Love this one. I'm a Sacred Harper myself, and just love it when we sing this at the Lutheran Church of Our Savior. We meet there every fourth Sunday of the month. We gather and sing, and then we have supper. It's a very fun experience. Anyone who hasn't gone to a singing should. It's very fun, and I promise you'll want to come back! :)
@icewood96 its actually not written for natives...im singing this in my A Cappella choir and it was written for the people of Appalachia,...like mountain people
And am I born to die? To lay this body down! And must my trembling spirit fly Into a world unknown? A land of deepest shade, Unpierced by human thought The dreary regions of the dead, Where all things are forgot. Soon as from earth I go What will become of me? Eternal happiness or woe, Must then my portion be! Waked by the trumpet sound, I from my grave shall rise; And see the Judge with glory crowned, And see the flaming skies!
One of the best novels, films and soundtracks that I have ever had the pleasure of enjoying. Thank you Gawaine687 for helping me savor the Ambiance of Cold Mountain.
@caveyiswow92 Yes they were considered US Citizens since the treaty ending the Civil War declared that the South had never actually succeeded from the Union. This is why more Confederate Soldiers were not charged with treason. My Great Great Grandfather was born in Kentucky in 1861 while his father was off fighting for the CSA and years later he became a Federal Marshal without having to get a workers permit or a green card lol.
people it seems need educating... this is not a historical film.. nor does it claim to be a film based on true events.. the only thing that is relatively biographical about this film is that it mentions one W.P. Inman.. who was a real person who did infact journey to Cold Mountain after the Civil War.. but this film is based on a NOVEL..... a BOOK... FICTION!... period watch the special features on the dvd an you would know that... lol
well you can burn in hell down south with the rest of your inbred buddies. the only reason yinz did so well was because you had lee, and btw we beat his ass at Gettysburg. you damn right we had better guns, your damn right we had better technology, and your damn right we had more men. no why? bcs you were a bunch of slave owning ass holes who wanted to fight to keep the rich mans blacks in the fields. we were an army, ready for war. we were educated. and we freed black.
@ArcticMyster Apparently not educated enough to know that "No why" should have been 'Know why" Or that when using a persons name in this case you used "lee" instead of the proper "Lee" or "You damn right" should have been "YOUR damn right" Or your "no why" should have been capitalized and spelled "Know why?" as it was the beginning of a new sentence "Know why?" and your last sentence should have read "We were an army ready for war, we were educated, and we freed blackS."
@smizerene When a person makes the statement "bcs you were a bunch of slave owning ass holes who wanted to fight to keep the rich mans blacks in the fields. we were an army, ready for war. we were educated." and then follows it up with uneducated statements then yes, the oxymoron needs to be posted. If you bother to look below I made several educated statements.
@ArcticMyster you know nothing of this war, you probably have no deep roots in this country or the civil war, and who's "we", did you fight there, the union soldiers were all better men than you, and almost none of them fought to free slaves, many of them hated blacks, you shouldn't do or wathc anything civil war or history related, YOU are the asshole, the union and rebel troops are not
jeat00forbreakfest: dont be pissed because the north whooped your redneck great grandpa's asses. if your offended by this movie, i say grow the hell up. this is a movie showing how the cival war harmed the country, and quite honestly it did. it killed thousands of americans. but you know what, if you want to try it again...this Pennsylvania says go right ahead, we'll beat your asses again.
@ArcticMyster no we whooped you. you had better guns, better technology, better medicine and more troops.
we only had pride, good generals and a good reason to fight
and we killed more then you and almost won the war.... to me yall humiliatingly won ... it took destruction, murder and rape to finally break us .... 1 Confederate solider was worth 5 Yankees
@ZackAttack261 Atrocities were committed on both sides my friend, including rape & destruction. Both despicable acts. Also the Union lost more to battle deaths than the Confederates. Now if you look @ total deaths including disease then the Union lost more as well.The Union armies had from 2,500,000 to 2,750,000 men. Their losses, by the best estimates:Battle deaths: 110,070/Disease, etc.:250,152 Total 360,222 The :Battle deaths:94,000 Disease, etc.:164,000Total 258,000.
@ZackAttack261 Sorry made mistakes above. I will send link to your inbox. My family was not even in this country yet on either side if the family during the Civil War so maybe you will read what I will send you. I feel after the 9/11 tragedy that we all need to pull together as a country & quit fighting each other. We have people telling us to take down the flag and trying to steal our right to bare arms. We have those that don't even want our kids to say the Pledge of Allegiance. Let's unite!!
@Gawaine687 Problem with Glory was it made the 54th out to be a regiment of runaways when infact Gov. Andrews wanted an almost elite unit of freedmen.The members of the 54th were in some cases doctors and lawyers,others were shop keeps and store clerks,many worked at the Freedmen's Bueru.In fact,Fredrick Douglas's sons were sargents in the regiment.
