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Offered here is a vintage RARE Civil War Era large format sheet music: "The Marching Song of Sherman's Army" a Patriotic Refrain, "Sherman Marched Down to the Sea", Dedicated To The Veterans of Sherman's Army, words by Adj't Byres of the 5th Iowa, music by W. C. Peters, Published by A. C. Peters & Bro, Cincinnati, 1865. This had light dirtiness/foxing and at light stain at the top right through the pages. This is the version written down by Sherman in his memoires - it is every so slightly different than the famous version title "When Sherman Marched Down To The Sea".
Composed by Adjutant S. H. M. Byers, of the Fifth Iowa Infantry, when a prisoner in the asylum at Columbia - Arranged and sung by the Prisoners in Columbia Prison.
Our camp-fires shone bright on the mountain
That frowned on the river below,
As we stood by our guns in the morning,
And eagerly watched for the foe;
When a rider came out of the darkness
That hung over mountain and tree,
And shouted, "Boys, up and be ready!
For Sherman will march to the sea!"
CHORUS:
Then sang we a song of our chieftain,
That echoed over river and lea;
And the stars of our banner shone brighter
When Sherman marched down to the sea!
II
Then cheer upon cheer for bold Sherman
Went up from each valley and glen,
And the bugles reechoed the music
That came from the lips of the men;
For we knew that the stars in our banner
More bright in their splendor would be,
And that blessings from Northland world greet us,
When Sherman marched down to the sea!
Then sang we a song, etc.
III
Then forward, boys! forward to battle!
We marched on our wearisome way,
We stormed the wild hills of Resacar
God bless those who fell on that day!
Then Kenesaw frowned in its glory,
Frowned down on the flag of the free;
But the East and the West bore our standard,
And Sherman marched on to the sea!
Then sang we a song, etc.
IV
Still onward we pressed, till our banners
Swept out from Atlanta's grim walls,
And the blood of the patriot dampened
The soil where the traitor-flag falls;
But we paused not to weep for the fallen,
Who slept by each river and tree,
Yet we twined them a wreath of the laurel,
As Sherman marched down to the sea!
Then sang we a song, etc.
V
Oh, proud was our army that morning,
That stood where the pine darkly towers,
When Sherman said, "Boys, you are weary,
But to-day fair Savannah is ours!"
Then sang we the song of our chieftain,
That echoed over river and lea,
And the stars in our banner shone brighter
When Sherman camped down by the sea
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| Status: For Sale |
Reference#: _200226621167 |
| Condition:
used |
Year:
1865
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| Country:
US |
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| Title:
Antique Civil War Sheet Music |
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