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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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and the many lost in the tragedy who are buried there. Songwriter Henry Clay Work penned the memorial song "Lost on the Lady Elgin" in 1861. For many...
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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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Henry Clay Dean (27 October 1822 – 6 February 1887) was a Methodist Episcopal preacher, lawyer, orator and author who was a critic of the American Civil...
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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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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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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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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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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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the conductor and composer Josef Sucher. "Grandfather's Clock" by Henry Clay Work "The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond" by Andrew Lang "Gay As A Lark" by...
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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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Perishing" w. Fanny Crosby m. William H. Doane "Waiting For Pa" w. & m. Henry Clay Work Max Bruch – Symphony No. 2 in F minor, Op. 36 (premiered September...
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composer (b. 1824) June 25 – Hans Rott, composer (b. 1858) June 8 – Henry Clay Work, US composer July 5 – Victor Massé, composer August 18 – Franz Seraphin...
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contains an instrumental version of Kingdom Coming by American composer Henry Clay Work (1862), followed by La paloma, by Spanish composer Sebastián Iradier...
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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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Hank Williams Spencer Williams Septimus Winner (Sep) Harry M. Woods Henry Clay Work Allie Wrubel Vincent Youmans Harold Arlen Hoagy Carmichael Duke Ellington...
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