@tenfed1861 Glory also depicts the regiment as fighting gloriously and earning the respect of white soldiers. The reality is that the 54th was intentionally used as a suicide wave in attacking a well fortified position before white soldiers were put in danger. White officers sent them ahead of white units to reduce the number of white casualties. The movie also conveniently skips the part of the battle where fleeing colored troops were shot down by their White Federal comrades as they retreated.
this song isn't only in relation to the southerners of the civilwar, this would be apparent to the generation of southerners that fought against the british in the revolution
@haywoodfarmer611 I just finished a college course that focused on slave narratives, and a lot of the history of the civil war for supplement material. My professor is directly descended from a plantation owner, All of the resources she can find in her family history indicate he was a respectable person, and everything about slavery was just. Every other source indicates otherwise. I'm sorry to infer more that I probably should, but there's a reason why the winners write history.
not to be rude but for the historian wannabes on here just listen to the damn song and enjoy its wonderful toon and stop trying to prove a point. so pretty much saying enjoy the music and stop making damn discussions
so many people have started debates on historical accuracy as well as right and wrong with the War.... I would instead like to say I am thankful for this movie because it has helped to get this music to a wider audience and made it relative again. Perhaps people love it, perhaps people hate it... but the words written are the voices of those who came before us and how better to connect to their spirit than sing the same words they sang, with hope, with feeling, with love.
And am I born to die? To lay this body down! And must my trembling spirit fly Into a world unknown? A land of deepest shade, Unpierced by human thought; The dreary regions of the dead, Where all things are forgot. Soon as from earth I go, What will become of me? Eternal happiness or woe, Must then my portion be! Waked by the trumpet sound, I from my grave shall rise; And see the Judge with glory crowned, And see the flaming skies!
@wisniewz Is there something inherently bad about a nation splitting? Like in marriage, if a relationship isn't working out, shouldn't the two partners be allowed to break the contract and go their separates ways?
@CircleBastiat yeah, there kind of is a problem with divorce. marriage isn't something you do when you think you love someone, it's a commitment that you make when you're sure that you love someone, and a commitment that you keep. I'm a Christian, and in the Bible, the only excuse given for divorce is adultery. My parents divorced before i was even in kindergarten, so i know what it's like.
and it is bad for a nation to split. it usually causes war, and death among citizens, and solves nothing
@wisniewz You're arbitrarily ruining the premise of my analogy by reading your Christian philosophy into it. Don't get me wrong, I'm not bashing your beliefs, but you don't have an argument.
I believe that parents should try and reconcile their differences for the sake of their child, but if said differences are irreconcilable then it was better that they divorced.
And nation splitting has only led to war when, like I said, one side is unwilling to let the other leave peaceably.
@CircleBastiat you make a valid point, but how often do nations split peacefully? the only thing that comes to mind is Czechoslovakia, but that is one in a hundred.
do you think that the United States should be split back into two?
@wisniewz Thank you for the acknowledgment, but I think you're missing my point. I'm arguing for the right of secession, not its feasibility. Indeed, if one side is threatening violence against the leaving party, it may be prudential to acquiesce. However, that doesn't negate the right of secession (or rather the right of self-governance). It may be prudential for a woman to submit to rape rather than resist and be murdered, but that doesn't negate her right to not be raped.
And am I born to die? And lay this body down? And as my trembling spirits fly Into a world unknown A land of deeper shade Unpierced by human thought The dreary region of the dead Where all things are forgot Soon as from earth I go What will become of me? Eternal happiness or woe Must then my fortune be Waked by the trumpet's sound I from my grave shall rise And see the Judge with glory crowned And see the flaming skies
Hymn words And am I born to die? To lay this body down! And must my trembling spirit fly Into a world unknown? A land of deepest shade, Unpierced by human thought The dreary regions of the dead, Where all things are forgot. Soon as from earth I go What will become of me? Eternal happiness or woe, Must then my portion be! Waked by the trumpet sound, I from my grave shall rise; And see the Judge with glory crowned, And see the flaming skies!
Never noticed this before... but if you listen to this song and then listen to the song "Am I Born to Die?" They're the same thing... you just gotta listen harder to hear the lyrics to this one...
@ZackAttack261 I know this...I sing shapenote in Dayton Ohio...I was just saying that the most beautiful things you can write are those things written to the glory of God, and that is why these songs are beautiful in their lyrics and their melody
Check out 'The Hollywood History of the World' by George MacDonald Fraser if you haven't already, it gives an interesting look at the use/misuse of history in the movies, what the industry does wrong as well as where it got it right.
@haywoodfarmer611 the problem is that people seem to think that movies are supposed to show history completely as it happened, and hate on them if it doesnt. that is not the function of a movie, although its a nice bonus if it does. undoubtedly you're right that primary sources hold the truth, or as close as possible, but not everyone has access to those, or time to look.
@Gawaine687 Primary sources are no less valid that secondary sources, every one has an opinion and all opinions are bias, in many cases secondary sources are actually much more informed than primary ones.
@Gawaine687 I totally agree with you that it is primarily a love story; which is why I am not deterred from liking the films by any historical inaccuracies. This could have been set in any civil war or even any war for that matter.
@haywoodfarmer611 what makes you say textbooks are wrong? they are for education, so they shouldnt be. they also shouldnt have skewed info, like those texas textbooks that everyone has been talking about. hollywood is of course not exactly accurate to history; im just pointing out what i liked about it and aspects that they highlight.
Thank you America for showing on a large scale what progressive thinking is. The Civil war was something that was always going to happen and for better or worse history is written by the victor. Im from little old New Zealand but the implications of Americas thinking impacts on us all the time and progressive thinking is what makes things sustainable in the western world. We have a long way to go but I like having to educate myself to live and provide safe lives for my kids. At least its a life.
