Keith and Rusty McNeil perform both the Battle Cry of Freedom and Southern Battle Cry of Freedom on "Civil War Songs with Historical Narration" (WEM Records, 1989, ISBN 1-87)īilly Bragg wrote a song based upon the 'Battle Cry of Freedom' with a socialist slant called There is power in a Union on the Talking with the Taxman about Poetry album. Ry Cooder performed this song as Rally 'Round the Flag on his Boomer's Story album. While we rally round the cause, boys, we'll rally in our might, James McPhersons fast-paced narrative fully integrates the political, social, and military events that crowded the two decades from the. Our noble women also have aided them at home.Ĭhorus Chorus (1864 election campaign) įor Lincoln and Johnson, hurrah, boys, hurrah!ĭown with the rebellion and on with the war, 'Now featuring a new Afterword by the author, this handy paperback edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Battle Cry of Freedom is without question the definitive one-volume history of the Civil War. While our boys have responded and to the fields have gone. Their motto is resistance - "To tyrants we'll not yield!" 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!" We'll rally 'round the bonny flag, we'll rally once again, Our Dixie forever! She's never at a loss!ĭown with the eagle and up with the cross! From there, the narrative speeds through 28 chapters that draw a precise and lively picture of what America and Americans were like in mid-19th century.
The volume begins with a deft description of the ragged American army trudging into Mexico City in 1847. Our flag is proudly floating on the land and on the main,īeneath it oft we've conquered, and we'll conquer oft again! With this major work, McPherson (History/Princeton Ordeal by Fire) cements his reputation as one of the finest Civil War historians. So we're springing to the call from the East and from the West,Īnd we'll hurl the rebel crew from the land we love best,
We will welcome to our numbers the loyal, true and brave,Īnd although he may be poor, not a man shall be a slave, We are springing to the call with a million freemen more,Īnd we'll fill our vacant ranks of our brothers gone before, While we rally round the flag, boys, rally once again, We will rally from the hillside, we'll gather from the plain, Yes we'll rally round the flag, boys, we'll rally once again, This is notable, because their citizens were enemies but sung the same patriotic song.
There are two lyrics, a Union and a Confederate version.