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DULCEM MELODIES by 2nd South Carolina String Band
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fave it Traditional Folk
16 tracks | 64 minutes
Released Jul 2006
on 2nd South Carolina String Band
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:25 Nelly Bly lyrics BUY MP3 03:25 Nelly Bly lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:25 Nelly Bly
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:06 Hard Crackers Come Again No More lyrics BUY MP3 04:06 Hard Crackers Come Again No More lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:06 Hard Crackers Come Again No More
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:20 Stonewall Jackson's Way/garryowen lyrics BUY MP3 03:20 Stonewall Jackson's Way/garryowen lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:20 Stonewall Jackson's Way/garryowen
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:28 Listen to the Mockingbird/siege of Vicksburg lyrics BUY MP3 04:28 Listen to the Mockingbird/siege of Vicksburg lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:28 Listen to the Mockingbird/siege of Vicksburg
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:59 Amazing Grace lyrics BUY MP3 03:59 Amazing Grace lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:59 Amazing Grace
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:40 Clare De Kitchen lyrics BUY MP3 03:40 Clare De Kitchen lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:40 Clare De Kitchen
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 07:14 Kelton's Reel/waiting for the Federals lyrics BUY MP3 07:14 Kelton's Reel/waiting for the Federals lyrics "GIFT MP3" 07:14 Kelton's Reel/waiting for the Federals
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:37 My Old Kentucky Home lyrics BUY MP3 05:37 My Old Kentucky Home lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:37 My Old Kentucky Home
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:08 The Yellow Rose of Texas lyrics BUY MP3 04:08 The Yellow Rose of Texas lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:08 The Yellow Rose of Texas
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:14 Southron's Battle Cry of Freedom lyrics BUY MP3 04:14 Southron's Battle Cry of Freedom lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:14 Southron's Battle Cry of Freedom
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:52 The Minstrel Boy lyrics BUY MP3 02:52 The Minstrel Boy lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:52 The Minstrel Boy
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:23 Southron's Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! lyrics BUY MP3 03:23 Southron's Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:23 Southron's Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:52 Jim Along Josie lyrics BUY MP3 02:52 Jim Along Josie lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:52 Jim Along Josie
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:34 Sweet Evalina lyrics BUY MP3 03:34 Sweet Evalina lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:34 Sweet Evalina
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:37 War Song of Dixie lyrics BUY MP3 04:37 War Song of Dixie lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:37 War Song of Dixie
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:54 Hawks and Eagles lyrics BUY MP3 02:54 Hawks and Eagles lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:54 Hawks and Eagles
A superb collection of well knownn and not so well known songs and melodies from the era of the American Civil War that will keep a smile on your face and a tappin' in your toes, played on original and period instruments by the best damn band of its kind
Bio / Background
The songs and instrumental tunes performed by the 2nd South Carolina String Band would have been considered the "pop" music of the period beginning in the late 1820's and running through the 1860's - the American Civil War - and beyond. In the years following the American Revolution and the War of 1812, Americans were determined to reject the European classical musical forms and were searching for their own distinctly American musical "voice." They found it in the frontier tradition of tall-tales of larger-than-life American characters such as Davy Crockett, Paul Bunyon, Old Dan Tucker and John Henry. Composers such as Joel Sweeney, Daniel Emmett, Stephen Foster, and George Root, soon arrived on the scene; men who wrote music for a living, to appeal to the masses. This music was unique in that it had no classical background. Its roots were in Celtic, American and African folk melodies.
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