Martial Music, War of the Rebellion: Battle Cry of LbNA #30233 (ARCHIVED)

Martial Music, The War of the Rebellion:
The Battle Cry of Freedom

**30.August 2015: I was unable to find the 'box today, and it is most likely missing. :-( **

(One in an occasionally expanding series…)

Federal: For the Cause!
(What’re we fighting for?)


“The Battle Cry of Freedom”
Words and Music by: George F. Root, 1862

Oh, we'll rally 'round the flag boys, we'll rally once again,
Shouting the battle cry of freedom;
We will rally from the hillside, we'll gather from the plain,
Shouting the battle cry of freedom.

Chorus:
The Union forever, Hurrah, boys, hurrah!
Down with the traitor, up with the star;
While we rally 'round the flag, boys, rally once again,
Shouting the battle cry of freedom,
Shouting the battle cry of freedom.

We are springing to the call of our brothers gone before,
Shouting the battle cry of freedom,
And we'll fill the vacant ranks with a million freemen more,
Shouting the battle cry of freedom. (Chorus)

We well welcome to our numbers the loyal, true, and brave,
Shouting the battle cry of freedom,
And although they may be poor not a man shall be a slave,
Shouting the battle cry of freedom. (Chorus)

So we're springing to the call from the East and from the West,
Shouting the battle cry of freedom,
And we'll hurl the Rebel crew from the land we love the best,
Shouting the battle cry of freedom. (Chorus)

From (cut and paste to listen to the music): http://my.homewithgod.com/heavenlymidis/USA/battlecry.html

“George Frederick Root was born in Sheffield, Massachusetts in 1820. From an early age, he showed remarkable musical abilities, mastering no fewer than thirteen different instruments by the age of 12. Although not gifted with vocal abilities to match his instrumental prowess, he nevertheless became a voice instructor in Boston, teaching both privately and in schools. Root eventually began composing, writing in the classical genre. He also became a partner in the Chicago-based music publishing firm of Root and Cady, sold instruments and songbooks, and published The Song Messenger of the Northwest, a music-oriented periodical.
When the War Between the States broke out, Root began to write patriotic songs for the Union war effort. Although his earlier attempts at popular pieces had so embarrassed him that he signed them with the name "Wurzel" (German for "root"), so as not to compromise his reputation as a serious composer, he showed no hesitation in turning out song after song. Classics such as "The Battle Cry of Freedom," "Just Before the Battle, Mother," and "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!" established him as perhaps the most popular and certainly the most prolific of wartime composer/songwriters.”
From: http://www.civilwarpoetry.org/authors/root.htm
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Follow the link (cut and paste) to listen to “The Battle Cry of Freedom” as performed by the 97th Regimental String Band:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ccQ6cT-9kk
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BYOInk: there is no pen, bring a dark blue stamp pad or marker.

Letterbox Difficulty Rating:
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All directions are magnetic and a pace equals two (2) steps.
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Find Steele’s Crossing Rd. off Route 6 in Coventry and park in the lot on the right at the intersection with the Hop River Rail Trail. Head East down the trail.

Soon you will come to Bailey Rd., continue heading East. After passing through a rock cut, as you emerge, look up to the left for a boulder embedded in the hillside, it has a tree growing out of it’s west side.

Climb to the top of the boulder and you will see a large, old blow-down tree.

TRIPPING HAZARD: be careful of the old wire fence lying on the ground just back of the boulder!!!

Look low and left for the 'box at the hollow end of the blow-down under chunks of the broken tree.

Please stamp in away from the hiding place, and carefully avoid making or at least try to conceal social trails to the letterbox--especially in mud or snow! Kindly double-bag the log, reseal the Lock-n-Lock type box, and re-hide the letterbox exactly where it was placed, covering it well and contact the placer if you find any problems.
Thank you, Connfederate