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  • "The Battle Hymn of the Republic"
    (uncredited)
    Music by William Steffe (circa 1856)
    Lyrics by Julia Ward Howe (1861)
    Sung by townsmen in Virginia City
    Excerpts incorporated into the score often


  • "(I Wish I Was in) Dixie's Land"
    (uncredited)
    aka "Dixie"
    Written by Daniel Decatur Emmett
    Excerpts incorporated into the score


  • "We Will Hang Jeff Davis to a Sour Apple Tree"
    (uncredited)
    (Sung to the tune of "Battle Hymn of the Republic")
    Sung by Union troops and northern sympathizers in Virginia City


  • "The Battle Cry of Freedom"
    (uncredited)
    Written by George Frederick Root
    Sung by Miriam Hopkins and chorus girls in the saloon


  • "Oh! Susanna"
    (uncredited)
    Written by Stephen Foster (as Stephen Collins Foster) (1846)
    Played in the saloon


  • "Can-Can Instrumental"
    (uncredited)
    Composer unknown
    Played in the saloon
    Danced to by Miriam Hopkins and the chorus girls


  • "The Year of Jubilo"
    (uncredited)
    Traditional
    Played when the boys are looking at the picture in the saloon


  • "The Captain with His Whiskers"
    (uncredited)
    Music by Sidney Nelson
    Original lyrics by Thomas Haynes Bayley
    Performed by Miriam Hopkins in the saloon


  • "Little Brown Jug"
    (uncredited)
    Music by Joseph Winner
    Played when Bradford is outside the saloon talking to the boy

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