@Gawaine687 What we weren't told is that nearly just as many blacks willingly fought on the side of the South as the North willingly. They fought for their country, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, etc. The war wasn't about slavery until it looked like England might side with the South, the war was all about Lincoln's tariff, just read his 1st innaugeral address and you will see this clearly as he threatens state trying to nullify his centralism.
God, i didn't care got this movie but the music is great. A nice take on old time music of the southern Appalachians. Really what gets me is they put the sacred harp in there. Haunting song, great performance, good upload!
@NJRocks281 True, but not only preserved but added to. And then it moved north again, and songs are still being written, so now it is from the north AND south.
The Cold Mountain soundtrack putting an orchestral back track to sacred harp is similar in spirit to what they did with the whole depiction of the civil war you see in the movie. My family has been here in Virginia since the 1700s and many of my family's men fought in the Civil War and I was just a little offended by this movie. If you want to learn something about the Civil War dive into the literature. Cold Mountain, Gettysburg, Glory should never be historical source material.
And where exactly do you hear an orchestral back on this track??? It's completely a capella. No instruments at all. Idiot.
Next time try listening first before ranting and making an ass out of yourself.
And you mentioned that movies like this shouldn't be used as historical source material? It's not a historical movie, it's based on a fiction romance novel and therefore it's a fiction romance movie.
You're the one who needs to brush up on their reading and research before ranting. Moron
Not everyone has time to do in depth research on a subject they want to learn just a little about. It's a film not a documentary; its entire premise endures for the sole reason that directors DO take such poetic license as they see fit. It makes a more enjoyable film and reaches a lot of people (who may learn a little). If you want complete accuracy, make one yourself instead of bemoaning those by people who have already made the effort and taken the time and expense to do so.
@ieat00forbreakfast cold mountain is a NOVEL written by a history professor who lives out east. It is a good story, and I am sure it depicts that particular part of the country very well.
@ieat00forbreakfast I live her in The Blue Ridge born and raised. Alot of folks up here in the mountains took no sides in the civil war. We felt we could do just fine for ourselves than rely on a goverment. Inman was a deserter from Cold Mt maybe he felt the same way. but it is a fiction book
@ieat00forbreakfast I am reading "The Killer Angels" right now and it is a good book and pretty accurately depicts the Battle of Gettysburg, and the days preceding it.
@ieat00forbreakfast They weren't trying to tell perfect history. They wanted to grasp a concept of the horrific emotional toll it took on people of this nation.
This was an artists angle on a beautifully written book about love in the midst of heartache , not PBS historians.
I love accurate history, too, but this was not that and didn't try to be... as you know.
@ieat00forbreakfast They weren't trying to tell perfect history. They wanted to grasp a concept of the horrific emotional toll it took on people of this nation.
This was an artists angle on a beautifully written book about love in the midst of heartache , not PBS historians.
I love accurate history, too, but this was not that and didn't try to be... as you know.
I went to Anteitam for a reenactment with you Americans and was treated to this song sung just for us. I was beautiful. I remember about 3 hours into the fight i had this in my head, the blossom came off the trees like snow through the smoke it was like heaven beyond the apocolypse. beautiful.
Great song, but this is NOT the same version thats played in the film. Later in the track, instrumentals are suppose to start playing as well, this version doesn't have that.
in the thick of the battle this is the song. it sounds like you're thinking of the prelude to the battle and when the explosion happens. that's from "you will be my ain true love" by alison krauss.
It doesn't have background instrumentals because Sacred Harp (the type of singing this is) is done without instruments. Since it's being sung by people who actually sing Sacred Harp, there wouldn't be any instruments at the time of recording.
Yes, but in the information on this, it states it's being sung by a group of Sacred Harp Singers, which means therefore it would be done a capella. The thing about soundtracks is that they aren't required to have the music exactly like it is in a film.
Personally I think it sounds better without the orchestra, because it's not meant to have the orchestra backing anyway. But that's just my opinion.
I just started singing Sacred Harp about 3 months ago, and have fallen in love with it. We are a small group in NW Pennsylvania. Last week I tried taping us. It's my first (and very amateurish) attempt, but you can find it at PA shape note singing group "117 Babylon Is Fallen"
What really hits home with me is that people don't talk like this anymore. The grammer was so poetic In that day that it seems every word spoken could move a mountain. Today, most would not even understand the lyrics to this song. Oh how we have changed as a people.
@lorren0520 I've sang Sacred Harp for about a year now, and the lyrics still move me. The symbolism, the way they see death and dying as a reality to be embraced rather than trying to evade it, it is very moving. The authors of the poetry for many of the Sacred Harp tunes realize that there is more to life than this existence.
nativa americans were driven out of THEIR land by the brits and americans i speak as someone who knows what that feels lyke im irish and this song speaks for them
Awesome! It was cool they choose this for that battle scene... it was different, you normally don't hear something like this for such an intense scene. I wish this version had the orchestral hits at the end though, like in the film. But overall, great song! Thanks for uploading! 5/5!
This song makes me want to fight for something. I don't even know what. Haunting.
SocsRevolution13 1 week ago
Goosebumps indeed - shivers too
pushiwallboy 2 weeks ago
Listen to the Millikin Choir singing it, absolutely haunting and beautiful, more refined than this but equally great.
Lenuvira 2 months ago 3
so in the movie, the music during the battle of the crater is orchestrated near the end of the battle. does anyone know where to find that version?
billywitchdoctor100 2 months ago
it kicks me out also give me some kind of power to stand against this fuck'n shit of our planet
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It sounds like they're saying LOL at the beginning.
