LORENA-1857-Performed by Tom Roush

This beautiful love song was one of the most popular songs during the American Civil War. It was widely popular in the north and south. The song is from my CD 'Echoes In Time' which is available on iTunes at: itunes.apple.c.... CDs can be purchased from my website at :tomroush.us/

[@Labaron26]

You will never hear beautiful music like this ever again from today's Generation.....Shame

[@mikey1941]

You don't have to be American to appreciate the fact that this is one of the most beautiful, heartfelt love songs ever written. How much of the junk that passes for music nowadays will continue to move and inspire people after 150 years as this has? Thank you for posting this.

[@Lucretciela]

Agreed!

[@brendenjackson4617]

Love this music

[@Titonka447]

I went to DC and my first stop from the airport was Arlington Cemetery where I played Tom's song for the souls of our soldiers.

[@shannondawn44]

This comment gave me chills . What a thoughtful thing to do

[@Lorena-vg3ir]

feels nice to have a song named after you

[@lorenaposavec4006]

yeah haha

[@Lorenaxx-mi6rd]

I know rightttttt

[@thiagomunhoz5277]

You're all beautiful Lorenas

[@alicehallam8247]

And such a famous and beautiful one!

[@lawrencelanier7585]

"Scarlett felt her heart beat faster as the sweet melancholy of the waltz came to her..."

[@tugbakorkmaz2782]

I m here for the same reason :)

[@beyzakupeli2400]

When i read that sentence from my book i came here quickly.

[@szczurZenek]

Yes, I am also here because of gwtw :D

[@idevicecentral]

Thanks to RDR 2 for bringing me here :P Update: Rest In Peace, Tom.

[@kieranoldroyd4748]

Got brought here due to the fact this song got banned multiple times on both sides for you lot getting depressed.

[@ctbaw9484]

@@kieranoldroyd4748 A pop hit from 1858. They tried to ban it, but no one gave a f and enjoyed it anyway.

[@Maxi-rf5zm]

one of karen's favourites

[@idevicecentral]

@@Maxi-rf5zm Definitely.

[@Eazy-ERyder]

I love this song and so did BOTH SIDES of the Civil War. This version is my favorite. I love the photos too...this song reminded soldiers of their sweethearts back home. Such a wonderful rendition.

[@maryplaidy6814]

It lowered morale so much that the generals started forbidding it to be sung.

[@MrOystein1977]

And 80 years later soldiers from both sides of the ww2 listened to another tune with a Maiden name... "Lilli Marlene."

[@Eazy-ERyder]

@@maryplaidy6814 This one stands out the most. Yes it is true there CERTAINly were an ample share of wholeheartedly lovey-dovey tunes too soft - and demoralizing - for the emotions of some but this was so collectively popular that many continued to love it.

[@maryplaidy6814]

@@Eazy-ERyder The music is used in the John Wayne film "The Searchers".

[@boundless-vintage-music]

Though I am not American I truly love the sentiment of the Lorena. Such sentiment should be eternal and would not be forgotten though “years creep slowly by”, just like the narrator’s eternal love for Lorena RIP Tom

[@otiebrown9999]

One of the best. My great grandfather... Was Drafed into the Union Army. "The snow is on the grass again ..."

[@user-mw5ce2zy1u]

American heritage of music.

[@theBaron0530]

Anyone else tear up listening to this song?

[@ldaxxx1]

A beautiful and timeless song, one that will live for generations! So much modern "music" is just loud, grating noise, with no beauty or cadence to it. And the modern lyrics - if you want to call them that - are just gutter language. This is a haunting song that will be remembered and enjoyed long after modern rock has been tossed in the trash heap where it belongs!

[@tutsybassista]

My dad named me after this song, but it was from The Civil War NOT WW2! In 1997, the string quartet from the movie "Titanic" hit me. My whole life, my dad sang this to me, but the movie featured it as a string instrumental. Even though my name is spelled with 2 "N's" and not one. I was glad I figured it out. However, my dad died before I discovered this. It's now known as the most sentimental song from the Civil War. And, it's just So beautiful! ❤️ 🇺🇸 🎻

[@olabuba1]

I was just reading a book Texas splendor, when the dad had named his daughter Lorena because of this song

[@joaniejett7189]

The simple and unadulterated beauty of our ancestors, as beautiful of people as today, with much less, but much more heart and soul then I think we have these days as they quickly slip through our fingers!

