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"And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there."

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AMERICAN WAR BALLADS
AND LYRICS

A COLLECTION OF THE SONGS AND BALLADS OF THE
COLONIAL WARS, THE REVOLUTION, THE WAR
OF 1812-15, THE WAR WITH MEXICO
AND THE CIVIL WAR

EDITED BY

GEORGE CARY EGGLESTON

VOLUME I.

NEW YORK AND LONDON

G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS
The Knickerbocker Press

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Copyright
G. P. Putnam's Sons
1889

The Knickerbocker Press, New York
Electrotyped and Printed by
G. P. Putnam's Sons

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CONTENTS

PAGE
Acknowledgement1
Preface and Introduction3
The Colonial Wars11
Lovewell's Fight13
The Song of Braddock's Men19
The Revolutionary War21
Liberty Tree23
Free America25
Emancipation from British Dependence28
...

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