"Chester", of course, for the Revolutionary period. "The Liberty Song"
is another good one. Songs were a major way of trying to shape opinion
back then. There are some "songs of the American Revolution"
compilations out there.

Try http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/music.htm  and
http://americanrevolution.org/warsongs.html for more ideas. And, of
course, don't neglect the Library of Congress's resources at
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/lyrical/ .


From Tom Powers tpowers@uscsumter.edu



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