[@matthewmiller2367]

Well done a haunting song, pure Americana.

[@MusicOfTomRoush]

Thanks, Mathew!

[@luckyluciano2395]

Oh these women and girls are so beautiful. So beautiful. Youngest looks maybe 15 and they look like lovely well mannered women. Love never changes. Imagine looking into their eyes from a photo.

[@donmcneil8285]

This is awesome..never heard of it before but it’s definitely worth a listen!

[@johncumiskey672]

This beautiful melody is woven into the opening music of the film , The Searches ! The hero had returned from the Civil war , the song was sung by the men who fought on both sides 😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@FRANKTHRING1]

Loved "Lorena" ever since I heard the arrangement in John Ford`s "The Searchers".

[@martyboyle5676]

I play this track so often. Beautifully sentimental, wonderful voice

[@MusicOfTomRoush]

Thank you, Marty!!

[@goingmerry123]

Beautiful rendition Tom, your channel is gateway into the past and shares the beauty of American music. Thank you for not letting these classics be forgotten, may you rest in peace.

[@pucketts57]

One of the best versions of this song Ive ever heard . Thanks much !!!

[@RAFXC30]

Heard that song in Red Dead Redemtion 2 love it.

[@PleaseDoNotDoThis]

RAF I play rdr2 & I haven't heard it but when this started playing this song I got Red Dead 2 vibes & then I saw your comment so I wasn't alone.

[@jqzai3202]

SAME.

[@squirleyspitmonkey3926]

@@PleaseDoNotDoThis You can sometimes hear Karen singing it in camp primarily at Horseshoe Overlook

[@boahboah3216]

Rebecca Shanks I heard it at shady belle

[@cutler2639]

Ive always loved this song. But I’ve been playing red dead pretty often since it came out and the other day I finally heard Karen singing it and I was so pumped😂😂😂

[@patlong8240]

This is one of my favorites. The musical accompaniment adds so much. It's a classic and one I play over and over again. Again, Thank you!

[@snookumsjack]

My oldest Daughter is named Lorena after my great aunt(who was a character, intelligent and lived to be 94). My Lorena was born in Memphis in 1975.

[@prettypalomino8528]

This is my very favorite song impeccably done by Tom Roush.

[@MusicOfTomRoush]

Thanks, Kelley!

[@warrenbackhouse1739]

Myne ook

[@katperson7332]

@@warrenbackhouse1739 RIP Tom

[@DuyAnRanchodas]

"Gone with the wind" took me there

[@joaniejett7189]

This an Sweet Evilina make me realize how preciously short our lives are. During our short time and stay on the rock, I hpe we learn to love each other, as people did so many tens of decades ago. maybe 16 decades have fne by, and our simplicity isnt as simple anymore! Pity!

[@jsalvadorissaimagen9657]

God bless us!! the most beautiful song!!

[@elijahhodges4405]

More than 8 years after losing his love he was still pining for her. More than 8 years later he wrote this love song. Easily becoming my favorite romance lost song. The Blues were real 200 years ago.

[@natalya6091]

Good morning dear Tom.Thank you for very nice performance.

[@annettemihu5165]

Prima ,ho letto di questo valzer nel libro Via col vento. Così l' ho cercato! Splendido!

[@lorenapastana9823]

That's the most beautiful song with my name.

[@MusicOfTomRoush]

Lore: After looking at your profile picture, this is a beautiful song for a beautiful woman!!!!

[@eryngreenwood6156]

this is a very beautiful song and I agree the crap they call music I can't even think it should be. this is real music. it does inspire and continues to inspire to this day. that's true music.

[@thomaszaccone3960]

Well said!!!!!

[@maryclarke5242]

yes ,,this is MUSIC what they call music nowadays i call noise pollution////

[@sandra.wonderfulduetbull6469]

He did this the best. 🕊🥀🙏🎚

[@chrishedlund3196]

I think he really captures this song. It’s a sad sucker. Mercy.