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Love this one. I'm a Sacred Harper myself, and just love it when we sing this at the Lutheran Church of Our Savior. We meet there every fourth Sunday of the month. We gather and sing, and then we have supper. It's a very fun experience. Anyone who hasn't gone to a singing should. It's very fun, and I promise you'll want to come back! :)
drwhotimelordify 4 months ago
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drwhotimelordify 4 months ago
All i know of this war nothing Civil about it. The Irish did alot of it and your weclome North with out us the South would have kicked your ass !
tluin 4 months ago
@tluin The movies obsess over the Irish, in reality, they played just one small part.
njdevil281 1 month ago
oh fu*k this is best indian song ever...,,
icewood96 4 months ago
@icewood96 its actually not written for natives...im singing this in my A Cappella choir and it was written for the people of Appalachia,...like mountain people
destinyrmankowski27 4 months ago
@destinyrmankowski27 oh man...i wanna sing it too..... XD
icewood96 4 months ago
@icewood96 its actually pretty awesome.
destinyrmankowski27 4 months ago
Macdolphins93 5 months ago 30
this gives me goosebumps!!
smashleyoak09 5 months ago 2
One of the best novels, films and soundtracks that I have ever had the pleasure of enjoying. Thank you Gawaine687 for helping me savor the Ambiance of Cold Mountain.
nvize1 5 months ago
Yo if somone was born in the south during the civil war are they where they call American citizens or?
caveyiswow92 6 months ago
@caveyiswow92 Yes they were considered US Citizens since the treaty ending the Civil War declared that the South had never actually succeeded from the Union. This is why more Confederate Soldiers were not charged with treason. My Great Great Grandfather was born in Kentucky in 1861 while his father was off fighting for the CSA and years later he became a Federal Marshal without having to get a workers permit or a green card lol.
nvize1 5 months ago 3
people it seems need educating... this is not a historical film.. nor does it claim to be a film based on true events.. the only thing that is relatively biographical about this film is that it mentions one W.P. Inman.. who was a real person who did infact journey to Cold Mountain after the Civil War.. but this film is based on a NOVEL..... a BOOK... FICTION!... period watch the special features on the dvd an you would know that... lol
brandrider12 6 months ago
@brandrider12 Basically, the novel is a Civil War spin on Homer's The Odyssey. Lots of similarities, but great nonetheless.
danzax1 5 months ago
1500 yankees in a crater, rebs surrounding it, a sure fire victory
johncashrocks221 7 months ago
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Yep, a surefire victory, that they still lost.
Yes, The Union won this battle.
SOSGB 6 months ago
@SOSGB i'm talking about the battle of the crater not the siege of petersburg itself
johncashrocks221 6 months ago
well you can burn in hell down south with the rest of your inbred buddies. the only reason yinz did so well was because you had lee, and btw we beat his ass at Gettysburg. you damn right we had better guns, your damn right we had better technology, and your damn right we had more men. no why? bcs you were a bunch of slave owning ass holes who wanted to fight to keep the rich mans blacks in the fields. we were an army, ready for war. we were educated. and we freed black.
ArcticMyster 7 months ago
@ArcticMyster Apparently not educated enough to know that "No why" should have been 'Know why" Or that when using a persons name in this case you used "lee" instead of the proper "Lee" or "You damn right" should have been "YOUR damn right" Or your "no why" should have been capitalized and spelled "Know why?" as it was the beginning of a new sentence "Know why?" and your last sentence should have read "We were an army ready for war, we were educated, and we freed blackS."
bpnsirdiealot 7 months ago
@bpnsirdiealot do you really need to point out spelling errors? come on and make a valid point.
smizerene 7 months ago
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@smizerene When a person makes the statement "bcs you were a bunch of slave owning ass holes who wanted to fight to keep the rich mans blacks in the fields. we were an army, ready for war. we were educated." and then follows it up with uneducated statements then yes, the oxymoron needs to be posted. If you bother to look below I made several educated statements.
bpnsirdiealot 7 months ago
@bpnsirdiealot you give the name "dumb Yankee" a whole new meaning
ZackAttack261 4 months ago
@ZackAttack261 Well seeing you are the measuring stick I will take that as a compliment.
bpnsirdiealot 4 months ago
@smizerene Arcticmyster is an idiot he made no points
johncashrocks221 6 months ago
@ArcticMyster you know nothing of this war, you probably have no deep roots in this country or the civil war, and who's "we", did you fight there, the union soldiers were all better men than you, and almost none of them fought to free slaves, many of them hated blacks, you shouldn't do or wathc anything civil war or history related, YOU are the asshole, the union and rebel troops are not
johncashrocks221 6 months ago
jeat00forbreakfest: dont be pissed because the north whooped your redneck great grandpa's asses. if your offended by this movie, i say grow the hell up. this is a movie showing how the cival war harmed the country, and quite honestly it did. it killed thousands of americans. but you know what, if you want to try it again...this Pennsylvania says go right ahead, we'll beat your asses again.
