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"We'll Never Let Our Old Flag Fall" is a World War I song written by Albert E. MacNutt and composed by M. F. Kelly. The song was first published in 1915 by Chappell & Co., in New York, NY . [ 1 ] The sheet music cover was illustrated by Starmer and features words with an eagle on a shield.
Glory O, Glory O, to the bold Fenian men. When I was a young girl, their marching and drilling Awoke in the glenside sounds awesome and thrilling They loved dear old Ireland, to die they were willing Glory O, Glory O, to the bold Fenian men. Some died by the glenside, some died near a stranger And wise men have told us their cause was a failure
"Good Bye, Old Glory" is a song published on September 29, 1865, after the end of the American Civil War. The words are by L. J. Bates with music by George Frederick Root. Its subject is the end of the war and the end of army life from a soldier's point of view. Old Glory is the Union flag. The "tattoo" in the song refers to a military drum call.
The tune has been used with alternative lyrics numerous times. The University of Georgia's rally song, "Glory Glory to Old Georgia", is based on the patriotic tune, and has been sung at American college football games since 1909. Other college teams also use songs set to the same tune. One such is "Glory, Glory to Old Auburn" at Auburn University.
"Tell Me the Old, Old Story" is a hymn. The words were written as a poem in 1866 by Katherine Hankey , an English evangelist , while she was recovering from a serious illness in London . [ 1 ] It was set to music by William Howard Doane , who was much impressed by the poem when it was recited by Major General David Russell while they were ...
"Ten Blake Songs" are poems from Blake's "Songs of Innocence and of Experience" and "Auguries of Innocence", set to music by Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1957. "Tyger" is both the name of an album by Tangerine Dream, which is based on Blake's poetry, and the title of a song on this album based on the poem of the same name.
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The song inspired the title of John Boorman's 1987 film of the same name, depicting World War II through the eyes of a 10-year-old boy. In 1997, the Labour Party broadcast a 5 minute long television broadcast criticizing the Conservative Party and John Major's handling as Prime Minister. The song was ironically used in the entirety of the ...