Tennessee Ernie Ford Sings Songs of the Civil War

~ Release by Tennessee Ernie Ford (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1The Army of the Free
2:09
2Virginia’s Bloody Soil
4:34
3Marching Song (of the First Arkansas Negro Regiment)
3:03
4The Why and the Wherefore
2:13
5The Vacant Chair
cover recording of:
The Vacant Chair
lyricist:
Henry S. Washburn
composer:
George Frederick Root (aka G. Friedrich Wurzel) (in 1861)
is based on:
The Vacant Chair
4:16
6The Fall of Charleston
2:22
7The New York Volunteer
2:06
8The Faded Coat of Blue
cover recording of:
The Faded Coat of Blue (US civil war song)
writer:
John Hugh McNaughton (from 1862 to present)
4:33
9Marching Through Georgia
cover recording of:
Marching Through Georgia
lyricist and composer:
Henry Clay Work
2:22
10Just Before the Battle, Mother
cover recording of:
Just Before the Battle Mother
lyricist and composer:
George Frederick Root (aka G. Friedrich Wurzel)
2:50
11The Girl I Left Behind Me
cover recording of:
The Girl I Left Behind
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:03
12Union Dixie
cover recording of:
Union Dixie
version of:
Dixie
2:22
13Stonewall Jackson’s Way
3:09
14Lorena
cover recording of:
Lorena
lyricist:
Henry DeLafayette Webster
composer:
Joseph Philbrick Webster
4:17
15Riding a Raid
2:48
16Maryland, My Maryland
cover recording of:
Maryland, My Maryland
anthem of:
Maryland, United States (from 1939-04-29 until 2021-05-18)
lyricist:
James Ryder Randall (in 1861)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: V19764)
is based on:
O Tannenbaum (O Fir Tree, original German version)
3:14
17Goober Peas
cover recording of:
Goober Peas
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
adaptations:
Goober Peas
3:17
18I Can Whip the Scoundrel
2:06
19The Bonnie Blue Flag
cover recording of:
The Bonnie Blue Flag
lyricist:
Harry Macarthy
2:31
20The Valiant Conscript
3:27
21The Rebel Soldier
cover recording of:
Rebel Soldier ("oh Polly, oh Polly, it's for your sake alone...")
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
3:45
22The Southern Wagon
3:04
23Flight of Doodles
2:18
24Dixie
cover recording of:
Dixie
lyricist and composer:
Daniel Decatur Emmett (19th century songwriter)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Klezmer Corp (publisher, ASCAP)
2:18