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Apparently the Union in the US Civil War had a dope song they used to sing (hexbear.net)

submitted 4 months ago by MF_COOM@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brown's_Body

I guess I respect some troops a bit

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[-] buckykat@hexbear.net 25 points 4 months ago

There were a bunch of banger Civil War Union songs.

Marching Through Georgia

The Fall of Charleston

Union Dixie and bonus trap remix

Also, did you know that Solidarity Forever uses the tune from John Brown's Body?

[-] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 23 points 4 months ago

Also, did you know that Solidarity Forever uses the tune from John Brown's Body?

A lot of songs use that tune. As Utah Phillips put it: The wobblies liked to steal the hymn tunes because they were pretty, and changed the words so they made more sense.

[-] buckykat@hexbear.net 12 points 4 months ago

Love the little stories Utah Phillips tells around his songs

[-] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 9 points 4 months ago

Yeah, he must've had amazing stage presence.

[-] newacctidk@hexbear.net 7 points 3 months ago

I own a reprint copy of the Little Red Songbook and each song instructs you which existing song to sing to the tune of. Btw great cheap book to buy for anyone interested

[-] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 4 points 3 months ago

Me too! I got it for my birthday a couple years ago. stalin-approval

[-] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 7 points 3 months ago

Lots of union songs also use old time tunes for their melody, too. Like "Union Maid" is a reworked "Redwing"

[-] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 7 points 3 months ago

It'd Glory Glory Hallelujah, folk music ripped off hyms all the time

[-] newacctidk@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Rally Round the Flag is still an all time great song, legit gets me every time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHLj4Pjbldg

btw a LOT of songs use that tune. Getchan recently uploaded a Maoist who wrote a song to the tune calling back to the start of the Cultural Revolution, written during the period of marketization https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJ0cFXH02nM