Songbook of the American Revolution / With illus. by Nancy Hansen.
| Author/creator | Rabson, Carolyn |
| Other author | Hansen, Nancy V. A. |
| Format | Musical Score |
| Publication Info | Peaks Island, Me. : NEO Press, [©1974] |
| Description | v, 112 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Four songs to the tune Hearts of oak: The liberty song ;; A parody on a liberty song ;; A new liberty song ;; A refugee song --; A song to the sons of liberty --; Four songs to the tune Derry down: Castle Island song ;; A new song to an old tune ;; Public spirit of the women ;; The epilogue --; A tea party song --; A song on liberty --; The whig --; The banks of the Dee and a parody --; Junto song --; The Irishman's epistle to the officers and troops at Boston --; The king's own regulars --; A new war song / by; Sir Peter Parker --; The congress --; A war song --; Collinet and Phebe --; The battle of Trenton --; Two songs to the tune Wat'ry God: A parody on the Wat'ry God ;; A song about Charleston --; The fate of John Burgoyne --; The rebels --; The British light infantry --; The halcyon days of old England --; Three songs to the tune Yankee doodle: The battle of the Kegs ;; Yankee doodle's expedition to Rhode Island ;; The recess --; The American vicar of Bray --; An appeal to loyalists --; Carnwallis Burgoyned --; Chester --; Bunker Hill --; Ode for the Fourth of July --; Thanksgiving hymn --; A toast to Washington --; Admas and liberty --; Paul Jones --; The federal constitution and liberty forever --; Hail! Columbia --; Ode for American independence |
| Abstract | Words and music of ballads, national songs, and hymns from the Revolutionary War. Includes varied versions of "Hearts of Oak," "Derry Down," and "Yankee Doodle." |
| Bibliography note | Bibliography: p. 103-107. |
| LCCN | 73081353 |
| ISBN | 0911014195 |
| ISBN | 0911014187 (pbk.) |