ArcticMyster 7 months ago
@ArcticMyster no we whooped you. you had better guns, better technology, better medicine and more troops.
we only had pride, good generals and a good reason to fight
and we killed more then you and almost won the war.... to me yall humiliatingly won ... it took destruction, murder and rape to finally break us .... 1 Confederate solider was worth 5 Yankees
ZackAttack261 7 months ago
@ZackAttack261 Atrocities were committed on both sides my friend, including rape & destruction. Both despicable acts. Also the Union lost more to battle deaths than the Confederates. Now if you look @ total deaths including disease then the Union lost more as well.The Union armies had from 2,500,000 to 2,750,000 men. Their losses, by the best estimates:Battle deaths: 110,070/Disease, etc.:250,152 Total 360,222 The :Battle deaths:94,000 Disease, etc.:164,000Total 258,000.
bpnsirdiealot 7 months ago
@ZackAttack261 Sorry made mistakes above. I will send link to your inbox. My family was not even in this country yet on either side if the family during the Civil War so maybe you will read what I will send you. I feel after the 9/11 tragedy that we all need to pull together as a country & quit fighting each other. We have people telling us to take down the flag and trying to steal our right to bare arms. We have those that don't even want our kids to say the Pledge of Allegiance. Let's unite!!
bpnsirdiealot 7 months ago
@ZackAttack261 Woah, who is WE??? I didn't know you fought in the civil war.
97aaroniscool97 4 months ago
@97aaroniscool97 Hell yeah I did. I am 170 years old and still don't look like a day over 20 !
ZackAttack261 4 months ago 2
Its the bass "bagpipe" tones that get me shivering.
PottersHallows 10 months ago
@Gawaine687 Problem with Glory was it made the 54th out to be a regiment of runaways when infact Gov. Andrews wanted an almost elite unit of freedmen.The members of the 54th were in some cases doctors and lawyers,others were shop keeps and store clerks,many worked at the Freedmen's Bueru.In fact,Fredrick Douglas's sons were sargents in the regiment.
tenfed1861 11 months ago
@tenfed1861 Glory also depicts the regiment as fighting gloriously and earning the respect of white soldiers. The reality is that the 54th was intentionally used as a suicide wave in attacking a well fortified position before white soldiers were put in danger. White officers sent them ahead of white units to reduce the number of white casualties. The movie also conveniently skips the part of the battle where fleeing colored troops were shot down by their White Federal comrades as they retreated.
mazerrackham001 7 months ago
this song isn't only in relation to the southerners of the civilwar, this would be apparent to the generation of southerners that fought against the british in the revolution
maddymann8 1 year ago
this song just sums up the heart, spirit, and passion felt by the young sountherns of that war. great song
maddymann8 1 year ago 2
Beautiful song for a wonderful movie, may us not forget the tragedies of the Civil War, so that they will not repeat in our future.
hfchewwie1 1 year ago
unbelievable.. beautiful voices :)
thomasterr91 1 year ago
I got goosebumps when they had this as the background music for the Battle of the Crater. Really symbolized alot.
JoeZeon100 1 year ago 35
@haywoodfarmer611 I just finished a college course that focused on slave narratives, and a lot of the history of the civil war for supplement material. My professor is directly descended from a plantation owner, All of the resources she can find in her family history indicate he was a respectable person, and everything about slavery was just. Every other source indicates otherwise. I'm sorry to infer more that I probably should, but there's a reason why the winners write history.
nr1341 1 year ago
not to be rude but for the historian wannabes on here just listen to the damn song and enjoy its wonderful toon and stop trying to prove a point. so pretty much saying enjoy the music and stop making damn discussions
xoxspicygurlxox 1 year ago
great scott what was that !
budzin303 1 year ago
so many people have started debates on historical accuracy as well as right and wrong with the War.... I would instead like to say I am thankful for this movie because it has helped to get this music to a wider audience and made it relative again. Perhaps people love it, perhaps people hate it... but the words written are the voices of those who came before us and how better to connect to their spirit than sing the same words they sang, with hope, with feeling, with love.
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And am I born to die? To lay this body down! And must my trembling spirit fly Into a world unknown? A land of deepest shade, Unpierced by human thought; The dreary regions of the dead, Where all things are forgot. Soon as from earth I go, What will become of me? Eternal happiness or woe, Must then my portion be! Waked by the trumpet sound, I from my grave shall rise; And see the Judge with glory crowned, And see the flaming skies!
SeekYeFirst1 1 year ago
@haywoodfarmer611 csa=confederate states of america?
so you want the country to be divided in two?
wisniewz 1 year ago
@wisniewz Is there something inherently bad about a nation splitting? Like in marriage, if a relationship isn't working out, shouldn't the two partners be allowed to break the contract and go their separates ways?
CircleBastiat 1 year ago
@CircleBastiat yeah, there kind of is a problem with divorce. marriage isn't something you do when you think you love someone, it's a commitment that you make when you're sure that you love someone, and a commitment that you keep. I'm a Christian, and in the Bible, the only excuse given for divorce is adultery. My parents divorced before i was even in kindergarten, so i know what it's like.
and it is bad for a nation to split. it usually causes war, and death among citizens, and solves nothing
wisniewz 1 year ago
@wisniewz You're arbitrarily ruining the premise of my analogy by reading your Christian philosophy into it. Don't get me wrong, I'm not bashing your beliefs, but you don't have an argument.
I believe that parents should try and reconcile their differences for the sake of their child, but if said differences are irreconcilable then it was better that they divorced.
And nation splitting has only led to war when, like I said, one side is unwilling to let the other leave peaceably.