[@mc.fancy.soul.5357]

She's BEAUTIFUL. HOLY COW . . . Jesus christ

[@chrismurphy3481]

There's little to no joy in the eyes of these women. What circumscribed lives they must have led.

[@mrwaffly2202]

Haven’t you watched a million ways to die in the west? You just didn’t smile in photographs. Look at most old portrait you’ll rarely see a smile.

[@BlackTalon53]

So glad this song is back on youtube after having been gone for so long.

[@ihategigglegigglesucks3081]

I can just imagine several of my gggreat grandfathers sitting in camp and hearing this song some in camp the night before the Pickett Pettigrew, Trimble charge and thinking of home and family

[@badinhbk]

A very lovely song Sir :)

[@alexandercove1194]

This song demands to be sung slowly and with sadness.....it is a state of mind and it is war

[@__Patrick]

My great great grandpa met his sweetheart whilst serving in the war. They say she caught his “good eye” and that was it. He fought, got captured, got paroled and came home. It’s crazy what love will do to people. Sometimes I think we forget it is the young who fight and have to see and deal with the horrors of war. Makes me sad for all those young men who lost their lives before getting a chance to see the fruits of their love and all those sweethearts who lost their dear ones…

[@terrencegurnee3166]

lovely and sad!

[@justdustino1371]

Excellent

[@shes_a_parkington]

This song is stunnungly performed! I only learned about it this evening, when Jason Walton played it for Grampa Walton because he was missing his wife Esther as she was in a hospital getting well. Bless you for this!!

[@DanOConnell-we3kt]

.... And most of all Tom thank you

[@Muhammad-tp8sf]

Red Dead Redemption 2 brought me here. Rest In Peace Arthur Morgan ❤❤ the best characters ever

[@petestaint8312]

Fantastic! 👍

[@STANGUNN1]

A beautiful song from a less than beautiful time in Divided America . Thank You For Sharing .

[@warrenbackhouse1739]

Beautiful song

[@DLee1923]

Hi Tom. I love your songs. I happened upon you while looking up this song, which was mentioned on a Civil War documentary. They said Lorena had been a favorite of both the Union & Confederates. They spoke of another song being too sad, bringing down morale, but not this one. I'm looking into your other work now, and like it ! I've subscribed. Thank you for sharing your talent with all of us ! God Bless !

[@paulinus43ad]

Love listening to this beautiful music .what talent..

[@hisxmark]

If the CD's were DVD's with the pictures, I would certainly buy them. The pictures with the music send me back in time.

[@tugbakorkmaz2782]

gone with the wind : *

[@peterbaxter2913]

The lady at 2'34'' is soprano Jenny Lind, known as the Swedish Nightingale.

[@topazioazulazul]

Lovely song :) probably the only song with my name

[@steveroberts8719]

Great reason for loving the song.

[@LoriZerbi]

Tks, i love it hah ❤️

[@joaniejett7189]

Just posted Lorena as I was discussing and agreeing that if Sweet Evalina had been produced a few years earlier, Lorena would have been the second favorite love song of the time. It is a beautiful song too, isn't it, it brings tears of joy to me Thank you sir! Know you have put time on my life by happiness and love of music, as evidenced by your mastery of music

[@foxvienna1]

Evelina so sweet a name.(Sweet Evelina).

[@shannondawn44]

I used to sing this while playing the organ when I was a girl . This is a beautiful version of this beautiful song .

[@MusicOfTomRoush]

Shannon: I hope that my version still makes you feel like a little girl!

[@shannondawn44]

@@MusicOfTomRoush Thank you . This song always makes me smile . So beautiful . Greetings from The Canadian Maritimes

[@MusicOfTomRoush]

We all need to feel young once again!!!!

[@MusicOfTomRoush]

Just for my curiosity, where do you live Shannon?

[@shannondawn44]

@@MusicOfTomRoush in New Brunswick , Canada :)

[@56bluegold]

Beautiful song !!!

[@MusicOfTomRoush]

Thank you!!!

[@kellymcbright5456]

Beautiful sentimental interpretation!

