American Star

DESCRIPTION: "Come, strike the bold anthem, the war-dogs are howling." War is coming over the land, "While beauty weeps, father, and lovers, and brothers, Who rush to display the American Star." Hearers are called to defend the Star; the singer wishes the Star success
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1835 (The Northern and Eastern Songster)
KEYWORDS: nonballad patriotic America | star
FOUND IN:
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Jackson-EarlySongsOfUncleSam, pp. 80-81, "American Star" (1 excerpt)
ADDITIONAL: (no author listed), _The Northern and Eastern Songster)_, Charles Gaylord (Boston), 1835 (available on Google Books), p. 25, "The American Star" (1 text)
Roud #31436
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Humors of Glen" (tune, according to The Northern and Eastern Songster)
SAME TUNE:
The American Tar ("The goddess of freedom born (sic.) down by oppression, In Europe's famed regions no longer found rest") (LanigansBallComicSongster, p. 52)
File: JESU080

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