CircleBastiat 1 year ago
@CircleBastiat you make a valid point, but how often do nations split peacefully? the only thing that comes to mind is Czechoslovakia, but that is one in a hundred.
do you think that the United States should be split back into two?
wisniewz 1 year ago
@wisniewz Thank you for the acknowledgment, but I think you're missing my point. I'm arguing for the right of secession, not its feasibility. Indeed, if one side is threatening violence against the leaving party, it may be prudential to acquiesce. However, that doesn't negate the right of secession (or rather the right of self-governance). It may be prudential for a woman to submit to rape rather than resist and be murdered, but that doesn't negate her right to not be raped.
CircleBastiat 1 year ago
so beautiful.....I cried
xoxspicygurlxox 1 year ago
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SoyLeyenda69 1 year ago
powerful song , grate movie
richkid401 1 year ago
God damned the CSA and still does.
Son of the South-the new South. Not the old one of hatred and slavery.
Comyndoc 1 year ago
to sweetblood239....same here
snmrn334 1 year ago
Gives me goosebumps every time.
sweetblood329 1 year ago
Cold Mountain has the best soundtrack. Ever.
bananas1and2 1 year ago 2
seeing where this soundtrack was played in the movie, it always reminds me of tragedy. thanks i'v been looking for this.
MKHasd 1 year ago
Black ships ate the sky wish my father could help me nao O.o
mousehound45 1 year ago
ZackAttack261 1 year ago
NikkouDaisuke 1 year ago
good song
wfcxtoxic 1 year ago
@haywoodfarmer611 Is that Haywood Co., NC? God Bless the SCV and the UDC. Deo Vindice!
Brendan3875 1 year ago
@Brendan3875 no, its haywood co. TN.
haywoodfarmer611 1 year ago
The first time I heard this song,I wept.This is the most beautiful song I've ever heard.
tenfed1861 1 year ago
Never noticed this before... but if you listen to this song and then listen to the song "Am I Born to Die?" They're the same thing... you just gotta listen harder to hear the lyrics to this one...
Switch308 1 year ago
terrible war this one
wfcxtoxic 1 year ago
like to know the lyrics to this wonferful song
Kilooscarromeo 1 year ago
There is no more beautifully written poetry than that written to the glory of god, as these old songs so easily prove.....
deathbybagpipes 1 year ago
@deathbybagpipes umm this is hym. a song of God not poetry
ZackAttack261 1 year ago
@ZackAttack261 poetry=words. Also it's "hymn". :)
TheGhilgamesh 1 year ago
@ZackAttack261
But isn't a song to God the most beautiful kind of poetry?
deathbybagpipes 1 year ago
@deathbybagpipes yes. that is the lryics to the song
ZackAttack261 1 year ago
@ZackAttack261 I know this...I sing shapenote in Dayton Ohio...I was just saying that the most beautiful things you can write are those things written to the glory of God, and that is why these songs are beautiful in their lyrics and their melody
deathbybagpipes 1 year ago
this scene was very well done. i liked the movie and give it a good 3 out of 4 stars. this scene stuck out in my head the most.
chopperpilot5 1 year ago
@haywoodfarmer611
Check out 'The Hollywood History of the World' by George MacDonald Fraser if you haven't already, it gives an interesting look at the use/misuse of history in the movies, what the industry does wrong as well as where it got it right.
2210ethan 1 year ago
Even though they're no true lyrics, this song is epic! Especially with the battle scene
TheDsAo 1 year ago
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TheGhilgamesh 1 year ago
@haywoodfarmer611 the problem is that people seem to think that movies are supposed to show history completely as it happened, and hate on them if it doesnt. that is not the function of a movie, although its a nice bonus if it does. undoubtedly you're right that primary sources hold the truth, or as close as possible, but not everyone has access to those, or time to look.
Gawaine687 1 year ago 18
@Gawaine687 Primary sources are no less valid that secondary sources, every one has an opinion and all opinions are bias, in many cases secondary sources are actually much more informed than primary ones.
Vampified 1 year ago
@Gawaine687 I totally agree with you that it is primarily a love story; which is why I am not deterred from liking the films by any historical inaccuracies. This could have been set in any civil war or even any war for that matter.
benwebb93 6 months ago
@haywoodfarmer611 what makes you say textbooks are wrong? they are for education, so they shouldnt be. they also shouldnt have skewed info, like those texas textbooks that everyone has been talking about. hollywood is of course not exactly accurate to history; im just pointing out what i liked about it and aspects that they highlight.
Gawaine687 1 year ago
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TheGhilgamesh 1 year ago
@Gawaine687
Dude textbooks all totally wrong. Check history of your country in history book of another one. You will be most surprised by shit they write there.
YaMustBeKidding 1 year ago
Thank you America for showing on a large scale what progressive thinking is. The Civil war was something that was always going to happen and for better or worse history is written by the victor. Im from little old New Zealand but the implications of Americas thinking impacts on us all the time and progressive thinking is what makes things sustainable in the western world. We have a long way to go but I like having to educate myself to live and provide safe lives for my kids. At least its a life.
seanrepo 1 year ago
this is accapella... not orchestral. fool.
ricketydoodah 1 year ago
@Gawaine687 What we weren't told is that nearly just as many blacks willingly fought on the side of the South as the North willingly. They fought for their country, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, etc. The war wasn't about slavery until it looked like England might side with the South, the war was all about Lincoln's tariff, just read his 1st innaugeral address and you will see this clearly as he threatens state trying to nullify his centralism.
