They have laid down their lives on the bloody battle field. Our gallant boys have marched to the rolling of the drums,Īnd the leaders in charge cry out, “Come, boys, come!” How do you think the Southern version of the song symbolizes the. We’ll rally ’round the bonny flag, we’ll rally once again, Compare the lyrics for Battle Cry of Freedom, and answer the following questions. While The Battle Cry of Freedom was originally written as a Unionist rallying song, it was. will have both a Northern and a Southern version) and other well-known songs. This is a close-up image of a Confederate States of America bill. Our Dixie forever! She’s never at a loss!ĭown with the eagle and up with the cross! This month the sheet music for a new song, The Battle Cry of Freedom by. Our flag is proudly floating on the land and on the main,īeneath it oft we’ve conquered, and we’ll conquer oft again! How can both sides be crying “Freedom”? Do they understand the same thing by “freedom”? Where the Northern version says, “Down with the traitor,” the Southern version says “Down with the eagle,” and speaks of the motto of resistance-“To the tyrants we’ll not yield!” Do these differences point to different reasons for why these men are fighting?
Barnes) The Battle Cry of Freedom proved to be the second-most-popular song of the war in the North indeed, among the civilian population it likely even surpassed what was probably the soldiers’ favorite, John Brown’s Body. Like Root’s original, this Southern version makes “Freedom” its battle cry. The Battle Cry of Freedom (words & music by George Frederick Root Southern version with words by William H.
Barnes, the manager of the Atlanta Amateurs, a group of volunteer musicians who performed for the benefit of various soldiers’ relief funds, produced a Southern version, for which the composer Hermann L. Root’s publication of the immensely popular “ The Battle Cry of Freedom,” lyricist William H.
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