Doubt that you'll see Poulton's name attributed anywhere. A Wikipedia article gives lyric credit to Ken Darby, who was a backup vocalist for Bing Crosby and also worked on The Wizard of Oz. The new lyrics are attributed to Presley, but that's due to a contractual arrangement for royalty assignment. It's a beautiful and enduring melody, which is why new lyrics were written for Elvis's "slow dreamy ballad" debut in the movie that shared the song's title. I use Aura Lea in Civil War programs, and in programs of local music. Poulton died in 1867, age 38 an obituary attributed his death to "dissolute habits." Poulton, and lyricist W D Fosdick, published the song in 1861. The melody of Love Me Tender is Aura Lea, written right in my Rochester NY neck of the woods by George Poulton, expatriate Englishman, music teacher, composer, and disreputable person - one of the few American composers, I'd guess, to be tarred and feathered, and arrested for arson. But I heard that the melody of "Love Me Tender" dates to around the time of the Civli War. Sorry to get carried away a bit, but I hope this helps. A lot of the basic Foster minstrel repertoire is good period stuff as well. Girl I Left Behind Me and Garryowen were recognized marching tunes. One of the few anti-war songs that survives is Kittredge's Tenting Tonight - one of the all-time greats!ĭover Books' The Civil War Songbook has facsimile sheet music for 37 songs, and is a great source (if it's still in print - copyright 1977).Īs to tunes, a lot of the basic fiddle repertoire is good to go for the period. The Faded Coat of Blue comes from my neck of the woods, composed by John Hugh McNaughton of Caledonia NY. Kathy Barton and Dave Para have done a couple of albums of Civil War songs from Missouri, Rebel In the Woods and Johnny Whistletrigger, and they're great sources of unusual songs I got I Goes To Fight Mit Sigel from them. (His Going 'Cross the Mountains is another great song, about his grandfather's crossing into Tennessee to join the Union army.) Of course you end up with the tune being used for Battle Hymn of the Republic. Frank Proffitt, the North Carolina traditional singer, had a wonderful version. The really definitional Civ War melody is probably John Brown's Body in all its variations you can find literally dozens of sets of words. There's a great after-the-war Southern song, The Southern Girl's Reply, to the same tune. Foster's Hard Times Come Again No More was supposedly a favorite of Lincoln's and there's a great soldiers' parody, Hard Tack, Come Again No More.įrom the Rebel side, you can't go wrong with The Bonnie Blue Flag even if you don't want to sing all eleven verses (I usually make do with the first two and the last). Lots of George Root's music he was one of the premier Northern composersĪ song that's often mentioned as being sung by soldiers on both sides is Home, Sweet Home. Use control F to search this page in your browser.I do a fair number of Civ War music programs here are ones I've used: This is a list of all the lyrics available in this section, click on A,B, etc in to top nav-bar to go to the song pages or on "folk song lyrics" to return to this page. Looking for sheet music or instrument arrangements for these songs? Search below: Should you need a print-out of the song, PDF versions (without banners or adverts) are available from the link at the bottom of each song page. As with most traditional music, a process know as "folk processing" occurs, which can result in many different versions of songs and tunes, so you may find more than one version of a song. Many of these songs are in the public domain or traditional categories, however this cannot be guaranteed and should you wish to use them as a basis of a performance or any non personal study purpose you are advised to contact the copyright holders. These lyrics are provided for study and scholarship purposes. These should not be considered as definitive versions representative of any particular performance or artist and in some cases more than one version of the song is provided. The songs in this section are a collection of transcriptions by various individuals. The range of song subjects is huge, including: loves lost and found, bad men, good men, adventures, great events, protest & political, comedy, outlaws, in-laws, religious, inspirational, carols & hymns, etc, you name it, you will find it here.Īlthough there is no sheet music or midis, some of these songs are variations of those found on our songs-midis pages or guitar and mandolin tab pages so check those out first for suitable music. Nearly all are from English speaking parts of the world, although there are a few foreign language items. Songs from many genres will be found, including: bluegrass, old-time, Christian, Celtic (Irish, & Scottish), English, Welsh, Canadian, Australian, & American. THIS COLLECTION includes more than 3700 lyrics for traditional, folk and old songs.
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