Maryland Martyrs, The

DESCRIPTION: "They bore them to a gloomy cell And barred them from the light Because they boldly dared to tell The people what was right." The singer urges all to support the cause of "Freedom," and calls their Unionist captors "despots"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 2008 (Cohen); 19th Century (Wolf-AmericanSongSheets)
KEYWORDS: Civilwar political prison
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Cohen-AmericanFolkSongsARegionalEncyclopedia1, pp. 173-174, "The Maryland Martyrs" (1 text)
Wolf-AmericanSongSheets, #C104, p. 191, "The Maryland Martyrs" (2 references)
File: CAFS1173

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