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Southern Soldier is the fourth studio album by the 2nd South Carolina String Band
, released in 2006. It features songs from the American Civil War
era played on period instruments using the original words and music.
2nd South Carolina String Band
The 2nd South Carolina String Band is a band of Civil War re-enactors who recreate American popular music of the 1820s to 1860s with authentic instruments and in period style. The group claims to "perform Civil War music as authentically as possible . . . as it truly sounded to the soldiers of the...
, released in 2006. It features songs from the American Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
era played on period instruments using the original words and music.
Track listing
- Nelly Bly
- Hard Tack Come Again No MoreHard Tack Come Again No More"Hard Tack, Come Again No More" is an American Civil War-era parody of the song "Hard Times, Come Again No More." First called "Hard Crackers, Come Again No More!", it is a sarcastic complaint about the quality of some of the provisions provided by military contractors...
- Stonewall Jackson's WayStonewall Jackson's Way"Stonewall Jackson's Way" is a poem penned during the American Civil War that later became a well-known patriotic song of the Confederate States of America and the Southern United States...
/GarryowenGarryowenGarryowen, also known as Garyowen, Garry Owen and Gary Owens, is an Irish tune for a quickstep dance.- History :It emerged in the late 18th century, when it was a drinking song of rich young roisters in Limerick... - Listen to the Mockingbird/Siege of Vicksburg
- Amazing GraceAmazing Grace"Amazing Grace" is a Christian hymn with words written by the English poet and clergyman John Newton , published in 1779. With a message that forgiveness and redemption are possible regardless of the sins people commit and that the soul can be delivered from despair through the mercy of God,...
- Clare de KitchenClare de Kitchen"Clare de Kitchen" is an American song from the blackface minstrel tradition. It dates to 1832, when blackface performers such as George Nichols, Thomas D. Rice, and George Washington Dixon began to sing it. These performers and American writers such as T. Allston Brown traced the song's origins to...
- Kelton's Reel/Waiting for the Federals
- My Old Kentucky HomeMy Old Kentucky Home"My Old Kentucky Home" is a minstrel song by Stephen Foster , probably composed in 1852. It was published as "My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night" in January 1853 by Firth, Pond, & Co. of New York...
- The Yellow Rose of TexasThe Yellow Rose of Texas"The Yellow Rose of Texas" is a traditional folk song. The original love song has become associated with the legend of how an indentured servant named Emily Morgan "helped win the battle of San Jacinto, the decisive battle in the Texas Revolution."...
- Southron's Battle Cry of Freedom
- The Minstrel BoyThe Minstrel Boy"The Minstrel Boy" is an Irish patriotic song written by Thomas Moore who set it to the melody of The Moreen, an old Irish air. It is widely believed that Moore composed the song in remembrance of a number of his friends, whom he met while studying at Trinity College, Dublin and who had...
- Southron's Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!
- Jim Along Josie
- Sweet Evalina
- War Song of Dixie
- Hawks and Eagles