MARCHING THROUGH GEORGIA


Meaning of MARCHING THROUGH GEORGIA in English

a lively US song about the violent progress of General William Tecumseh Sherman and his army through Georgia during the Civil War in November 1864. The words after each verse are:

‘Hurrah! hurrah! we bring the Jubilee!

Hurrah! hurrah! the flag that makes you free!’

So we sang the chorus from Atlanta to the sea,

While we were marching through Georgia.

Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary.      Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь.