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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)
uaves! Do nothing by halves: Home to the hilt, with the bay'net, Zouaves. The songs of Stephen C. Foster Stephen C. Foster, an American song-writer of Irish descent, was the most famous American folk-song writer of his day. While many of the songs antedate the actual years of the war, they were sung far and wide throughout the struggle and have continued to be popular down to the present day. Half a million copies were sold of Swanee Rubber, and as many more of My old Kentucky home and Massa's in the cold, cold ground. My old Kentucky home, good night The sun shines bright in the old Kentucky home; 'Tis summer, the darkeys are gay, The corn-top s ripe and the meadow s in the bloom, While the birds make music all the day. The young folks roll on the little cabin floor, All merry, all happy and bright; By-'n-by hard times comes a-knocking at the door:— Then my old Kentucky home, good-night! Chorus— Weep no more, my lady, Oh! weep no more today! We will sing one song for th