{"id":1055,"date":"2018-12-03T21:35:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T21:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1055"},"modified":"2023-05-23T13:29:19","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T13:29:19","slug":"marching-through-georgia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/marching-through-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"Marching Through Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[WARNING: contains racial stereotypes. No hatred is intended. We present it in original form as part of musical history.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a 1865 popular song<br>words and music by Henry Clay Work<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This marching song is a retrospective look at the end of the Civil War. It would not be liked in the south because Sherman&#8217;s army destroyed the south as they went. This was to prevent a repeat by punishing the confederates. Of course, this gave rise to the saying, &#8220;The south shall rise again!&#8221; In honor of Major General Sherman&#8217;s famous march &#8220;from Atlanta to the Sea.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sheet music:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Marching-Through-Georgia.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Marching Through Georgia - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-e95bf1eb-320a-438e-b481-b3aae5b15495\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Marching-Through-Georgia.pdf\">Marching Through Georgia &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Marching-Through-Georgia.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-e95bf1eb-320a-438e-b481-b3aae5b15495\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Accompaniment: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-908ae7c6-553f-4093-8eba-a2f3e9314fe3\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Marching-Through-Georgia-MIDI.mid\">Marching Through Georgia &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Marching-Through-Georgia-MIDI.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-908ae7c6-553f-4093-8eba-a2f3e9314fe3\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lyrics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. Bring the good old bugle, boys<br>We\u2019ll sing another song<br>Sing it with a spirit that will<br>Start the world along<br>Sing it as we used to sing it<br>Fifty thousand strong<br>While we were marching through Georgia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chorus<br>\u201cHurrah! Hurrah! we bring the Jubilee!<br>Hurrah! Hurrah! the flag that makes you free!\u201d<br>So we sang the chorus from Atlanta to the sea<br>While we were marching through Georgia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. How the darkeys shouted when<br>They heard the joyful sound<br>How the turkeys gobbled<br>Which our commissary found<br>How the sweet potatoes even<br>Started from the ground<br>While we were marching through Georgia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. Yes, and there were Union men<br>Who wept with joyful tears<br>When they saw the honor\u2019d flag<br>They had not seen for years<br>Hardly could they be restrained<br>From breaking forth in cheers<br>While we were marching through Georgia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4. \u201cSherman\u2019s dashing Yankee boys<br>Will never reach the coast!\u201d<br>So the saucy rebels said<br>And \u2019twas a handsome boast<br>Had they not forgot, alas<br>To reckon with the host<br>While we were marching through Georgia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5. So we made a thoroughfare<br>For Freedom and her train<br>Sixty miles in latitude<br>Three hundred to the main<br>Treason fled before us<br>For resistance was in vain<br>While we were marching through Georgia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sung here by Fred Feild:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Marching-Through-Georgia.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[WARNING: contains racial stereotypes. No hatred is intended. We present it in original form as part of musical history.] a 1865 popular songwords and music by Henry Clay Work This marching song is a retrospective look at the end of the Civil War. It would not be liked in the south because Sherman&#8217;s army destroyed &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/marching-through-georgia\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Marching Through Georgia&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1055","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-h1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1055"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4073,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1055\/revisions\/4073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}