Lorena

[PresaCanarioLover]

My daughter's name is Lorena...I use to read the poem to her when she was little and I'd cry! LOL! Beautiful song...........

[eloniac]

watch "ken burns" - The civil war

[SilverDoe6]

What is that film at the end?

[preciouslore27]

I have tears in my eyes ... Lorena is my name

[MonSTerChIKk]

@preciouslore27 lorena is my name, and i cried too :') this song is beautiful

[renamonster1]

this song is my luliby i love it cus my name is lorena&my mom sang it to e every night as a kid

[azwags]

Who is performing this song in the video?

[AlejO6151]

aii

[jlhist64]

On the Eve of the Civil War Battle of Antietam, 35,000 Union and Confederate Soldiers sang this song in their trenches. It is said that you could here both sides sing for miles this beautiful song. On the morning afterwards and for 2 days, over 28,000 of these soldiers would be killed in the battle....

[Benj888]

@jlhist64 - Ken Burns! Being a Southerner I am in love with old timey fiddle.

[lanoviadechuki]

uaaahh!!!

[djmyers71]

Is this the exact version used on Ken Burns Civil War documentary ? I couldnt remember if it was this one or a trumpet version. Anyone know?

[Nizlopi2]

Yes :P - this is the exact one.

[barneygoogoo]

yes it is this version

[bobbelheadedmidget]

this is it.. I just watched it

[ranran19701]

A version was also used as one of the themes from The Searchers with John Wayne.

[gigarjan]

So it's something like a Lily-Marlen in WWII.

[csaboy27]

this song and home sweet home were forbidden in alot of southern camps because men would hear them grow homesick then just desert

[terrygrif]

Am I right in thinking this song was part of the background music to the John Ford movie

"The Searchers"?

Very haunting melody. Thanks

[Joshyboyttm]

Best Western ever made.

I surfed the internet to find this tune just from the Movie.

Found It !

You Are Right. Keep the Faith

[ElizabethTalbot]

Right you are.

"Lorena" is featured in the opening as Ethan Edwards appears. It then segues into "Bonnie Blue Flag".

[foredwin]

@ElizabethTalbot Also was the background in The Searchers with john wayne

[53hankster]

very good, thanks for sharing

[dodge96neon]

who is that statue of

[Deccajay]

I am not sure. it is a statue on top of a grave stone.

[TBayBP]

its really good!!!

[ConfederateBrave]

A beautiful song of our Southland!

---Eagle Feather

[Jen534]

I just heard about this song in a book. Really pretty!

[jhyfyuk]

Which book?

[Jen534]

It was part of Linda Lael Miller's Springwater series

[Lumotaku]

awesome