12 February 1999
These MIDI files are here for your use. I will add more if you e-mail me. If your pages are on USIT, you can access these MIDI file by coding ../graphics/midi/filename.mid If your pages are on Rootsweb or other servers, you will need to copy the files to your web site. INTRODUCTION
Please do not place Billy Yank Songs on Johnny Reb pages, and Johnny Reb songs on People of Color pages. These are the songs of our ancestors and are quite appropriate when used in their proper place.The MIDI file arrangements in this section are by Benjamin Tubb. He has graciously given the TNGenWeb Project permission to us use his fine renditions. While the original songs are in public domain, all of his work is copyrighted. I have posted a few of his works here but you will find a great many more on his Home Page. The Great Authentic Old Time Songs
By Benjamin Robert Tubb.
If you use his work on one of your pages, please e-mail him and inform him of the page that uses the work and don’t forget to link his Home Page and e-mail address (brtubb@cybertron.com) on your page.
Massa’s in de Cold Ground. Composer, Stephen Collins Foster, 1852. File name: massabt.mid OLD TIME SONGS
Lorena. Composer, John Philbrick Webster, 1857. File name: lorenabt.mid
Beautiful Dreamer. Composer, Stephen Collins Foster, 1862. File name: dreamert.mid
When You and I Were Young, Maggie. Composer, James Austin Butterfield, 1866. File name: maggiebt.mid
I'm Married!. Composer, Frederick Woodman Root, 1869. File name: marriedbt.mid
O Let Me Be a Blonde, Mother!. Composer, Frederick Woodman Root, 1872. File name: blondbt.mid
Dixie’s Land (Dixie). Composer, Daniel Decatur Emmett, 1860. File name: dixiebt.mid CIVIL WAR SONGS
Confederate
The Bonnie Blue Flag. Composer, Harry Macarthy, 1861. File name: bonniebt.mid
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!. Composer, [The popular refrain], 1861. File name: glorybt.mid CIVIL WAR SONGS
Union
The Battle Cry of Freedom. Composer, Frederick Woodman Root, 1862. File name: cryfreet.mid
Battle Hymn of the Republic. Originally: Oh brothers, will you meet us on Canaan's happy shore?"
Which next became: John Brown's Body, and finally Battle Hymn of the Republic
Lyrics, Julia Ward Howe, 1862. File name: battlebt.mid
When Johnny Comes Marching Home. Composer, Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore, 1863. File name: johnnybt.mid
Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! (or The Prisoner's Hope). Composer, George Frederick Root, 1864. File name: trampbt.mid CIVIL WAR SONGS
Used By Both Sides
We Are Coming from the Cotton Fields. Composer, J. C---n, J. C. Wallace, 1864. File name: cottonbt.mid EMANCIPATION SONGS
Glory! Glory! or, The Little Octoroon. Composer, George Frederick Root, 1866. File name: octorobt.mid
Their introduction page states that we may use the MIDI files found on Lesley Nelson’s Web Site but please give Lesley a link and an e-mail. This site is very large. If you hear something you need, just let me know and I will add to this page. Folk Music of England, Scotland,
Ireland Wales, and AmericaBy Lesley Nelson Bound for the Promised Land. Composer, Samuel Stennett 1787. File name: promisen.mid A FEW SAMPLES
Garry Owen. Composer, [Traditional Irish quick-step, unofficial song of the ill-fated 7th Cavalry], 1860s. File name: garyowen.mid
Sweet Betsey from Pike. The tune is based on an early 19th century British song Villikins and His Dinah. File name: sweetb.mid
The Yellow Rose of Texas. Composer, [Traditional Negro Minstrel refrain], 1850s. File name: yelrosen.mid
Please Give Him a Link! Taylor’s Traditional Tunebook
Barry Taylor!
Amazing Grace. File name: amgrace.mid
Aura Lea. Composer, G. R. Poulton. Does this tune remind you of Elvis Presley? File name: aura~lea.mid
Follow the Drinking Gourd. Before the Civil War an itinerant carpenter, Peg Leg Joe, traveled throughout the South, passing the tune to slaves. The words contained coded directions to travel north. The Drinking Gourd was code for the Big Dipper. File name:gourd.mid
Green Grow The Lilacs. This ballad is based on a similar song, Green Grows the Laurel, that was popular in 17th century Scotland. File name: greengro.mid
Oh! Dem Golden Slippers. File name: slippers.mid
Polly Wolly Doodle. File name: polywoly.mid
The Red River Valley. This was originally In the Bright Mohawk Valley, a tune popular in New York. It spread throughout the South and cowboys in the Red River Valley localized it to become the tune we are familiar with. File name: redriver.mid
Music courtesy, Rev. Paul G. Naumann, Ascension Lutheran Church, (CLC) DuPont, Washington. Please give him a link. Rock of Ages
By Rev. Paul G. Naumann
Rock of Ages. File name: rockages.mid
Music courtesy, The Worship Page. Please e-mail them them. They have more! The Worship Page
Amazing Grace. File name: amazing.mid