Songs of the Civil War | |
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Compilation album by Various artists | |
Released | August 13, 1991 |
Genre | Traditional |
Length | 1:09:53 |
Label | Columbia |
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Songs of the Civil War is a compilation album, released in 1991 by Columbia, that presents an assortment of contemporary performers recording period pieces and traditional songs, most of which date back to the American Civil War. [3]
No. | Title | Artist | Length |
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1. | " Ashokan Farewell" | Jay Ungar and Molly Mason | 4:11 |
2. | "No More Auction Block For Me" | Sweet Honey in the Rock | 5:30 |
3. | "Lincoln and Liberty" | Ronnie Gilbert | 2:12 |
4. | " Dixie's Land" | United States Military Academy Band [4] | 1:17 |
5. | "The Southern Soldier Boy" | Kathy Mattea | 2:36 |
6. | " Aura Lee" | John Hartford | 1:28 |
7. | "Rebel Soldier" | Waylon Jennings | 3:30 |
8. | "Follow the Drinking Gourd" | Richie Havens | 3:25 |
9. | " Battle Hymn of the Republic" | Judy Collins | 2:17 |
10. | " When Johnny Comes Marching Home" | United States Military Academy Band [4] [5] | 2:13 |
11. | "Was My Brother in the Battle?" | Kate & Anna McGarrigle | 3:43 |
12. | " The Yellow Rose of Texas" | Hoyt Axton | 2:15 |
13. | "Run, Mourner, Run" | Sweet Honey in the Rock | 2:44 |
14. | "Give Us a Flag" | Richie Havens | 2:39 |
15. | "The Secesh (Shiloh)" | John Hartford | 2:55 |
16. | "Somebody's Darling" | Kathy Mattea | 4:12 |
17. | "An Old Unreconstructed" | Waylon Jennings | 1:52 |
18. | "Vacant Chair" | Kathy Mattea | 4:12 |
19. | "Better Times Are Coming" | Kate & Anna McGarrigle | 1:46 |
20. | "Lorena" | John Hartford | 4:44 |
21. | " Marching Through Georgia" (originally by Henry Clay Work, 1865)) | Jay Ungar and Molly Mason | 3:01 |
22. | " Hard Times Come Again No More" (originally by Stephen Foster, 1854)) | Kate & Anna McGarrigle | 2:27 |
23. | " Oh I'm a Good Old Rebel" | Hoyt Axton | 1:54 |
24. | " When Johnny Comes Marching Home" | Ronnie Gilbert | 1:51 |
25. | " Taps" | Staff Sgt. Steve Luck [4] | 0:59 |