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 : The author, Patricia Bauer, playing guitar and singing into microphone : 

Music from B is for Battle Cry: A Civil War Alphabet

The poems in Battle Cry can be sung to the tune, "Hard Times Come Again No More", a popular Civil War era song by Stephen Foster. A parody was often sung by soldiers tired of the infamous army hard bread ration. You are encouraged to download this music for personal and classroom use.

  "Hard Times Come Again No More"
  "Hard Crackers Come Again No More"
  "B is for Battle Cry: A Civil War Alphabet"
 

To hear or download this music, please click on the title (right-click the mouse-PC users, or hold down control button-MAC, and click the mouse):

This music was performed on April 18th, 2009, by the author, Patricia Bauer, and her good friends, Andrena Wingate and Nick Cobbett, all of whom teach in the same school. The illustrator, David Geister, provided the spoken word portion of Battle Cry. Todd Syring of Syring Music in Minneapolis, MN, produced all three pieces.

Enjoy !

Todd Syring at controls :  Nick Cobbett, wearing headphones and playing guitar :  Andrena Wingate wearing headphones, and playing harmonica into the microphone :  Illustrator, David Geister, wearing headphones and speaking into the microphone

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