All Hail the Brave Battalion

DESCRIPTION: "All hail the brave battalion, this noble valiant band, We go to serve our country with willing heart and hand. Although we're called disloyal," they will serve well. They cross "barren desert." Their sons "are growing mighty" and they will succeed
AUTHOR: Thomas Morris (source: Cheney-MormonSongs)
EARLIEST DATE: 1881 (Tyler)
KEYWORDS: soldier hardtimes travel | Mormon Battalion
FOUND IN: US(Ro)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Cheney-MormonSongs, p. 40, "All Hail the Brave Battalion" (1 text, tune referenced)
ADDITIONAL: Daniel Tyler, "A Concise History of the Mormon Battalion in the Mexican War," no publisher listed but copyrighted 1881 (available on Google Books), pp. 375-376, "Mormon Battalion Song" (1 text)
Roud #10817
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "How Firm a Foundation" (tune)
cf. "Mormon Battalion Song (I)" (subject) and notes and references there
NOTES [52 words]: For background on the Mormon Battalion, see "Mormon Battalion Song." This is listed as being sung to "How Firm a Foundation," and I'm fairly sure that is correct, but very many of the lines seem to have an extra syllable in them; I wonder if perhaps Thomas Morris knew a slightly different version of the tune.- RBW
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