Through the Eyes of the Songwriters

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Through the Eyes of the Songwriters

• Cindy Jantz
• April 22, 2003
• ED 195

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Through the Eyes of the Songwriters

• What do people write songs about?
• Things they have knowledge of
• Things they have experienced
• Things they believe
• Things that cause them strong emotion

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Through the Eyes of the Songwriters

• Clues to point of view
• Who appears to be speaking?
• Who is the writer speaking about?
• What is the event being discussed?
• Who is spoken of favorably?
• Who is spoken of unfavorably?
• What information is given or omitted?

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Through the Eyes of the Songwriters

• What affects your point of view?
• What you know and dont know
• You may not have all the facts
• What you believe
• Who you think is right or wrong

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Through the Eyes of the Songwriters
Songs of the Civil War
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Through the Eyes of the Songwriters
The Volunteers Song
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Onward! Onward! is the cry now, Treason stalks
throughout the land To guard our honor, each
one try now, March together, heart and hand.
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Though revolution, dark as night, Enshrouds the
banner of the free, There are none so base that
will not fight For this great land of Liberty!
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The traitors would the Union sever Our fathers
worked so hard to form Yet we are for the Union
ever, Through sunshine, peace or storm.
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Through the Eyes of the Songwriters
Then hear! oh hear! our countrys call, Raise our
glorious banner high! Come rally! rally! one and
all! To save the Union or to die!
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Through the Eyes of the Songwriters
Chorus So let the Southerners do as they
will, We will fight for the Union still, Fight
for the Union, Fight for the Union, We will fight
for the Union still.
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Thats Whats the Matter by Stephen Foster
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We live in hard and stirring times, Too sad for
mirth, too rough for rhymes For songs of peace
have lost their chimes And thats whats the
matter!
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The men we held as brothers true Have turned into
a rebel crew And now we have To put them
through And thats whats the matter!
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Oh! Yes, we thought our neighbors
true, Indulged them as their mothers do They
stormed our Red, White and Blue And thats
whats the matter!
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Well never give up what we gain For, now, we
know we must maintain Our laws and rights with
might and main And thats whats the matter!
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Weve heard of General Beauregard, And thought
hed fight us long and hard But he has played out
his last card
And thats whats the matter!
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So whats the use to fret and pout? We soon will
hear the people shout Secession dodge is all
played out! And thats whats the matter.
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Chorus Thats whats the matter, The rebels
have to scatter Well make them flee By land and
sea And thats whats the matter.
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The Retreat
Of 60,000 Lincoln Troops
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Through the Eyes of the Songwriters
Twas a clear and a beautiful day,
And the sun was in the
sky, And glistened with many a brilliant ray,
On the host as it hurried
by.
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Through the Eyes of the Songwriters
Twas McDowell who had the command, Whod
been ordered Manassas to take, Hed Sixty
Thousand for his band, Lest the Rebels
hed underrate.
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The grand army came up to
Bulls Run, They
thought the Southerns
had fled, They believed by
the next days sun,
To Richmond theyd be led.
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But suddenly on their front and flank, The
masked batteries opened their fire, They moved
down rank after rank, And thousands fell in
the mire.
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Nine hours they fought in vain,
For the Southerners did not
flinch,
And many a man
in death was lain,
For the Rebels contended to the very
inch.
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But a sudden panic seized their rear,
Which tis said
the teamsters began.
Soon the whole army was driven by
fear, That
to Washington quickly they ran.
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They threw away
their gun, That might
encumber their flight,
They never ceased to run,
Till theyd reached Arlington Height.
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Through the Eyes of the Songwriters

• Broadside Ballads
• Set to a familiar tune
• Told the story of a current event
• Spread the news with the song
• Called singing newspapers
• Published or distributed freely

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• Credits
• All songs and photographs are taken from the
  American Memory Collection and are used with the
  gracious permission of the Library of Congress.
• Pictures
• Slide 6 musician 2nd Regular, US Cavalry
• Slide 8 1st Georgia Infantry
• Slide 9 1st District of Columbia Cavalry
• Slide 10 3rd Maryland Infantry
• Slide 11 38th Illinois Volunteer Infantry
• Slide 15 soldier group
• Slide 18 General Beauregard
• Slide 19 General Burnside and his staff
• Slide 23 General McDowell
• Slide 24 Bulls Run, Virginia
• Slide 25 1st New York Battery
• Slice 28 - 41st New York Infantry