Young Volunteer, The

DESCRIPTION: "Our flag is unfurled and our arms flash bright, As the sun wades up the sky." The new soldier bids his sweetheart goodbye. He offers "three cheers for that flag and our country too, And the girls we leave behind."
AUTHOR: John Hill Hewitt (source: Silber-SongsOfTheCivilWar)
EARLIEST DATE: 1863 (sheet music published by J. C. Schreiner & Son, according to Silber-SongsOfTheCivilWar)
KEYWORDS: soldier Civilwar love separation
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Silber-SongsOfTheCivilWar, pp. 84-86, "The Young Volunteer" (1 text, 1 tune)
NOTES [60 words]: This isn't the only Civil War song entitled "The Young Volunteer"; Paddle-Your-Own-Canoe-Songster, p. 60, has one that begins "See, with feather proudly streaming, I'm a rifle volunteer, I'm a rifle volunteer." But that, as best I can tell, never went into tradition. Of course, I haven't seen any evidence that John Hill Hewitt's song is traditional either. - RBW
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File: SCWF084

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