Marching Through Georgia by Henry Clay Work
Marching Through Georgia by Henry Clay Work

Marching Through Georgia

Henry-clay-work

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Marching Through Georgia by Henry Clay Work

Release Date
Sun Jan 01 1865
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A marching song written near the end of 1865 by composer, songwriter, and noted abolitionist Henry Clay Work. The lyrics celebrate U.S. Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman’s “March to the Sea” campaign, undertaken in 1864 as the North’s attempt to sack Savannah, Georgia.

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Marching Through Georgia Lyrics

[Verse]
Bring the good old bugle, boys, we'll sing another song
Sing it with a spirit that will start the world along
Sing it as we used to sing it, 50,000 strong
While we were marching through Georgia

[Chorus]
Hurrah! Hurrah! We bring the jubilee!
Hurrah! Hurrah! The flag that makes you free!
So we sang the chorus from Atlanta to the sea
While we were marching through Georgia

[Verse]
How the darkeys shouted when they heard the joyful sound
How the turkeys gobbled which our commissary found
How the sweet potatoes even started from the ground
While we were marching through Georgia

[Chorus]
Hurrah! Hurrah! We bring the jubilee!
Hurrah! Hurrah! The flag that makes you free!
So we sang the chorus from Atlanta to the sea
While we were marching through Georgia

[Verse]
Yes and there were Union men who wept with joyful tears
When they saw the honored flag they had not seen for years;
Hardly could they be restrained from breaking forth in cheers
While we were marching through Georgia

[Chorus]
Hurrah! Hurrah! We bring the jubilee!
Hurrah! Hurrah! The flag that makes you free!
So we sang the chorus from Atlanta to the sea
While we were marching through Georgia

[Verse]
"Sherman's dashing Yankee boys will never reach the coast!"
So the saucy rebels said and 'twas a handsome boast
Had they not forgot, alas! to reckon with the Host
While we were marching through Georgia

[Chorus]
Hurrah! Hurrah! We bring the jubilee!
Hurrah! Hurrah! The flag that makes you free!
So we sang the chorus from Atlanta to the sea
While we were marching through Georgia

[Verse]
So we made a thoroughfare for freedom and her train
Sixty miles in latitude, three hundred to the main;
Treason fled before us, for resistance was in vain
While we were marching through Georgia

[Chorus]
Hurrah! Hurrah! We bring the jubilee!
Hurrah! Hurrah! The flag that makes you free!
So we sang the chorus from Atlanta to the sea
While we were marching through Georgia

Marching Through Georgia Q&A

When did Henry-clay-work release Marching Through Georgia?

Henry-clay-work released Marching Through Georgia on Sun Jan 01 1865.

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