Thanks for an informative post!  Do you have a link to the "Music of
Lincoln"? I'd like to read the rest of the words. Looking at the music of a
time does indeed provide an interesting perspective on the issue.

                                 Anne

At 03:16 PM 2/20/03 -0500, you wrote:
>It is with some trepidation that an itenerant musician, such as I, do battle
>albeit a battle of wits (wit?) with academicians.  Yet I suggest you look at
>the songs of the time for another view of who was invading whom.''
>
>I think an analysis of Northern Patriotic Songs will show that threads
>running through them are generally:
>     - A Rally to old Abe (I think that I recall the name of the Library of
>Congress Civil War Songs is something like 'Music of Lincoln'.... but I may
>be wrong.  e.g. "We are coming Father Abraham, 100,000 strong"
>     - Preserving the Union, and just plain fighting

Anne Pemberton
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