Battleship Maine (II), Sheet Music 03
 


Citation

Morgan, Bert, “Battleship Maine (II), Sheet Music 03,” Appalachian State University Libraries Digital Collections, accessed December 7, 2024, https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/items/show/31378.


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Title

Battleship Maine (II), Sheet Music 03

Description

This item is part of the I. G. Greer Folksong Collection which consists of more than 300 individual song titles and their variants as collected by Isaac Garfield Greer (1881-1967) from informants, primarily in Ashe, Wilkes and Watauga counties. The collection includes manuscripts, typescript transcriptions produced by Dr. Greer’s clerical staff, and handwritten musical notations. Songs range from traditional Child Ballads, traditional English and Scottish ballads as well as their American variants, to 19th century popular music to musical compositions of local origin.

Subject

Popular music--United States
Maine (Battleship No. ACR-1)--Songs and music
Spanish-American War, 1898--Songs and music
Patriotism--Songs and music
Love--Songs and music

Alternative Title

My Sweetheart Went Down on the Maine, The Gallant Sailor

Creator

Morgan, Bert

Publisher

W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University

Contributor

Greer, I. G. (Isaac Garfield), 1881-1967

Format

PDF
Notated music

Language

English

Spatial Coverage

Transcription

The Battleship Maine
12/8

Once I had a sweetheart, noble, brave, and true.
fearless as the sunrise, gentle as the dew
We had loved and waited, he had named the day.
We had pledged to wed each other in the month of May. We had pledged to wed each other
in the month of May. Out on the high seas he sailed
under the Red, white & Blue. Faithful to country & home

Associated Date

1898

Scholarly Classification

Brown, Native American Ballads - 236

File name

113_BattleshipMaine_II_Sheet_03

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