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"Respectfully Hitched Up for the President, Officers, and Men of the Confederate Army"
"The tune, 'Wait for the wagon' is attributed to R. Bishop Buckley; it was first published in 1851. An edition listing George P. Knauff as author was published in the same year by Miller & Beacham of Baltimore;" information from Hoogerwerf, F. W. (1984)
Library classification
M2.3 .C61 C6
First Line
Come all ye sons of freedom and join our Southern band
First Line of Chorus
Wait for the wagon
Instrumentation
voice
mixed voices
piano
Credit Line
Confederate Sheet Music Collection, courtesy of Warren D. Allen Music Library, The Florida State University
Held By
Warren D. Allen Music Library
Sublocation
Confederate Sheet Music Collection
Goodspeed Collection