Civil War Song, 188X
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Brookville, Pa., 188
Marching Through Georgia.
1. Bring the good old bugle, boys! We’ll sing another song—Sing it with a spirit that will start the world along—Sing it as we used to sing it, fifty thousand strong, While we were marching through Georgia.
2. How the darkies shouted when they heard the joy-sound! How the turkeys gobbled which our commissary found! How the sweet potatoes even started from the ground, While we were marching through Geor-
3. Yes, and there were Union men who wept with tears, When they saw the honor’d flag they hadn’t seen for years, Hardly could they be restrained from breaking fourth in cheers, While we were marching through Georgia.
4. Shermans dashing Yankee boys will never reach the coast! So the saucy rebels said and ‘twas a a handsome boast. Had they not forgot alas! To reckon with the host, While we were marching through Georgia
5. So made a thoroughfare for Freedom and her train, Sixty miles in latitude—Three hundred to the main; Treason fled before us for resistance was in vain, While we were marching through Georgia.
Chorus Hurrah! hurrah! We bring the jubilee
Hurrah! hurrah the flag that makes you free
So we sang the chorus from Atlanta to the sea
While we were marching though Georgia.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (739) | DL0096.010 | 7 | Letters | 188X |
Letter from Private William Rodgers, 148th Pennsylvania Infantry, Camp Beaver, Maryland, September 28, 1862, to his wife Sarah Rodgers, Brookville, Pennsylvania
Tags: African Americans, Animals, Food, Marching, March to the Sea, Music, Southern Unionism, William T. Sherman
SOURCES
Civil War Song, 188X, DL0096.010, Nau Collection.
