Track No.1...Johnny Is My Darling Published Anon. in 1863 ...Poss. Composed by Father Reed...A Parody of a Scottish Song "Charlie Is My Darling" [The Bold Chevalier]
[1.54] 2...The Southern Soldier Boy
Written by Capt. G.W. Alexander for a Confederate Musical Comedy "The Virginia Cavalier"...From the Melody of "The Boy With The Auburn Hair"...This Is The Ozark Folk Version
[5.11] 3...Oh Freedom !
Negro Spiritual Circa 1863
[9.08] 4...Aura Lee
Original Version - Later Version Called "Love Me Tender"
[11.56] 5...Wade In The Water
Negro Spiritual Circa 1920's
Marijohn found it in the "Song Index" [1926]
[14.18] 6...Mary Don't You Weep
Written by Mel Tillis and Marijohn Wilkin
Traditional Civil War Ballad
[17.08] 7...The Battle Of Shiloh
Cecil Sharp first found the Song in Nash, Virginia in 1918...Marijohn Altered the first Line from
"Now Many A Maid Did Mourn" to "Now Many A Maid Like Me"
[20.19] 8...Slavery Chain Done Broke At Last
Circa 1874 as "Joshua Fit The Battle of Jericho"
Adapted by Marijohn Wilkin
[22.54] 9...Weeping, Sad And Lonely
Popular During The Civil War...Written by Carroll Sawyer and Henry Tucker...This Is The Northern Version...In the Southern Version
"Grey" was Subbed for "Blue"
[25.58] 10...Free At Last
1920 - Songs of Henry Clay Work
[28.27] 11...Two Brothers
1951 - From Silber's Collection of Civil War Songs...Written by Irving Gordon
[32.16] 12...When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Published 1863...Popular in the Civil War and the Spanish-American War
Disputed Authorship : Louis Lambert poss. Patrick S, Gilbert
Bandmaster of the Union Army at New Orleans
Recorded Circa 1961 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th., Ave. South, Nashville, TN - Marijohn Wilkin [vcl solo] with Harold Bradley [ten-stringed instrument] and The Jordanaires [vcl chorus]
Musical Director : Hank Garland
Born Marijohn Melson in Kemp, TX (1920 - 2006)
Prolific Songwriter
Co-Wrote "The Long Black Veil
and Answer Song "My Long Black Veil"
"One Day At A Time"
"Waterloo"
1975 Nashville Songwriter's Hall of Fame
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