Tagged with Songs
Resource : La Marseillaise
Soldiers have always sung to keep their spirits up, and wars always produce songs. The Marseillaise is one of the most memorable war songs ever written. It tells us about the hopes and fears of French soldiers in 1792, during the French Revolution. In 1795 it became France’s national anthem and is now known today all over the world.
Resource : The Colours by The Men They Couldn’t Hang
This song tells the story of the Nore mutiny in 1797 and the execution of its ‘chief mutineer’ Richard Parker. It illustrates the British government’s fear of protest and potential uprising and the harsh punishments inflicted on those suspected of causing unrest.
Resource : Roll Jordan Roll
Roll Jordon Roll is a spiritual, sung by enslaved Africans working on plantations in the Americas in the 1800s in resistance to their enslavement and cruel treatment.
