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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.

To read the lyrics of the song, click on "Lyrics". To listen to this song, click on "Music". To download it, PC users should click on the music link (right-click the mouse-PC users, or hold down control button-MAC, and click the mouse):

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

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 !