Manuscript/Mixed Material The Last fierce charge [textual and melodic transcriptions].
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Image 1 of The Last fierce charge [textual and melodic transcriptions].
Beat the drum lowly, play the fife slowly | Twas just before the last fearful charge Ben Rice The Last Fierce Charge.'Twas just before the last fearful chargeTwo soldiers drew a reinWith a parting look and a touch of the handThat they might meet again.One was {Begin deleted…- Contributor: Walker, Robert - Cowell, Sidney Robertson - Rice, Ben - Ford, Warde H. - Walker, Robert W.
- Date: 1936-01-01
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Image 2 of The Last fierce charge [textual and melodic transcriptions].
Beat the drum lowly, play the fife slowly | Twas just before the last fearful charge "One after another she has lostA husband and a sonAnd I the last to the country's callShe cheered and sent me on."She waits at home like a praying saintWhose heart 'tis filled…- Contributor: Walker, Robert - Cowell, Sidney Robertson - Rice, Ben - Ford, Warde H. - Walker, Robert W.
- Date: 1936-01-01
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Image 3 of The Last fierce charge [textual and melodic transcriptions].
Beat the drum lowly, play the fife slowly | Twas just before the last fearful charge [*1?] [Contributed by "Jack ? Surname ?. Monterey, Calif. August 1938. [sung by*1]?]THE LAST CHARGE AS {Begin deleted text}SUNG BY{End deleted text} learned from HERBIE AUSTIN,PORT HOPE, ONT., 1925It was just before…- Contributor: Walker, Robert - Cowell, Sidney Robertson - Rice, Ben - Ford, Warde H. - Walker, Robert W.
- Date: 1936-01-01
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Image 4 of The Last fierce charge [textual and melodic transcriptions].
Beat the drum lowly, play the fife slowly | Twas just before the last fearful charge- Contributor: Walker, Robert - Cowell, Sidney Robertson - Rice, Ben - Ford, Warde H. - Walker, Robert W.
- Date: 1936-01-01
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Image 5 of The Last fierce charge [textual and melodic transcriptions].
Beat the drum lowly, play the fife slowly | Twas just before the last fearful charge 2 "One after another of whom she lovedShe parted [husband?] and son.I was the last my country calledBut she kissed and sent me on."Just then the order came for a charge,In an…- Contributor: Walker, Robert - Cowell, Sidney Robertson - Rice, Ben - Ford, Warde H. - Walker, Robert W.
- Date: 1936-01-01
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Image 6 of The Last fierce charge [textual and melodic transcriptions].
Beat the drum lowly, play the fife slowly | Twas just before the last fearful charge THE LAST FIERCE CHARGETwas just before the last fierce [ war? ?] charge,Two [warriors?] drew [ {Begin deleted text}their{End deleted text} thar ?] rein,With a handclasp and a [pating?] word[ that ?]…- Contributor: Walker, Robert - Cowell, Sidney Robertson - Rice, Ben - Ford, Warde H. - Walker, Robert W.
- Date: 1936-01-01
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Image 7 of The Last fierce charge [textual and melodic transcriptions].
Beat the drum lowly, play the fife slowly | Twas just before the last fearful charge- Contributor: Walker, Robert - Cowell, Sidney Robertson - Rice, Ben - Ford, Warde H. - Walker, Robert W.
- Date: 1936-01-01
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Image 8 of The Last fierce charge [textual and melodic transcriptions].
Beat the drum lowly, play the fife slowly | Twas just before the last fearful charge 2 Together they charged to the crest of the hill,Where the rebels, with shot and shell,Poured rifts of death into their rank,And cheered them {Begin deleted text}has{End deleted text} as they fell.They…- Contributor: Walker, Robert - Cowell, Sidney Robertson - Rice, Ben - Ford, Warde H. - Walker, Robert W.
- Date: 1936-01-01
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Image 9 of The Last fierce charge [textual and melodic transcriptions].
Beat the drum lowly, play the fife slowly | Twas just before the last fearful charge Illegible text- Contributor: Walker, Robert - Cowell, Sidney Robertson - Rice, Ben - Ford, Warde H. - Walker, Robert W.
- Date: 1936-01-01
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Image 10 of The Last fierce charge [textual and melodic transcriptions].
Beat the drum lowly, play the fife slowly | Twas just before the last fearful charge Illegible text- Contributor: Walker, Robert - Cowell, Sidney Robertson - Rice, Ben - Ford, Warde H. - Walker, Robert W.
- Date: 1936-01-01
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Image 11 of The Last fierce charge [textual and melodic transcriptions].
Beat the drum lowly, play the fife slowly | Twas just before the last fearful charge The Last Fierce Charge- Contributor: Walker, Robert - Cowell, Sidney Robertson - Rice, Ben - Ford, Warde H. - Walker, Robert W.
- Date: 1936-01-01
About this Item
Title
- The Last fierce charge [textual and melodic transcriptions].
Other Title
- Beat the drum lowly, play the fife slowly
- Twas just before the last fearful charge
Names
- Cowell, Sidney Robertson, 1903-1995, transcriber.
- Ford, Warde H., performer.
- Rice, Ben, 1872- performer.
- Walker, Robert, performer.
Created / Published
- [1936]
Headings
- - Ballads, English--Scores
- - Ballads, English--Texts
- - Music--Manuscripts
- - United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Songs and music
Genre
- Manuscripts
Notes
- - Civil War song.
- - Two textual and three melodic song transcriptions with notes inscribed by Sidney Robertson Cowell.
- - In English.
Medium
- 11 p.
Source Collection
- Forms part of: W.P.A. California Folk Music Project collection
Repository
- Library of Congress Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, DC USA 20540-4610 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2017701095
Online Format
- online text
- image