====== #2140 - 1. Battle cry of Freedom / 2. Tramp, Tramp, Tramp / 3. Red, White, and Blue / 4. Home, Sweet Home / 5. Marching Through Georgia======
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  *Composer:
    *1) ++George Frederick Root|{{search>"George Frederick Root" @cobs}}++ (1820-1895), 1862
    *2) ++George Frederick Root|{{search>"George Frederick Root" @cobs}}++ (1820-1895), 1864
    *3) ++Thomas A. Beckett|{{search>"Thomas A. Beckett" @cobs}}++, 1843((Some credit David T. Shaw as composer, but it is likely that Shaw initially commissioned Beckett to write the music to his lyrics, and a dispute arose when Beckett changed the lyrics. Interestingly, the lyrics were supposedly plagerized from Stephen Joseph Meany's poem //Britannia, the Pride of the Ocean//, written in 1842. See: [[http://memory.loc.gov/cocoon/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.200000004/default.html]]))
    *4) ++Sir Henry Rowley Bishop|{{search>"Sir Henry Rowley Bishop" @cobs}}++ (1786-1855) 1852
    *4) from the [[:groups:opera|opera]] ++Clari|{{search>"Clari" opera @cobs}}++ //(The Maid of Milan)//
    *5) ++Henry Clay Work|{{search>"Henry Clay Work" @cobs}}++ (1832-1884) 1865
  *Title variations:
    *Patriotic Medley
  *Also known as:
    *2) Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, the Boys are Marching
    *2) Prisoner’s Hope
    *3) Columbia, The Gem of the Ocean
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  *1) Lyrics: [[..:390:]]
    *++George Frederick Root|{{search>"George Frederick Root" @cobs}}++ (1820-1895), 1862
  *2) Lyrics: [[..:229:]]
    *++George Frederick Root|{{search>"George Frederick Root" @cobs}}++ (1820-1895), 1864
  *3) Lyrics: [[..:279:]]
    *++David T. Shaw|{{search>"David T. Shaw" @cobs}}++, 1843
  *4) Lyrics: [[..:123:]]
    *++John Howard Payne|{{search>"John Howard Payne" @cobs}}++ (1791-1852)
  *5) Lyrics: [[..:109:]]
    *++Henry Clay Work|{{search>"Henry Clay Work" @cobs}}++ (1832-1884), 1865
  *See also:
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    *[[..:123:]]
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    *[[..:279:]]
    *[[..:390:]]
    *[[..:2043:]]
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//Columbia, The Gem of the Ocean// was occasionally used as an unofficial national anthem of the United States until 1931.