Marching Songs for Young Crusaders
Evanston, Illinois: National Woman's Christian Temperance Union, 1904. Wraps. [JUVENILE] [TEMPERANCE SOCIETY] [WOMAN AUTHOR].
Wrapper title: Loyal Temperance Legion, 29th Thousand, Marching Songs for Young Crusaders. Temperance Songs for the Cold Water Army. No.1, Evanston, Illinois: Published by National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union.
16mo (6 ½” x 5”); 62pp + index; stiff grey wrapper, the front features decorative lettering and a child hugging an American flag and the cross of Christ, the side border banner is lettered “Bond of Hope”, vertically stacked lettering states “Tremble Kind Alcohol. We shall grow up”; rear wrapper publisher’s ad for other publications; two staple binding; 1” split at head of wrapper fold, one staple pulled from wrapper but secure, light wear; very good. OCLC does not locate any with this publication date. Very good. Item #1834
An interesting collection of songs aimed at children recruited by the National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, a religious group founded in Ohio in 1874 and dedicated to limiting the use of alcohol because of its deleterious effects on the family and society. They supported the drafting of the 18th amendment in 1917. This songbook for children originally published around 1885.
Titles of the songs, all dedicated to teaching children the danger of alcohol through music, include: Cold Water, Our Glasses Upside Down, Our Coming Army, We’ll Rally Round the Ballot Box, We’ll Never Touch the Wine, and Temperance Boys and Girls are We. Many of the words mix religion and patriotism in their fervor.
Price: $100.00