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The Liberty Song Technique
Great lyrics move us like the world's best poems. Take a close-up look at the art.
Music
John Dickinson had a way with words, but he was no composer, so he turned to a well-known march for the music to his “Liberty Song.” The march was “Heart of Oak,” a recently written tribute...
Setting
John Dickinson wrote “The Liberty Song” in mid-1768 as the tensions between the American colonies and the British government were rising. Only recently a crisis had been avoided when the Britis...
