Battle Cry of Freedom, an autograph manuscript for the first verse and chorus, signed

by Root, and dated in Chicago, Feb. 1891 by George Root, American songwriter, rederick

$1,500 · Offered by Bartleby's Books

Chicago: 1891 . 4to. 11 lines of manuscript on a plain sheet of writing paper. Accompanied by a cabinet photograph of Root, a bust-length portrait, 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 inches, mounted on heavier stock, an ink identifying Root written in the extreme lower edge of the print. The autograph in full: Yes, we'll rally round the flag boys, / we'll rally once again, / Shouting the Battle-cry of Freedom! / We'll rally from the hill-side, / we'll gather from the plain, / Shouting the Battle-cry of Freedom!

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