Transcriber’s Notes: This e-book was created from two sources:(1) The Good Old Songs We Used to Sing—’61to ’65 (1902); and (2) 19th-Century sheet music from The Civil WarSongbook (Dover Publications, 1977) and the Civil War and Historic Sheet MusicCollections of the Library of Congress (www.loc.gov).A source list and notes for the music can be foundat the end of this e-book.
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The Good Old Songs
We Used to Sing—’61 to ’65
PRICE, TEN CENTS
GENERAL ULYSSES S. GRANT
PHOTO FROM LIFE, 1864
O.H. OLDROYD
Washington, D.C.
Nineteen Hundred and Two
 | he Good Old |
| SONGS |
WE USED TO SING
’61 to ’65.
Dedicated to the Veterans of the
War of the Rebellion.
First Published in 1882.
TEN CENTS.
SENT POSTPAID UPON RECEIPT OF PRICE.
COPYRIGHTED BY
O.H. Oldroyd, Publisher
Washington, D.C.
1902.
CONTENTS
SHERMAN’S MARCH TO THE SEA.
MARCHING THROUGH GEORGIA.
A THOUSAND YEARS.
HAIL COLUMBIA.
JUST BEFORE THE BATTLE, MOTHER.
WE’VE DRUNK FROM THE SAME CANTEEN.
THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER.
OLD SHADY.
COLUMBIA, THE GEM OF THE OCEAN,
THE ARMY BEAN....