a soldier in the Massachusetts 54th (the famed regiment compiled of black soldiers, which was the basis for the movie "Glory"). The song pleads for the "coloured volunteers" to be given the right to defend their country and prove their bravery in the face of the Confederacy. Ultimately, they did just that in a final suicidal charge against Fort Wagner. Whether or not they actually sang it in battle, I don't know. During the heat of the fighting at Williamsburg, U.S. Army Commander Heintzelman tried to rally his broken ranks by ordering the regimental band to take up their instruments and "Play, dammit-it's all you're good for! Play 'Yankee Doodle' or any doodle you can think of!" Over the guns came "Yankee Doodle" followed by "Three Cheers for the Red, White, and Blue". A Union soldier later reported that the rousing music "won us the battle". On the Confederate side, at Gettysburg, the rebel band played "Nearer, My Heart, To Thee" every time they pushed back the yankees. Also, the Irish were great ones for patriotic rebel-rousing. At Antietam (sp) the Irish Brigade sang "The Harp of Old Erin" and the 37th New York "Irish Rifles" reportedly liked to sing "Free and Green" in battle. Anyway, I don't have the words to these songs on hand, but you should be able to find them easily enough either here or elsewhere on the web. If you can't, let me know and I'll try to dig them up for you. (And Dad said my courses in American History and Folklore was a waste of hard-earned money!) By the way, Steve is right..."Follow Me Up to Carlow" is wonderful! And, even if it is modern (I don't know), it was born to be a great, old fighting song! Good Luck! |
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03 Sep 98 - 09:09 AM (#36899) Subject: RE: Lookin for battle tunes From: Bert This is a monologue, not a song, but it fits: |
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03 Sep 98 - 09:10 AM (#36900) Subject: RE: Lookin for battle tunes From: Bert One of these days....try again |
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03 Sep 98 - 11:51 AM (#36911) Subject: RE: Lookin for battle tunes From: Check this site: * GO HERE *
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03 Sep 98 - 04:01 PM (#36946) Subject: RE: Lookin for battle tunes From: Diamondback During the American Civil War "Rally 'Round the Flag" was sung as a rousing battlefield song. During the Battle of the Wilderness in May of 1864 Union troops used this song to rally their comrades in the often confused fighting there. This song was written by George Root. |
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03 Sep 98 - 07:12 PM (#36960) Subject: RE: Lookin for battle tunes From: Bruce O. Josha' fit the battle of Jericho/ Agincourt/ Chevy Chase/ The Reading Skirmish/ Battle of the Boyne/ Battle of Audenard/ Battle of Almanza Look for [battle] and [march] in DT. MUSIC> The Battle [part:]
James Oswald's 'Caledonian Pocket Companion', bk. 9, c 1758, reprinted in David Johnson's 'Scottish Fiddle Music in the 18th Century', 1984, 1997. A Highland Battle [part:]
Battle Piece in 'Oscar and Malvina', Wm. Reeve, 1791. 1- Untitled [Lasley's/ Leslie's March]
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03 Sep 98 - 07:57 PM (#36963) Subject: RE: Lookin for battle tunes From: Jerry Friedman You can't beat "Men of Harlech" (in the DT, along with several parodies). |
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03 Sep 98 - 08:08 PM (#36964) Subject: RE: Lookin for battle tunes From: Belgabor I once saw a TV series about an English sniper regiment. Unfotunately I forgot the name of the series, but you can find the song I heard here in the DT 'Over the hills and far away (2)' |
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03 Sep 98 - 08:32 PM (#36965) Subject: RE: Lookin for battle tunes From: Bruce O. There's a complete copy of the last mentioned in a thread of about two weeks ago (Aug. 23), 'John Tams Sharpes Rifles series'. |
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03 Sep 98 - 10:55 PM (#36997) Subject: RE: Lookin for battle tunes From: Bruce O. What a Charming Thing's a Battle. [Song by I. Bickerstaffe]
What a charming thing's a battle; But the pleasant joke of all,
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03 Sep 98 - 11:29 PM (#37002) Subject: RE: Lookin for battle tunes From: dick greenhaus Bruce- I like it. How about some background info? |
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04 Sep 98 - 01:44 AM (#37014) Subject: RE: Lookin for battle tunes From: O'Boyle David Kincaid put out an album this year called "the irish Volunteer: Songs Of The Irish Union Soldier 1861-1863". It is full of recruiting songs and songs of battle used by the Irish brigade. It's on Ryko records. I highly recommend it. Rick |
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04 Sep 98 - 09:03 AM (#37041) Subject: RE: Lookin for battle tunes From: Bert Men of Harlech Off with Kitchener's army Over there Bert. |
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04 Sep 98 - 09:43 AM (#37047) Subject: RE: Lookin for battle tunes From: Bruce O. "What a charming thing's a battle" is from 'The Recruiting Serjeant', 1771. Lyrics by Bickerstaffe and music by Dibdin. I don't have a copy of the tune. |