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The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 9: Poetry and Eloquence. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Appendix: songs of the war days (search)
e spiritual was an old one, the words were considered as being symbolical of new events. A little colored boy explained the matter tersely to Mr. Allan. Dey tink de Lord mean fo‘ to say de Yankees call us. We'll fight for liberty, We'll fight for liberty, We'll fight for liberty, When de Lord will call us home. And it won't be londe Lord will call us home. And it won't be long, And it won't be long, And it won't be long, When de Lord will call us home. Many thousand go This spiritual, to which the Civil war actually gave rise, was composed by nobody knows whom, although it is perhaps the most recent of the slave spirituals of which we have record. Lieut. Col. Trowbridge learned that it was firde Lord will call us home. Many thousand go This spiritual, to which the Civil war actually gave rise, was composed by nobody knows whom, although it is perhaps the most recent of the slave spirituals of which we have record. Lieut. Col. Trowbridge learned that it was first sung on the occasion when General Beauregard gathered the slaves from the Port royal Islands to build fortifications at Hilton head and Bay Point. No more peck oa corn for me, No more, no more; No more peck oa corn for me, Many tousand go. No more driver's lash for me, No more, no more; No more driver's lash for me, Many tousand