McCready, John A., performer. Cowell, Sidney Robertson, 1903-1995, collector. Webster, Henry de Lafayette, 1824-1896. Lorena. Webster, Joseph Philbrick, 1819-1875. Lorena. sound recording Field recordings. lcgft Songs. lcgft Music. lcgft https://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026952 eng This song, popular during the Civil War, is a version of "Lorena" with words by Henry De Lafayette Webster and music by Joseph Philbrick Webster. John McCready, unaccompanied vocals. Recorded by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Groveland, California on August 2, 1939. Forms part of a group of field materials documenting John McCready performing Anglo-American songs on July 31, August 2, and August 5, 1939, collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Groveland, Tuolumne County, California. Ballads, English. Love songs. Popular music--United States--To 1901. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Songs and music. W.P.A. California Folk Music Project collection http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afc1940001.afc1940001_a3351a1