![]() ![]() The song is still popular today and is heard on TV shows and movies about the war, at reenactment events, and at just about anything else having to do with the Civil War. Words and Music by George Frederick Root VERSE 1 G Em B7 C Yes, well rally round the flag, boys, well rally once again, G D Shouting the battle cry of. The U - nion for-ev-er, hur-rah, boys, hur-rah Down with the trai-tor, up with the star. And al-though they may be poor not a man shall be a slave, Shout-ing the bat-tle cry of free - dom. There was even a southern adaptation of the song, with changes in the lyrics, of course. We wil welcome to our num-bers the loyal, true and brave, Shout-ing the bat-tle cry of free - dom. Printing presses could not keep up with the demand for the sheet music estimates of sales range from 500,000-750,000 copies over the course of the war. The song was an immediate hit with both the soldiers and the civilian population, and became an anthem for the Union cause on a par with The Battle Hymn of the Republic. Morale in the north was low following the Union Army’s defeat in the Peninsula Campaign. ![]() At that time, President Abraham Lincoln called for 300,000 more volunteers for the army and navy. Another knock-off, 'Rally Round the Flag,' had mundane lyrics and was produced by James T. Root wrote The Battle Cry of Freedom in July of 1862. Both of those are sentimental pieces, but Root’s most famous contribution to Civil War music is a more rousing tune, The Battle Cry of Freedom. Composer George Frederick Root wrote many popular Civil War songs, including The Vacant Chair and Just Before the Battle, Mother. ![]()
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