"The Liberty Song"
From American Revolution to World War I
(AMRC CD 0032)

Opening verse of the first American protest song:

Come, join hand brave AMERICANS all,
And rouse your bold hearts at fair LIBERTY'S call;
No tyrannous acts shall suppress your just claim,
Or stain with dishonor AMERICA'S name,
Chorus: In FREEDOM we're born and in FREEDOM we'll live,
Our purses are ready,
Steady, Friends, Steady,
Not as SLAVES but as FREEMEN our Money we'll give.

Text by John Dickinson, The Boston Chronicle, 1768
Tune: "Heart of Oak" by William Boyce

Hear an arrangement of this song by W.A. Fisher,
performed by the Old Stoughton Musical Society Chorus,
America's oldest surviving choral society--

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For sample streaming music, click the underlined links

 

American Revolution

1. +The Liberty Song - words: John Dickinson, 1768/
arranged by William A. Fisher

2. Brave America (tune: British Grenadiers) - words: Dr. Joseph Warren, 1770

3. The Lexington March (tune: Yankee Doodle) - ca. 1775

4. +Father and I Went Down to Camp (tune: Yankee Doodle) -
words: attributed to Edward Bangs, 1776/
arranged by William A. Fisher

5. Chester - words and music: William Billings, 1778

6.+ Song of Thanksgiving -- music: William Billings
(ballad written about the end of the American Revolution/
edited by Roger Hall)

New England Singing-Masters

7. The Bird - William Billings, 1790

8. +Victory - Daniel Read, 1793

9. +New Bethlehem - Edward French, 1799

 

U.S. Constitution and First President

10. +3 tunes:
The Grand Constitution, 1787
Constitution Song - tune: Yankee Doodle, 1788
Ode to President George Washington - tune" God Save The King,1789

 

War of 1812

11. Star Spangled Banner - words: Francis Scott Key, 1814/
music: To Anacreon (19th century choral arrangement)

12. + Peace - words: Esther Talbot, 1814
music: Roger Hall - to read about this anti-war poem -- click here

The Civil War Decade

13. John Brown and Battle Hymn of the Republic - 1861-62 (original versions)

14. +A Praye For The Captive - words & music: Sister Cecilia DeVere, 1862

15. +Give Us This Day - words and music: Stephen C. Foster, 1863

16. + Angel of Peace - words: Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr, 1869/
music: Matthais Keller - American Hymn, 1866
written to commemorate the end of the Civil War
and first performed at the Grand National Peace Jubilee in 1869     

First concert performance by The Old Stoughton Musical Society Chorus,
Richard Hill, organist; Roger Hall, conductor
The concert held in celebration of the 350th Anniversary
for the City of Boston, Massachusetts in 1980

Read about the Grand National Peace Jubilee in 1869 -- click here

       

         
     
World War I

17. +Song of the Marching Men - music: Henry K. Hadley, 1919

18. +Land of our Hearts (Finale only) - words: John Hall Ingham/
music: George Whitefield Chadwick,1918

+ Premiere Recording

Performers on the CD:

Philip Hawk and The Band of Musick (tracks 2-3)
Plymouth Church Choir (tracks 7, 14)
Old Stoughton Musical Society Chorus (tracks 1, 4-6, 8-13, 15-18)

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