A Civil War Christmas

An American Musical Celebration:
The Songs of A Civil War Christmas

Music supervised, arranged, and orchestrated and incidental music composed by Daryl Waters.

• "All Quiet Along The Potomac Tonight"
  Lyrics by Ethel Lynn Beers, Music by John Hill Hewitt


• "Silent Night" (“Stille Nacht”)
  Original German Lyrics by Josef Mohr, Music by Franz Xavier Gruber


• "I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day"
  Lyrics by Henry W. Longfellow, “Waltham,” by John B. Calkin


• "O Come All Ye Faithful"
  English lyrics by Frederick Oakeley, “Adeste Fideles” by John Francis Wade


• "Follow The Drinking Gourd"
  Traditional African-American Spiritual


• "Rise Up Shepard And Follow"
  Traditional African-American Spiritual


• "The Secesh (Shiloh)"
  Anonymous


• "[While We Were] Marching Through Georgia"
  Henry Clay Work


• "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"
  Anonymous


• "What Child Is This"
  Lyrics by William C. Dix, “Greensleeves”


• "Maryland, My Maryland"
  Lyrics by James Ryder Randall, “O Tannenbaum”


• "The Holly and The Ivy"
  Anonymous


• "O Tannenbaum"
  Ernest Anschütz


• "Ding Dong Merrily On High"
  English lyrics by George R. Woodward


• "The Liberty Ball"
  “Rosin The Beau”


• "The Yellow Rose of Texas"
  Anonymous


• "Lo How A Rose E’er Blooming"
  Anonymous


• "Good Ol’ Rebel Soldier"
  Lyrics by Innes Randolph, “Joe Bowers”


• "There Is A Balm In Gilead"
  Traditional African-American Spiritual


• "The Girl I Left Behind Me"
  “Brighton Camp”


• "Mourners’ Kaddish"
  From the Jewish Liturgy


• "Children Go Where I send Thee"
  Traditional African-American Carol


• "Sister Mary Had-A But One Child [Ain’t That A’Rockin']"
  Traditional African-American Carol

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