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Peak #227
Peak in subgenre #62
Author
M. G. Jacobs (mostly based on Civil War era music)
Rights
2009
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August 27, 2009
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Lyrics
Lyrics: Camping and Marching, Section V of "The Search for Nelly Gray."
0.41
Tenor, Womens Chorus, Mens Chorus:
When the day- light fades on the tent- ed field, and the camp fire cheer-ful-ly burns;
Then the sold-ier's thought like a car-rier dove, to his own loved home re- turns.
Soprano, Tenor, Womens Chorus, Mens Chorus:
Like a car-rier dove a car-rier dove and gleams be-yond the foam,
Soprano, Tenor, Bass, Womens Chorus, Mens Chorus:
so a light springs up in the sold-ier's heart as he thinks of the girls at home.
1:17
Soprano: through the lof-ty sy--- ca-- mores creep,
Tenor: Now the sil- ver rays of a set-ting moon through the lof-ty sy- ca- mores creep,
Bass: through the lof-ty sy--- ca-- mores creep,
Womens Chorus: Now the sil- ver rays of a set-ting moon through the lof-ty sy-ca-mores creep, ,
Mens Chorus: Now the sil- ver rays of a set-ting moon through the lof-ty sy-ca-mores creep.,
Soprano: and the fires burn low and the sen-tries watch o're the arm--- ed--- host--- a--- sleep.
Tenor: and the fires burn low and the sen-tries watch o're the arm-ed host a-sleep.
Bass: and the fires burn low and the sen-tries watch o're the arm--- ed--- host--- a--- sleep.
Womens Chorus: and the fires burn low and the sen-tries watch o're the arm-ed host a-sleep.
Mens Chorus: and the fires burn low and the sen-tries watch o're the arm-ed host a-sleep.
Soprano, Womens Chrous, Mens Chorus:
And the sen- tries watch, the sen-tries watch, till morn-ing gilds the dome,
Womens Chorus, Mens Chorus:
till the rat-tling drum shall the sleep-ers rouse from their dream of the girls at home.
1:49
Tenor:
And the fin- al song and the sweet-est one is the song of the girls at home.
2:08
Ned's Thoughts:
Tenor:
I lied a lit-tle, just a lit-tle a-- bout my ac-tual years;
on the up-- hill I may pant a lit-tle hard-er than my peers,
but I don't com-plain and I keep the brisk-est pace,
march- ing toward a------- lost an-gel-ic face.
2:59
We--- march and march some more and then we camp and march some more.
Lit- tle chance to ask a- bout her on--- our way.
And I think O- hi- o's clos- er yet, and it eats my heart with pain,
than is far off Geor- gi- a----- where they took my Nel- lie Gray.
3:20
Soprano: and boast it with far great- er pride....
When I get to ask, the an- swer is a shrug or sad, sad look.
PEOPLE MET ALONG THE MARCH ROUTE
3:36
Bass:where you been, man? What kind of dream---------- world you been liv- ing in?
3:45
Soprano:
You------ say that Mas- ter Gray sold your on- ly love one night.
Her------ name will now be Nel- lie some- thing else----------------------------------
3:58
Soprano, Bass, Womens Chorus, Mens Chorus:
If you had a book and read each name how would you know which one was right?
4:10
Tenor:
I was al- ways Ned--- Sel- by and my love was Nel- lie Gray,
and that cus- tom ne- ver crossed my mind------- be- cause
in the cen- ter of my soul---- I had known for ev- er more--
just---- knew there was a des- tin- y had willed it from a- bove,
that to- geth- er we'd live hap- py on that shore.
4:37
Soprano: we love the South you know.
Tenor:
I---- guess that's why I'm here, with the thou- sands of O- hi- o's col-ored corps.
Fa- ther Ab- rh'm got e- lec- ted and I for----- got Can- a- da.
The----------- preach- er said that free---dom was on its way full bore,
and that free- dom was the path to Geor- gi- a.
The------ march- ing and the drill--- and the camp- fire talk an
