Little is known of Mc­Naugh­ton. His best known se­cu­lar work was The Fad­ed Coat of Blue, a song about cap­tured Un­ion sol­diers in the Amer­i­can ci­vil war. A mon­u­ment to Mc­Naugh­ton stands on the farm where he lived near Caledonia. His works include:

• As We Went a Hay­ing (Geor­die and I)
• Belle Ma­hone, 1859
• Abraham’s Tea Par­ty, 1864
• Babble Brook Songs, 1864
• Onalinda: A Ro­mance in Verse (New York: G. P. Put­nam’s Sons, 1884)

1. Good Night, O Sav­ior Dear
2. In Thy Ten­der Arms, O Sav­ior
3. Our Ris­en Lord
4. When There’s Love at Home