Henry Clay Work (October 1, 1832, Middletown – June 8, 1884, Hartford) was an American songwriter and composer of the mid-19th century. He is best remembered...
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Henry Clay Sr. (April 12, 1777 – June 29, 1852) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives...
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indicates the town's name came from the 1864 piece, "Wake Nicodemus" by Henry Clay Work. Some point to the lyrics' use of the name Nicodemus as a figurative...
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My Grandfather's Clock (category Songs written by Henry Clay Work)
(popularly known as "My Grandfather's Clock") is a song written in 1876 by Henry Clay Work, the author of "Marching Through Georgia". It is a standard of British...
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Henry Clay Frick (December 19, 1849 – December 2, 1919) was an American industrialist, financier, and art patron. He founded the H. C. Frick & Company...
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Marching Through Georgia (category Songs written by Henry Clay Work)
is an American Civil War-era marching song written and composed by Henry Clay Work in 1865. It is sung from the perspective of a Union soldier who had...
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The Ship that Never Returned (category Songs written by Henry Clay Work)
written and composed by Henry Clay Work (1832–1884) in 1865. It was first published in September that year by Root & Cady, whom Work had collaborated with...
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Kingdom Coming (category Songs written by Henry Clay Work)
Jubilo", is an American Civil War-era song written and composed by Henry Clay Work (1832–1884) in 1861. It was published by Root & Cady in 1862 and first...
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Come Home, Father (category Songs written by Henry Clay Work)
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...
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Baker" (1850) "The Arkansas Traveler" (c. 1862) "Babylon Is Fallen", Henry Clay Work (1863) "Back Side of Albany" "The Band of Niggers! From 'Ole Virginny...
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tunes that feature prominently are: "Marching through Georgia" by Henry Clay Work, "Dixie", "Garryowen", and "The Bonnie Blue Flag." The theme that is...
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by Henry Tucker "Marching Through Georgia" w.m. Henry Clay Work "Roll, Jordan, Roll" traditional spiritual "The Ship That Never Returned" w.m. Henry Clay...
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Henry Clay Ide (September 18, 1844 – June 13, 1921) was a U.S. judge, colonial commissioner, ambassador, and Governor-General of the Philippines. Ide was...
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to symbolize the campaign: "Marching Through Georgia", written by Henry Clay Work in 1865. Sung from the point of view of a Union soldier, the lyrics...
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American educator, 24th First Lady of the United States (d. 1892) 1832 – Henry Clay Work, American composer and songwriter (d. 1884) 1835 – Ádám Politzer, Hungarian-Austrian...
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while roaming in Broadway, he stumbled across his former employee Henry Clay Work who had quit songwriting, dispirited by financial and familial woes...
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of a Feather" (Carole Pope, Kevan Staples) - 4:07 "Wake Nicodemus" (Henry Clay Work, originally published in 1864) - 4:37 "I Will" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)...
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was sung to the tune of "The Ship That Never Returned", written by Henry Clay Work in 1865. Originally, the lyrics were attributed to Fred Jackson Lewey...
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last surviving grandchild of Henry Ford. Ford was born on March 14, 1925, in Detroit to Edsel Ford and Eleanor Lowthian Clay. He graduated from the Hotchkiss...
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Henry Clay Payne (November 23, 1843 – October 4, 1904) was U.S. Postmaster General from 1902 to 1904 under Pres. Theodore Roosevelt. He died in office...
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the longcase clock. The song was composed by the American songwriter Henry Clay Work, who discovered a longcase clock in The George Hotel in Piercebridge...
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The Henry Clay Monument is a public monument in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, United States. Work on the monument, which consists of a state of Henry Clay atop...
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Henry Clay Morrison (March 10, 1857 — March 24, 1942) was a Methodist evangelist, editor, and president of Asbury College. He is not to be confused with...
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were Stephen Foster, Mrs. E.A. Parkhurst, M. Evans, George F. Root, and Henry Work. Another specific example of a popular song of the times is "The Drunkard's...
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Edsel Ford (redirect from Eleanor Clay Ford)
industrialist Henry Ford and his wife, Clara Jane Bryant Ford. He was the president of Ford Motor Company from 1919 until his death in 1943. He worked closely...
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"My Grandfather's Watch," a parody of "My Grandfather's Clock" by Henry Clay Work. In 1980, Ray Stevens recorded a novelty song titled "The Watch Song...
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Henry Clay Lewis (1825–1850) was an American short story writer and medical doctor whose work is largely attributed as the greatest example of humor in...
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Kingcome (disambiguation) "Kingdom Coming", an American Civil War song by Henry Clay Work Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism, a 2006 book by Michelle...
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Mayor of Chicago Bernard Wasserstein – professor Jody Watley – singer Henry Clay Work – composer Hubert Louis Will – federal judge Wikimedia Commons has...
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Henry Clay Folger Jr. (June 18, 1857 – June 11, 1930) was an American businessman who was president and later chairman of Standard Oil of New York, a collector...
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