puritanbob 1 year ago
i cant think of words to describe how stunning this song is
DragonWorldProducts 1 year ago
This version makes me want to rip my ears off
Mezc0 1 year ago
SOUTHERN PRIDE!!!! :)
salolialawidisgi 1 year ago
I want song which is playing in the movie with instruments, not a this one :(
stalker13331 2 years ago
@stalker13331
ZDRASTVUJ CURKA
vengard8 2 years ago
search "Am I Born to Die?" from the Cold Mountain soundtrack. I think that's the version you're looking for.
slaytheinfidels 1 year ago
i'm from sweden, and i have never heard of them befoure, but when i saw the movie Cold Mountain, i realised how butiful this song is....
kay0777 2 years ago 2
God, i didn't care got this movie but the music is great. A nice take on old time music of the southern Appalachians. Really what gets me is they put the sacred harp in there. Haunting song, great performance, good upload!
notserp89m 2 years ago 2
this music is from the north not the south. It died out in the north and was preserved in the south.
NJRocks281 1 year ago
@NJRocks281 True, but not only preserved but added to. And then it moved north again, and songs are still being written, so now it is from the north AND south.
mh605 6 days ago
Stunning
tisherbug27 2 years ago
The Cold Mountain soundtrack putting an orchestral back track to sacred harp is similar in spirit to what they did with the whole depiction of the civil war you see in the movie. My family has been here in Virginia since the 1700s and many of my family's men fought in the Civil War and I was just a little offended by this movie. If you want to learn something about the Civil War dive into the literature. Cold Mountain, Gettysburg, Glory should never be historical source material.
ieat00forbreakfast 2 years ago 12
And where exactly do you hear an orchestral back on this track??? It's completely a capella. No instruments at all. Idiot.
Next time try listening first before ranting and making an ass out of yourself.
And you mentioned that movies like this shouldn't be used as historical source material? It's not a historical movie, it's based on a fiction romance novel and therefore it's a fiction romance movie.
You're the one who needs to brush up on their reading and research before ranting. Moron
FireDragonArmy2 2 years ago 2
ieat00forbreakfast
Not everyone has time to do in depth research on a subject they want to learn just a little about. It's a film not a documentary; its entire premise endures for the sole reason that directors DO take such poetic license as they see fit. It makes a more enjoyable film and reaches a lot of people (who may learn a little). If you want complete accuracy, make one yourself instead of bemoaning those by people who have already made the effort and taken the time and expense to do so.
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NP8301 2 years ago
@ieat00forbreakfast
I'm confused aren't Cold Mountain and Gettysburg(Killer Angels) literature? Although I agree historical fiction should never be considered a source.
NewHemingway 1 year ago
@ieat00forbreakfast cold mountain is a NOVEL written by a history professor who lives out east. It is a good story, and I am sure it depicts that particular part of the country very well.
PaperLoaf 1 year ago
@ieat00forbreakfast I live her in The Blue Ridge born and raised. Alot of folks up here in the mountains took no sides in the civil war. We felt we could do just fine for ourselves than rely on a goverment. Inman was a deserter from Cold Mt maybe he felt the same way. but it is a fiction book
blueridger28 1 year ago
@ieat00forbreakfast I am reading "The Killer Angels" right now and it is a good book and pretty accurately depicts the Battle of Gettysburg, and the days preceding it.
dwarfking45 1 year ago
@ieat00forbreakfast They weren't trying to tell perfect history. They wanted to grasp a concept of the horrific emotional toll it took on people of this nation.
This was an artists angle on a beautifully written book about love in the midst of heartache , not PBS historians.
I love accurate history, too, but this was not that and didn't try to be... as you know.
Hopeful0ne 1 year ago
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@ieat00forbreakfast They weren't trying to tell perfect history. They wanted to grasp a concept of the horrific emotional toll it took on people of this nation.
This was an artists angle on a beautifully written book about love in the midst of heartache , not PBS historians.
I love accurate history, too, but this was not that and didn't try to be... as you know.
Hopeful0ne 1 year ago
@ieat00forbreakfast As a reenactor I must say the movies are not always accurate, but they certainly aren't fantasy. I think the music is beautiful
comradeshow 7 months ago
I went to Anteitam for a reenactment with you Americans and was treated to this song sung just for us. I was beautiful. I remember about 3 hours into the fight i had this in my head, the blossom came off the trees like snow through the smoke it was like heaven beyond the apocolypse. beautiful.
StueyLestrange 2 years ago 16
@StueyLestrange what country do you hail from?
comradeshow 7 months ago
Reminds me of going to church when i was a kid. They sang like this at babtist chapel on helton creek up in North west N.C.
blueridger28 2 years ago
this is very chilling!!!
DragonWorldProducts 2 years ago 5
@DragonWorldProducts i know! its amazing!
Tuckerx78 2 years ago
when i listens to this i get goose bumbs i love it =)
Erelas 2 years ago 24
@Erelas Try standing in the square, it's even better.
KE5HOB 1 year ago
Great song, but this is NOT the same version thats played in the film. Later in the track, instrumentals are suppose to start playing as well, this version doesn't have that.
