The Music Of The 1770s: A Directory
The following is a list of some of the songs which were popular prior to and during the American Revolutionary War period. It is, by no means, a comprehensive list; rather, it is intended to simply give you some example of the music our ancestors listened to during the 1770s. Quite a number of the songs included in this list were written during the War and reflect the Americans' patriotic ferver.
The songs are presented in greater detail on the linked pages. Midi files are included on certain of the pages. Click on the icon to be taken to the linked page.
Adams And Liberty
A Military Song
The Battle Of The Kegs
Battle Of Trenton
Bunker Hill (or The American Hero)
Burrowing Yankees
Chester
Columbia
The Congress
Cornwallis Burgoyned
Derry Down
The Epilogue
Epistel To The Troops In Boston
The Etiquette
The Fate Of John Burgoyne
Gage's Proclamation
The Gamester
Girls And Boys Come Out To Play
God Save The King
Green Sleeves
The Hay-Makers Dance
Hearts Of Oak
Independence
In Freedom We're Born
King's Mountain
Lamentations
Let Tyrants Shake
The Liberty Song
The Liberty Tree
Liberty's Call
Lord North's Recantation
Loyal York
Maggie Lawder
The Massachusetts Liberty Song
My Days Have Been So Wondrous Free
Nathan Hale
A New Song
Old King Cole
The Old Man's Song
On Gen. Wayne's Taking Stoney Point
The Parody
The Pennsylvania Song
The Rebels
The Repeal
Sally In Our Alley
A Song About Charleston
Song Of Vermonters
The Taxed Tea
The Times
A Toast To Washington
A Venison Dinner At Mr. Bunyan's
The Vicar Of Bray
The War Song
The World Turned Upside Down
Yankee Doodle
