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Temperance songs are those musical compositions that were sung and performed to promote the Temperance Movement from the 1840s to the 1920s. It was a distinct genre of American music . In the early 19th century, the yearly per capita consumption of alcohol in the US was as high as 3.9 gallons (14.8 liters) in the 1830s. [ 2 ]
"Come Home, Father" was first published in 1864. "Come Home, Father" (also known as "Poor Benny") is a temperance song written by Henry Clay Work in 1864.According to George Birdseye, a contemporary biographer of the time, the song was the "pioneer and pattern for all the many temperance pieces now in the market, not a few of which are very palpable imitations."
The Cold Water Army. [A Temperance Tract.] Fourth Thousand, 1841; Marsh, Simeon B., The Cold Water Army Song Book: For the Use of Juvenile Schools and Adult Choirs, Adapted in Part to Temperance Meetings, and Fourth of July Celebrations, 1890; Warren, Charles J., Cold water army dialogues.
A national temperance union called the American Society for the Promotion of Temperance was formed in Boston in 1826. [1] Shortly thereafter, a second national temperance union was organized called the American Temperance Society, which grew to 2,200 known societies in several U.S. states, including 800 in New England, 917 in the Middle Atlantic states, 339 in the South, and 158 in the Northwest.
The temperance movement is a social movement promoting temperance or total abstinence from consumption of alcoholic beverages. Participants in the movement typically criticize alcohol intoxication or promote teetotalism , and its leaders emphasize alcohol 's negative effects on people's health , personalities, and family lives.
She published her songs under the pen name Stella or Stella of Washington. She was the daughter of Henry Harper Hazard and Harriet Amanda Bibb Hazard. She married Francis M. Bradley, an employee of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. [1] Bradley was superintendent of the Washington, DC chapter of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). She ...
Dirty Ron/Ghost Songs is a double album by Tim Rogers and the Temperance Union. The album was released on 5 September 2005 as a double album and peaked at number 48 on the ARIA Albums Chart . Singles
"John Brown's Body" (Roud 771), originally known as "John Brown's Song", is a United States marching song about the abolitionist John Brown. The song was popular in the Union during the American Civil War. The song arose out of the folk hymn tradition of the American camp meeting movement of the late 18th and early 19th century. According to an ...