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"Brave America"
American History in Song,
1770-1876
Protest and American Revolution (1770-1778)
Though the song is now usually titled "Free America" it was
originally titled "The New Massachusetts Liberty Song" and
here is the first verse :That Seat of Science Athens, and Earth's great Mistress Rome,
Where now are all their Glories, we scarce can find their Tomb:
Then guard your Rights, AMERICANS! nor stoop to lawless Sway,
Oppose, oppose, oppose, oppose, my brave AMERICA.
1. +Brave America
(aka: The New Massachusetts Liberty Song)
tune: THE BRITISH GRENADIERS -
words by Dr. Joseph Warren, 1770
both British and American versions of the song --
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2. +Father and I went down to camp (tune: YANKEE DOODLE)-
words attributed to Edward Bangs, 1776 - arr. William A. Fisher
3. Chester - William Billings, 1778
4. +Thanksgiving Hymn - tune: William Billings, 1778
words by unknown author
written for the end of the American Revolution, ca. 1783
edited by Roger Hall
Constitution and First U.S. President (1788-1789)
5. +U.S. Constitution Song (tune: YANKEE DOODLE)
words by unknown author, 1788/ed. by Roger Hall6. +Ode to President George Washington -
words: Samuel Low,1789/
tune: GOD SAVE THE KING/ed. by Roger Hall
Singing-Masters and Second U.S. President (1790-1798)
7. Anthem for Thanksgiving - William Billings, 1794
8. Coronation - Oliver Holden, 1792
(one of the only early American hymns still sung in churches)
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9. +Victory - Daniel Read, 1793
10. Adams and Liberty (tune: TO ANACREON)
text: Thomas R.T. Paine, 1798
Patriotism and Revivalism (1814-1848)
11. +The Star-Spangled Banner -
words: Francis Scott Key, 1814
(1860 choral version)12. +Simple Gifts - Elder Joseph Brackett, 1848/ edited by Roger Hall
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The Civil War: North and South (1861-1865)
13. +John Brown and Battle Hymn of the Republic, 1861-1862-
click here for streaming music example14. The Bonnie Blue Flag - words: Harry McCarthy,1861
15. Go Down, Moses - Spiritual, ca. 1862
16. Farewell, Friend and Guardian - words: L.M. Dawn
music" George F. Root, 1865 (Funeral hymn for Abraham Lincoln)
National Peace Jubilee and U.S. Centennial (1869-1876)
17. Chorus: Hymn of Peace - words: Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.,
music: Matthias Keller (American Hymn) - first performance at
the Grand National Peace Jubilee in Boston in 186918. +Cantata: Centennial Meditation of Columbia - text: Sidney Lanier,
music: Dudley Buck - composed for the U.S. Centennial in 1876+ = First recording
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