The following is a list of some of the songs which were popular prior to and during the American Revolutionary War period. It is, by no means, a comprehensive list; rather, it is intended to simply give you some example of the music our ancestors listened to during the 1770s. Quite a number of the songs included in this list were written during the War and reflect the Americans' patriotic ferver.
The songs are presented in greater detail on the linked pages. Midi files are included on certain of the pages. Click on the icon to be taken to the linked page.
A Ballad ~ 1776
Adams And Liberty
Adam's Fall: The Trip To Cambridge
The Affair At Newport
Affair Of Honor
An American Frigate ~ Paul Jones
American Taxation
An Appeal
Anthony Wayne
Arnold Is As Brave A Man
The Ballad Of Jane McCrea
Banks Of The Dee
The Battle Of The Kegs
Battle Of Trenton
The Boston Massacre
Brave Paulding And The Spy
Breed's Hill ~ The Burning Of Charlestown
British Light Infantry
Bunker Hill (or The American Hero)
Burgoyne's Overthrow
Burrowing Yankees
Castle Island Song
Chester
Columbia
Come Out, Ye Continentalers
The Congress
Cornwallis Burgoyned
The Cornwallis Country Dance
The Cow Chace
Derry Down
Descent On Middlesex
Dutch Song
The Epilogue
Epistel To The Troops In Boston
The Etiquette
A Fable
A Fragment
The Fate Of John Burgoyne
Fish And Tea
Follow Washington
Free America
Gage's Proclamation
The Gamester
General Sullivan's Song
The Gentle Shepherd
George The Third's Soliloquy
Girls And Boys Come Out To Play
God Save The King
Granny Wales
Green Sleeves
The Hay-Makers Dance
The Heads
Hearts Of Oak
Independence
India Tea
In Freedom We're Born
The Irishman's Epistle
The Jerseys
King's Mountain
Lamentations
The Letter
Let Tyrants Shake
Liberty's Call
The Liberty Song
The Liberty Tree
Lord North's Recantation
Loyal York
Maggie Lawder
Maryland Resolves
The Massachusetts Liberty Song
A Military Song
My Days Have Been So Wondrous Free
Nathan Hale
The Negroes Farewell To America
A New Ballad
A New Song
New Year's Day 1781
Old England
Old King Cole
The Old Man's Song
The Old Soldiers Of The King
On Gen. Wayne's Taking Stoney Point
On Independence
On Disbanding The Army
Our Women
The Parody
The Pennsylvania Song
A Prayer
The Present Age
The Proclamation
The Prophetic Egg
The Rebels
The Recess
The Repeal
The Revolutionary Alphabet
Rivington's Reflections
Sally In Our Alley
Saratoga Song
Sergeant Champe
Siege Of Savannah
Sir Harry's Invitation
The Soldier At Home
Soldier's Fortune
A Song ~ 1776
A Song ~ 1779
A Song About Charleston
Song Of The Heads
The Song Of The Vermonters
Sullivan's Island
The Taxed Tea
The Tea Party
Thanksgiving Hymn
The Times
A Toast To Washington
To Britain
To Our Ladies
To The Commons
To The Traitor Arnold
To The Officers And Troops At Boston
To Washington
Unhappy Times Of Late
A Venison Dinner At Mr. Bunyan's
The Vicar Of Bray
Virginia Banishing Tea
Volunteer Boys
The War Song
The World Turned Upside Down
Yankee Doodle
Yankee Doodle's Expedition
The Yankee Privateer
Ye Sons Of North Britain
