Lorena

This song reminds me of "The Yellow Rose of Texas". The reason I think this is because the song is about a woman taht a soldier is dreaming of and wishes to be with instead of being involved in the war. This is how a lot of soldiers felt because of the draft and the war. They literally had to drop everything and join the Union of Confederate army. This is the aggrivating part of the war for everyone- friends, family, loved ones, and even soldiers themselves. They all just wished that either side would shcnge their ways and just move on. Unfortunately, this was not going to happen, therefore wishing things would change wouldn't solve anything. In conclusion, this song was just o.k. but I enjoyed "The Yellow Rose of Texas" much better than this song. 1204850344

Very true ewe, this song does remind me of the Yellow Rose. I youtubed this video just to get a little tast of what i was in store for to write about and I ened up listening this song once that twice and even a third time. This song has a very catchy tune. Even when I youtubed it there was a music video about it and it had lots of pictures from around the Civil War Era and of course it was pictures of couples. This song just really expresses how the years just move so slowly and how the heart still beats on just missing her. It even talks about the sun and how it dips so low as almost as it was sick and sad. This song has a very catchy beat to it it has many instruments my favorite is the banjo it ads that southern flair that southern culture into the song and it brings back the past. This song is just how his heart was broken and he really cared about this girl. He would never forget this girl but he must sleep on. 1205382367Ale 2

It seems to me that the songs Br. Tom gave us in these packets were all very similar. Well, some were similar and some were not. But this one for example, //Lorena// is one that is almost the parallel to the song the //Yellow Rose of Texas//. In this poem, the man singing is telling of his experiences to a woman, by the name of Lorena. He explains the scenery and the time that has passed. I look at all of these songs as reflections of experiences these innocent people have had with the war. This song as well as a few others are almost like diaries. They "write" in the sense as if the person they are talking about was with them. It is sad because to know that these people went through this pain and suffering and actually having a severe withdrawl from their families; this was all real. 1205467927

I also strongly agree that this poem remind me of The Yellow Rose of Texas. I felt that this song was the complete opposite compared to the song about Willie. In this poem a man is writing about a woman that he has somehow lost. And in the poem about Willie that was a woman crying for the man she lost because he had to go off to war. I think that sad songs were somewhat the norm during the Civil War not only because the obvious they were in the middle of a war! But also because it affected their lives personally if a man had to go fight then a wife lost her husband and children lost their father. So it was no wonder they were writing all these sad songs. Especially the men, when they were away and had nothing to do during their little free time of course they were thinking about the ones they loved so maybe writing songs helped them pass the time! 1205469152

I think that this song is anohter expression of someone's sorrow of a loved one going to battle. Many poems have been written on the same issue, yet every auther seems to have their own unique expression of how it personally effects them. This poem seems to show how helpless the author feels, and how much sorrow they feel while "Lorena" is gone, or perhaps whoever "Lorena" is was killed in the gory battles of the civil war. I think that this song is very sorrowful but very beautiful, as all of the civil war songs on this topic are to me. 1205471500