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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Book III (continued) (search)
have drifted as far inland as the Central states, and a camp song in ridicule of General Packingham. Some verses beginning Then you sent out your Boxer to beat us all about; We had an enterprising Brig to beat the Boxer out, and some stanzas preserved as a marching song for children— We're marching down to old Quebec While the drums are loudly beating— may also date back this far. The Texas Rangers, widely current through the South and the West, and modelled on the British Nancy of Yarmouth, sounds like an echo of the fight with the Mexicans at the Alamo in 1835. Songs surviving from the Civil War are frequently sentimental in character, like When this cruel War is over and The Blue and the Gray. See Book III, Chaps. II. and III. These are of traceable origin, yet they have passed widely into oral tradition. There were numerous camp songs on sieges or battles, but these have not shown vitality. Best remembered in popular literature from the time of the Civil War are