The Blue and The Gray Marching Through Georgia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTjxqZWWmgc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-dzCt2xeSo
The songs "The Blue and The Gray" and "Marching through Georgia" are iconic songs of the 1860's. These two songs are both from the time period of the Civil War. The song "The Blue and The Gray" has many sections, one of which is an excerpt from Marching Through Georgia. This section is very uplifting and motivational. It has sections of fast moving and upbeat rhythms and slow and smooth rhythms as well. The first video contains guitars, banjos, and drums, trumpet, and low brass. It was most likely preformed in a studio. The second video contains the lyrics and similar instruments. The lyrics are symbolic of the army and how they felt while invading Georgia. In our band class, we should play it faster and more like a marching band.
LYRICS:
Verse 1
Bring the good old bugle, boys, we'll sing another song
Sing it with a spirit that will start the world along
Sing it as we used to sing it, 50,000 strong[5]
While we were marching through Georgia.
Chorus
Hurrah! Hurrah! we bring the jubilee![6]
Hurrah! Hurrah! the flag that makes you free!
So we sang the chorus from Atlanta to the sea
While we were marching through Georgia.
Verse 2
How the darkeys shouted when they heard the joyful sound
How the turkeys gobbled which our commissary found
How the sweet potatoes even started from the ground
While we were marching through Georgia.
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Vers
Yes and there were Union men who wept with joyful tears,
When they saw the honored flag they had not seen for years;
Hardly could they be restrained from breaking forth in cheers,
While we were marching through Georgia.
Verse 4
"Sherman's dashing Yankee boys will never reach the coast!"
So the saucy rebels said and 'twas a handsome boast
Had they not forgot, alas! to reckon with the Host
While we were marching through Georgia.
Verse 5
So we made a thoroughfare for freedom and her train,
Sixty miles in latitude, three hundred to the main;
Treason fled before us, for resistance was in vain
While we were marching through Georgia.
Verse 1
Bring the good old bugle, boys, we'll sing another song
Sing it with a spirit that will start the world along
Sing it as we used to sing it, 50,000 strong[5]
While we were marching through Georgia.
Chorus
Hurrah! Hurrah! we bring the jubilee![6]
Hurrah! Hurrah! the flag that makes you free!
So we sang the chorus from Atlanta to the sea
While we were marching through Georgia.
Verse 2
How the darkeys shouted when they heard the joyful sound
How the turkeys gobbled which our commissary found
How the sweet potatoes even started from the ground
While we were marching through Georgia.
Images taken from WikiMedia.org
Vers
Yes and there were Union men who wept with joyful tears,
When they saw the honored flag they had not seen for years;
Hardly could they be restrained from breaking forth in cheers,
While we were marching through Georgia.
Verse 4
"Sherman's dashing Yankee boys will never reach the coast!"
So the saucy rebels said and 'twas a handsome boast
Had they not forgot, alas! to reckon with the Host
While we were marching through Georgia.
Verse 5
So we made a thoroughfare for freedom and her train,
Sixty miles in latitude, three hundred to the main;
Treason fled before us, for resistance was in vain
While we were marching through Georgia.
Citations:
"Marching Through Georgia." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 10 Apr. 2013. Web. 14 Oct. 2013.
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"Marching Through Georgia." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 10 Apr. 2013. Web. 14 Oct. 2013.
Images taken from WikiMedia.org