Work, HENRY CLAY

Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 10: Swastika to Zyrianovsk and Index, p. 742

Work, HENRY CLAY, song-writer (1832-84), born at Middletown, Connecticut, attracted notice during the American civil war by his war-songs, of which 'Mareling through Georgia' is best known. Of nearly a hundred songs of his the most popular were 'Lily Dale' and 'My Grandfather's Cloek.'

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