[@jonchrysostom]

Some of these women were real beauties ! See Ella Blocksom Johnson on the internet. Find a Grave has her story as does Wikipedia. Ella was the inspiration for "Lorena ". A true story of lost love. To those unfamiliar with this song; it was popular with both sides in the Civil War. Some commanders forbade their troops to sing it in that it might affect morale . It made the men homesick for their sweethearts and wives. I think that Ella would be a great character for a woman to portray at a local historical society museum. Here in Marion, Ohio , we have Night at the Museum where local people dress in period garb and do first person presentations of local and national historical persons.

[@Ppirate222]

Thanks for sharing this! I only live 2 hours from there. I'll have to stop by Marion next time I am on my way to Columbus.

[@frankelliott9575]

Jon D Eager lorena

[@jmweed1861]

Actually, though the lyrics were written Rev. Henry D. L. Webster, after a broken engagement. He wrote a long poem about his fiancée but changed her name to "Lorena", based off love for a Zanesville, Ohio girl named Ella Blocksom (who later married William Wartenbee Johnson, Ohio Supreme Court justice from 1879 to 1886) because her family wanted her to marry someone with more wealth than a poor preacher. Lorena. was MORE POPULAR in the South, while"Aura Lea" was MORE Popular in the North. The MOST POPULAR SONG IN THE CIVIL WAR (AND THE ONE THAT WAS BANNED DURING THE CIVIL WAR) WAS "WEAPING SAD AND LONELY"!!! Not Loreana!!!!!

[@rickmurphree550]

Jon D Eag

[@behsstlc]

I live only a little over an hour from Marion and we often meet with my brother-in-law to eat at Red Lobster there. Please let me know when the next Night at the Museum will occur.

[@BlackTalon53]

Thanks for uploading this song again! It was apparently gone from youtube for a couple of years. Luckily I had already downloaded it before it disappeared. This is the best version of all! One hears instantly that you just "get" this song.

[@Brace67]

One of the great love ballads of the period. Many a young soldier knew there was an excellent chance he would never live to see his family or sweetheart again. The song is so poignant and touching and here it is beautifully performed.

[@conniebee5]

I love the video...the pictures are fascinating and I love the voice singing those words so clearly.

[@MusicOfTomRoush]

Thank you, Connie!

[@conniebee5]

You are so welcome. :)

[@MrOystein1977]

During american civil war this song was listened to and sang along with of soldiers on both side of the conflict.. 80 years later another maiden name was sung and listened to, during a huge conflict when both sides listened to and sang along with "Lilli Marlene,". Both are beautifull songs...

[@fredbell1372]

What a great song

[@merryhunt9153]

Thank you for a beautiful video.

[@squirleyspitmonkey3926]

Forgot about this one until I heard Karen singing it on RDR2. Dude my dad used to chill with was a civil war reinactor and sang this often.

[@RTCarterful]

I've become a big John Hartford fan and have to say, like your version better. Well sung and played, and very warm feeling to it. Thanks so much for sharing.

[@Edivaldo724]

Great Song!

[@1exoplas]

Reading S & D Reflector......last packet on the Muskingum.....

[@stephengrahn9361]

This was sung by the marching Confederate Soldiers as they evacuated Atlanta.

[@rtelles1127]

The video When Georgia howled. Brought me here

[@billscannell93]

@@rtelles1127 Same here.

[@determineddylan8793]

Meanwhile, the Union: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fl7NpYyKaqiCrLc

[@archimedesfromteamfortress2]

They sang a fire song as they got out of the fire

[@snertster]

Really nice tune and video!!

[@MusicOfTomRoush]

Thanks, snertster!

[@johnjurkewicz9925]

I love listening to Great songs like is and I love it

[@veryrancid]

thank goodness i found this again! thought it was taken down for some bizarre reason. Just amazing work!

[@jmrodas9]

Nice old song which has that Antique charm in it. It is very sentimental really and I think those old timers really knew how to express their emotions in songs. Too bad it seems like a lost art.

[@h2hermit81]

Bro I've been listening to your music for like the past month, I just want to say great work! I love it!

