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"Lift Every Voice and Sing" is a hymn with lyrics by James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) and set to music by his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson (1873–1954). Written from the context of African Americans in the late 19th century, the hymn is a prayer of thanksgiving to God as well as a prayer for faithfulness and freedom, with imagery that evokes the biblical Exodus from slavery to the freedom ...
"The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States. The lyrics come from the "Defence of Fort M'Henry", [2] a poem written by American lawyer Francis Scott Key on September 14, 1814, after he witnessed the bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British Royal Navy during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812.
Victory Day (song) " Victory Day " (Russian: День Победы) ranks among the most popular in the large corpus of Russian songs devoted to the Second World War. The song refers to the Victory Day celebration and differs from most of these by its cheerful intonations of a marching song and by the fact that it was composed by David ...
The " Battle Hymn of the Republic ", also known as the " Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory " or the " Glory, Glory Hallelujah " outside of the United States, is an American patriotic song that was written by the abolitionist writer Julia Ward Howe during the American Civil War. Howe adapted her song from the soldiers' song " John Brown's Body " in ...
Notre Dame Victory March. The Notre Dame Victory March is the fight song for the University of Notre Dame. The chorus of the song has been considered one of the most recognizable collegiate fight songs. It was ranked first among fight songs by Northern Illinois University professor William Studwell [1] and fifth-best on a Sports Illustrated ...
Thine Be the Glory. "Thine Be the Glory, Risen Conquering Son" (French: À toi la gloire O Ressuscité), also titled "Thine Is the Glory", [1] is a Christian hymn for Easter, written by the Swiss Protestant minister, Edmond Budry (1854–1932), and set to the tune of the chorus "See, the Conqu'ring hero comes" from the third section of Handel's ...
We take the blue from the skies and some pretty blue eyes And a touch of Old Glory's hue, And fervently declare we're proud to wear The U.S. Air Force Blue. We have the drive and the dream in America's team We're a rugged and ready crew And you can bet your boots the world looks up To U.S. Air Force Blue.
Every Victory. "Every Victory" is a song performed by Nashville-based contemporary worship band The Belonging Co and American singer Danny Gokey, which was released on February 5, 2021, [1] as the second single from The Belonging Co's third live album, See the Light (2021). The song was written by Andrew Holt, Ben Cantelon, Danny Gokey, Josh ...