Songs of the Civil War

Cumberland Three | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 1, 1991)
• Original Release Date: 1991
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rhino
• ASIN: B0000032MD
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #178,678 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Hallowed Ground

2. I Don't Want No Pardon

3. Lay Ten Dollars Down

4. Number 292

5. Aura Lee

6. The Yellow Rose of Texas

7. Goober Peas

8. Picket's Lament

9. Hold Our Glasses Steady

10. Bessie

11. The Coward

12. We'll All Take a Ride

13. Down to Washington

14. Marching Home

15. Story of the Lamb

16. Tobacco Box

17. Gonna Get You

18. Bring the Good Old Bugle

19. Song of the Hungry

20. Shipmates Come Gather

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb Songs, Singers, and Sound Quality, November 20, 2002

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Quarter Irish "4irish" (Rockville MD) - See all my reviews

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I've bought several collections of CW music, and this one is by far my favorite. The Cumberland Three are wonderful singers and they can convey a wide range of moods - bitter, jubilant, wistful, proud, sorrowful. The sound quality is exceptional considering how long ago it was recorded (40+ years?)

My favorite aspect of this is the balance of Rebel vs. Union songs - the first half being pro-CSA, and then the second half being pro-USA. Even though I'm a true-blue Unionist to the bone, I still love hearing those Rebs singing "The lyin', thievin' Yankees, I hate 'em worse than dust!". Could you even release such a song in this PC-polarized era? Heck no! But the one I can't get out of my mind is "Mary had a little lamb, it was always on the go, shouting the battle cry of freedom!"

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simple, authentic, moving, February 9, 2001

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I bought this C.D. out of duty, as part of a project for my drama students, but it's become one of my favourites. I imagine this is pretty much how the songs would have sounded at the time. I much prefer this to the sanitized sound of a choir and orchestra. Only one drawback - my students can't stop singing "Goober Peas"!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I bought this for "I Don't Want No Pardon.", December 5, 1999

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Esther L. Clarke (Northeastern Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews

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I knew I wanted to hear "I Don't Want No Pardon," but I had no idea how much I would enjoy all 23 songs on this CD. Other favorites are "Lay l0 Dollars Down" and "Gonna Get You." "Song of the Hungry" is the soldier's rewrite of Stephen Foster's "Hard Times Come Again No More." "The Boys Are Home" is the Cumberland Three's haunting version of "When Johnny Comes Marching Home." This is a CD for the whole family. Our children, aged 8, ll and l3 sing along. John Stewart, John Montgomery and Gil Robbins recorded these songs 40 years ago, but sound reproduction is excellent.