I'm posting a song a day from the Rise Up Singing songbook, which you may or may not know. It's a pretty invaluable resource for song leaders, and useful for anyone who likes to sing in groups. The book doesn't include the melodies to the songs, just the lyrics and some chords, so I’m trying hard to find the tunes I don’t know, learn them, and post them on YouTube for anyone to learn. That’s where these videos are hosted; the blog is just pretty packaging.
Monday, February 22, 2010
The Battle of New Orleans
Rise Up Singing chapter: America, pp.1 & 2
Music/Melody: traditional ("8th of January")
Words by Jimmy Driftwood
A - D - / E - A - ://
A - - - / - - AE A ://
From le Wikipedia:
"Madison and his advisers believed that conquest of Canada would be easy and that economic coercion would force the British to come to terms... Furthermore, possession of Canada would be a valuable bargaining chip."
"the possibility of local assistance suggested an easy conquest, as former President Thomas Jefferson seemed to believe in 1812: "The acquisition of Canada this year, as far as the neighborhood of Quebec, will be a mere matter of marching"
"Americans then believed that many in Upper Canada would RISE UP AND GREET A UNITED STATES INVADING ARMY AS LIBERATORS, which did not happen. Indeed, one reason American forces retreated after a substantial victory inside Canada was that they could not obtain supplies from the locals."
In 18 and 14 we took a little trip...
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