Title
Battleship Maine (II), Sheet Music 02
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
Spanish-American War, 1898--Songs and music
Patriotism--Songs and music
Love--Songs and music
Maine (Battleship No. ACR-1)--Songs and music
Alternative Title
My Sweetheart Went Down on the Maine, The Gallant Sailor
Publisher
W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University
Contributor
Greer, I. G. (Isaac Garfield), 1881-1967
Transcription
The Battleship Maine.
Change to 12/8 time
6/4 or 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
Cho.
in the month of May. Out on the high seas he sailed
under the red, white and blue. Faithful to country and home
faithful to captain and crew
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