Mormon Army Song

DESCRIPTION: "When Uncle Sam he did send out his army to destroy us, He thought, 'The Mormons we will rout, so they cannot annoy us.'" But the Mormons defeat the American forces. They would have taken "Brigham Young and Heber... but were afraid of Echo Canyon"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1933 (Briegel, Old Time Mormon Songs, according to Cohen)
KEYWORDS: battle travel
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
1857 - Mounting of the Mormon Expedition/Mormon War/Utah War, in which Federal forces were commanded by Albert Sydney Johnston
FOUND IN: US(Ro)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Cohen-AmericanFolkSongsARegionalEncyclopedia2, p. 602, "The Mormon Army Song" (1 text)
Cheney-MormonSongs, pp. 87-89, "Johnston's Army Episode" (1 text, tune referenced)
Greenway-FolkloreOfTheGreatWest, pp. 260-261, "Mormon Army Song" (1 text)
Roud #10840
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Yankee Doodle" (tune, according to Cheney-MormonSongs)
File: CAFS2602

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