The songs of the North and the South as the war progressed shifts more towards the songs of liberty and death. On the previous blog, the North had some examples of the songs focusing on death. Here the South tends to focus more on the songs of Liberty.
Some examples of the Liberty songs of the south included James Pierpont's "We conquer or die" composed in 1861, which the lyrics focuses on conquering the enemy to gain the freedom they deserve.
"Southern Song of Freedom", a song with no composed date, nor a recorded composer, focused more on a happier ending of the war for the south than most other examples. It focused about the possibilities of the South once the war was over, and the freedom that they could achieve.
Lyric "We Conquer or Die": http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/01591/conquer-t.html
Lyric "Southern Song of Freedom": http://books.google.com/books?id=FkoCAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA42&dq=southern+song+of+freedom#PPA42,M1
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