The Liberty Song
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The Liberty Song is a pre-Revolutionary American patriotic song, often cited as one of the first songs to express the colonies’ growing desire for liberty from British rule.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American song
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patriotic song ⓘ |
| approximateCompositionYear | 1768 ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Townshend Acts opposition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement | American independence movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson | John Dickinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | John Dickinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnMelodyOf | Heart of Oak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| circulationForm | newspaper publication ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Thirteen Colonies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
early musical expression of American colonial resistance
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one of the earliest American patriotic songs ⓘ |
| firstKnownAppearanceDate | July 1768 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn |
Boston Gazette
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Pennsylvania Chronicle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form | strophic song ⓘ |
| genre |
patriotic music
ⓘ
protest song ⓘ |
| historicalContext | growing colonial opposition to British policies ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | pre-American Revolutionary War era ⓘ |
| historicalReception | popular among American colonists in the late 1760s ⓘ |
| influenceOn | later American patriotic songs ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | American colonists ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | John Dickinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | broadside ballad ⓘ |
| mottoPopularized | United we stand, divided we fall ⓘ |
| notableLine |
"By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall"
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"Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all" ⓘ |
| numberOfVerses | multiple verses with recurring chorus ⓘ |
| originalMelodyComposer | William Boyce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalMelodyLyricist | David Garrick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfFirstPublication | Philadelphia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | American colonial patriot cause ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1768 ⓘ |
| refrain | "In freedom we're born and in freedom we'll live" ⓘ |
| regionOfPopularity |
Middle Colonies
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New England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
opposition to taxation without representation
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rights of American colonists ⓘ |
| theme |
colonial unity
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liberty ⓘ loyalty to the king with opposition to Parliament ⓘ resistance to tyranny ⓘ |
| typeOfWork | song with political propaganda elements ⓘ |
| usesTuneOf | Heart of Oak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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John Dickinson
subject surface form:
John Dickinson