American War Ballads and Lyrics, Volume 1 (of 2) / A Collection of the Songs and Ballads of the Colonial Wars, the Revolutions, the War of 1812-15, the War with Mexico and the Civil War
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And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
EDITED BY
GEORGE CARY EGGLESTON
VOLUME I.
NEW YORK AND LONDON
G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS The Knickerbocker Press
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CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
PREFACE AND INTRODUCTION.
THE COLONIAL WARS
LOVEWELL'S FIGHT.
THE SONG OF BRADDOCK'S MEN.
THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
LIBERTY TREE.
FREE AMERICA.
EMANCIPATION FROM BRITISH DEPENDENCE.
PAUL REVERE'S RIDE.
WARREN'S ADDRESS.
NATHAN HALE.
THE BALLAD OF NATHAN HALE.
THE BATTLE OF TRENTON
The Fate of John Burgoyne
THE PROGRESS OF SIR JACK BRAG.
WAR AND WASHINGTON.
COLUMBIA.
TAXATION OF AMERICA.
THE BATTLE OF THE KEGS.
CARMEN BELLICOSUM.
THE YANKEE MAN-OF-WAR.
PAUL JONES' VICTORY
THE ROYAL ADVENTURER.
EUTAW SPRINGS.
AN ANCIENT PROPHECY.
THE DANCE.
SONG OF MARION'S MEN.
HAIL COLUMBIA.
THE WAR OF 1812-15
THE "CONSTELLATION" AND THE "INSURGENTE."
THE WASP'S FROLIC.
"CONSTITUTION" AND "GUERRIÈRE."
THE "UNITED STATES" AND "MACEDONIAN."
THE "UNITED STATES" AND "MACEDONIAN."
PERRY'S VICTORY.
YANKEE THUNDERS.
YE PARLIAMENT OF ENGLAND.
COMRADES! JOIN THE FLAG OF GLORY.
OUR NAVY.
THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER.
SEA AND LAND VICTORIES.
OLD IRONSIDES.
THE MEXICAN WAR
MONTEREY.
BUENA VISTA.
THE BIVOUAC OF THE DEAD.
THE CIVIL WAR
BROTHER JONATHAN'S LAMENT FOR SISTER CAROLINE.
THE TWELFTH OF APRIL.
MEN OF THE NORTH AND WEST.
RHODE ISLAND TO THE SOUTH.
OUR COUNTRY'S CALL.
A CRY TO ARMS.
THE BANNER OF THE STARS.
THE FLAG OF THE CONSTELLATION.
THE STARS AND STRIPES.
THE BONNIE BLUE FLAG.
THE STRIPES AND THE STARS.
DIXIE.
THE OATH OF FREEDOM.
CIVIL WAR
THE MASSACHUSETTS LINE.
BETHEL.
THE CHARGE BY THE FORD.
MANASSAS.
UPON THE HILL BEFORE CENTREVILLE.
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