Jaxar1 2 years ago 5
what genre of music would you say this is? it doesn't feel like gospel or southern country or really anything else i've ever heard.
luv4yasutora 2 years ago
its called sacred harp :)
uncleandy182 2 years ago 2
its native american mixed with folk lyrics
Fitzmer 2 years ago
sacred harp. traditional southern vernacular folk music. can still be heard in some old churches or old bluegrass festivals on an odd occasion.
guyfromirmo 2 years ago
I met two of the Men singing in this at a Sacred Harp singing. These people love what they are doing. It is amazing!
technojoel 2 years ago 3
i love this song..xx
aoifeluvzk 2 years ago
beautiful......thanks a lot for posting
4094238 2 years ago 4
I like it, butwhy doesnt it have the background instruments like in the battle scene?
latinoheat300 2 years ago 5
I'm searching for the song from the battle :(
MissHeyken 2 years ago
you found it. this is the one.
Gawaine687 2 years ago
But in the battle scence only a woman is singing ... here it is a choir.
MissHeyken 2 years ago
in the thick of the battle this is the song. it sounds like you're thinking of the prelude to the battle and when the explosion happens. that's from "you will be my ain true love" by alison krauss.
Gawaine687 2 years ago
Omfg. I looked years for this song ... and now I found it! THANK YOU SO MUCH!
MissHeyken 2 years ago 3
like me ;)
paulps 2 years ago
yes, that's the one, but in the movie it features an orchestra
Peregrin27 2 years ago
Way late with an answer to this but...
It doesn't have background instrumentals because Sacred Harp (the type of singing this is) is done without instruments. Since it's being sung by people who actually sing Sacred Harp, there wouldn't be any instruments at the time of recording.
nippipdnayrrem 2 years ago
ill take a late answer over no answer any day
thnx dude, plus I learned something new
latinoheat300 2 years ago
No problem. Happy to help.
nippipdnayrrem 2 years ago
well... yes traditional Sacred Harp singing is a capella, but in the movie they added an orchestra to the track ...
Peregrin27 2 years ago
Yes, but in the information on this, it states it's being sung by a group of Sacred Harp Singers, which means therefore it would be done a capella. The thing about soundtracks is that they aren't required to have the music exactly like it is in a film.
Personally I think it sounds better without the orchestra, because it's not meant to have the orchestra backing anyway. But that's just my opinion.
nippipdnayrrem 2 years ago 2
aaah, I see .. okay, of course you're right...
I like it without orchestra better too ...
Peregrin27 2 years ago
I love this song.
MultiAfan 2 years ago 2
I just started singing Sacred Harp about 3 months ago, and have fallen in love with it. We are a small group in NW Pennsylvania. Last week I tried taping us. It's my first (and very amateurish) attempt, but you can find it at PA shape note singing group "117 Babylon Is Fallen"
dhagberg2000 2 years ago 2
your right
calebfdrr 2 years ago 2
What really hits home with me is that people don't talk like this anymore. The grammer was so poetic In that day that it seems every word spoken could move a mountain. Today, most would not even understand the lyrics to this song. Oh how we have changed as a people.
lorren0520 2 years ago 12
@lorren0520
*grammar
westoner1 1 year ago
@lorren0520 i can see that and this song is so beautiful for how different it is to us today and the grammar has changed dramatically I agree
xoxspicygurlxox 1 year ago
@lorren0520 I've sang Sacred Harp for about a year now, and the lyrics still move me. The symbolism, the way they see death and dying as a reality to be embraced rather than trying to evade it, it is very moving. The authors of the poetry for many of the Sacred Harp tunes realize that there is more to life than this existence.
KE5HOB 1 year ago
Just makes you wanna scream, doesn't it?
SamsNightsOnTheTrail 2 years ago
nativa americans were driven out of THEIR land by the brits and americans i speak as someone who knows what that feels lyke im irish and this song speaks for them
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tHeWasTeDYouTh 2 years ago
Hmm thats was pretty straightforward ;).
arystoteles123 2 years ago
What a powerful song.... Just incredible...
EverettMcGill80 2 years ago
The song is actually a hymn for church
brovo262 2 years ago 2
I LOVE IT,
ZoeVonSilk 2 years ago
Waked by the trumpets sound I from my grave shall rise.
And see the Judge with glory crowned.
And see the flaming skies
helmuthoorn 2 years ago 5
i wish i was bruaghtn up in a amish community
johnfinbarburke 2 years ago
It sounds like Russian folklore.
balticbirdy 2 years ago
Great cd
gigoyo88 2 years ago 4
The USA will lead forever!! don't speak ill of it, or leave it. ty best civil war movie & soundtrack ever!
takeRsweetLiLtime 3 years ago
i myself prefer gettysburg, but this one is really good in itself.
Gawaine687 3 years ago
Yeah me too Gettysburg and Glory because they are really well put together and contain more than one Battle sequence.
zimpiko28 2 years ago
Hahaha
Jagvillhejhej 2 years ago 2
i love this movie and i love this country, but sometimes u question even that that you love to help it be the best it can be :)
remember that and god bless america
kouklamou92 2 years ago
The USA is not such a young country anymore and therefore has some centuries old cultural treasures as well.
Thanks to this excellent film people have become aware of this.
helmuthoorn 3 years ago 13
@helmuthoorn Only on sunday i was drinkig coffe in a place older then the US :)
markzen582 1 year ago
Nice.
zrnec 3 years ago
Awesome! It was cool they choose this for that battle scene... it was different, you normally don't hear something like this for such an intense scene. I wish this version had the orchestral hits at the end though, like in the film. But overall, great song! Thanks for uploading! 5/5!
MilesStipek 3 years ago 3