War Song of the Revolution

DESCRIPTION: "Come ye Americans and tremble Here before your might God." The singer describes women and children slain and husbands and families destroyed by war. Storms and fires destroy cities. Listeners are warned to turn to God
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1905 (Belden-BalladsSongsCollectedByMissourFolkloreSociety)
KEYWORDS: battle death storm disaster warning religious
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Belden-BalladsSongsCollectedByMissourFolkloreSociety, p. 295, "War Song of the Revolution" (1 text)
Roud #7953
NOTES [66 words]: Belden-BalladsSongsCollectedByMissourFolkloreSociety knew nothing of this save that the informant thought it concerned the Revolutionary War. Belden-BalladsSongsCollectedByMissourFolkloreSociety notes that, if it does date back that far, it's probably Tory. He's likely right -- but I wonder if it isn't two songs merged together, with the second being some sort of hymn based on the Apocalypse. - RBW
File: Beld295

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