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Alan Jackson expresses his horror and sadness over the 911 attacks in the 2002 song "Where Were You" and reflects on the most important things in life, like faith, hope and love. 'Still a Soldier ...
Even the most fanatical fitness lover among us has "one of those days." You know, the kind of day that feels like it would be best spent under the covers
I Ain't Marching Any More (song) I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier; I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier; I Don't Want to Be a Hero; I Love the Motherland's Blue Skies; I'd Be Proud to Be the Mother of a Soldier; I'll Be Home for Christmas; I'm Proud to Be the Sweetheart of a Soldier; Ich hatt' einen Kameraden; In the Army Now (song) In the Navy ...
A love song to the group's hometown, New York, which thinks wistfully back to a time when the twin towers completed the New York skyline. Includes the lyrics “I swear it was beautiful before they sent those aeroplanes.” [34] Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris "If This Is Goodbye" All the Roadrunning: 2006: Inspired by Ian McEwan's piece in ...
"When This Cruel War Is Over", also known under the title "Weeping, Sad and Lonely", is a song written by Charles Carroll Sawyer with music by Henry Tucker. Published in 1863 , it was a popular war song during the American Civil War , sung by both Union and Confederate troops.
The song was written for both voice and piano. [3] [4] On December 10, 1918, Lauder recorded the song with conductor Josef Pasternack. It was released by Victor Records. [5] The lyrics are a celebration of the end of war. The chorus, the proclamations of excited soldiers, is as follows: [6] "Hurray, the war is over! Hurray, the fight is won!
World War I produced many patriotic American songs, such as "Over There", written by popular songwriter George M. Cohan. Cohan composed the song on April 6, 1917, when he saw some headlines announcing America's entry into the war. [6] Cohan is also famous for penning "Yankee Doodle Dandy," an over-the-top parody of patriotic music.
"John Brown" is an anti-war song. [6] The lyrics are influenced by "Mrs. McGrath", [1] which relates how a young Irish soldier is maimed after fighting in the British Army against Napoleon's forces, and is met by his mother who asks how he was injured. [2] [7] In Dylan's song, a soldier's mother expresses her pride at him going off to war. [7]