[@jackcarter5101]

He died last year

[@h2hermit81]

@@jackcarter5101 He did?

[@jackcarter5101]

@@h2hermit81 Sadly yes. I found his obituary.

[@joebullock3385]

Very pretty

[@mimicat333]

Came here from the movie The Beguile! What a beautiful melody!

[@danieltimmerman4870]

my sister pass away two week ago and this remind me her. her name was Lorraine😪

[@markfoor4137]

This song was so melancholy that the generals on both sides forbade it being sung because it prompted large scale desertions!!!

[@user-zf7jn7yr7r]

Documentation please. This is one of those myths that continue. The bands played what they wanted. Provide some historical primary sources for your comment, such as a General Order or newspaper reports.

[@landan4924]

​@@user-zf7jn7yr7r.. What? ..What difference does it make!..Where are your historical facts that they didn't go Over The Hill over Lorena?..

[@Funkyfuhrer123]

These women are stunning

[@danvitale1825]

I like the old photos without goofy smiles.

[@briandenison2325]

This is an old antebellum song popular during the civil war.

[@helencampbell2248]

SWEET Voice and the song is uplifting.

[@steveroberts8719]

Love the song. Check out John Hartford's cover. That's the first time I ever heard this haunting song.

[@paulinus43ad]

Thank you for such beautiful music Mr Rush..

[@MusicOfTomRoush]

Thank you!

[@Quasilobo]

Beautiful! Another sad and poignant Civil War song is 'Don't Cry, Suzanne' by the New Christy Minstrels.

[@mermaidariel1316]

I never knew this song existed until I saw the movie The Beguiled. This scene came up where they're singing at the piano and I was like, wait wth that's my name?! I had to know what the song was and then found out it was an actual song in the Civil War. I am so glad I finally have another reference to my name. Non-Spanish people always either think of the singer or that bitch from True Blood, lol.

[@berndnagel5512]

sehr nett, ein sehr schönes Lied. Wo gibt es noch so etwas ?

[@davidbaumgartner5704]

Happy Easter Tom Roush! David Baumgartner in Granada Hills, CA

[@MusicOfTomRoush]

Happy Easter to you also David!

[@letsgoblue9596]

Gonna song this on my next protest suppression, great song, and I haven’t seen my gf in Germany in about six years, I’m going back soon tho.

[@hiimryan2388]

Did you see her yet?

[@letsgoblue9596]

@@hiimryan2388 yes, and she’s looking as beautiful as ever. We are planning to move from Germany though. Probably to Switzerland or Austria, as the Greens are looking to be elected.

[@peterlopez3773]

la escuché en la película de John Wayne "The Searchers"

[@lorenamcd7572]

my name is Lorena. i just found out about this song (i'm not American)

[@donaldgriffiths7833]

perfection

[@stanorr377]

Donald Griffiths htr

[@dongaynor]

Tom, please correct me if wrong, but I understand that the song was banned by leaders on both sides because, upon hearing it, soldiers on both sides would lay down their arms and return home.

[@dongaynor]

Thanks. There are so many rumors and half-truths of that era but I know how thoroughly you have researched the 1800s. Your coverage of Stephen Foster's music is the most comprehensive to be found anywhere. Thanks sincerely. Mutual friend, Joanne Cooper is covering your Foster covers.

[@BodyKnight]

PBS's documentary says the forbidden song was "Weeping, Sad and Lonely". Also great perform.

[@MusicOfTomRoush]

Don: You may be right or wrong depending on the historian that you choose to believe. I've heard of 3 different songs from 3 different Civil War documentaries that were supposedly 'banned.' They included "Lorena,' Weeping, Sad and Lonely," and "All Quiet Along the Potomac." Your guess is as good as mine (laughs)!

[@BodyKnight]

I was just referring to Ken Burn's Civil War. But now i probably will just listen to all the versions available of all the 3 songs and decide for myself what makes me less manly. :)

[@frankelliott9575]

dongaynor celtic football cluv

[@paulinus43ad]

I am so sorry for misspelling your name Mr Roush..

[@mariekd]

here from reading Gone With the Wind

[@leslielively5608]

This song hurts