In celebration of the 250th Anniversary
of the American Revolution!

Four American Patriotic Songs

1. THE LIBERTY SONG - John Dickinson ,1768

2. The New MASSACHUSETTS Liberty Song -
Dr. Joseph Warren,1770

3. FATHER AND I WENT DOWN TO CAMP (Yankee Doodle) -
Edward Bangs, ca. 1776

4. CHESTER -
William Billings, 1778

(alternate text by Philip Doddridge, 1786)

Important Historical Fact:

Song no. 2 is often titled "Free America"

and dated 1774.

But this song was written by Dr. Joseph Warren in 1770

and is more accurately titled,

"Brave America" since those words are used

in every verse of the song not "Free America."

For example these words in the 3rd verse

from the original broadside sheet:

We led fair FREEDOM hither, when lo the Desert smil’d,
        A Paradise of Pleasure, was open’d in the Wild;
        Your Harvest bold AMERICANS! No Power shall snatch away,
         Assert yourselves, yourselves, yourselves, my brave AMERICA.

You will also receive audio recordings (MP3) of the four patriotic songs,

including the rare Boston version of "Yankee Doodle"

during the American Revolution,

written by a Harvard College student.

These patriotic songs

were compiled and edited

by Roger Lee Hall,

Director of the Center for American Music Preservation

These four songs are useful for teachers, students, singers,

and anyone interested in American history.

These four early patriotic songs

are only available here

for $8.00 and you will receive

all four songs with the audio examples (MP3)

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See the music program

"More Than Yankee Doodle -
Songs of Patriotisim and Protest
in the American Revolution"

presented by Roger Lee Hall

at the meeting of the

Colonial Society of Massachusetts

in April 2026

now available on YouTube

 

 

 

Read about America's oldest surviving choral society

founded in 1786

and related historical information at

Singing Stoughton!

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