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"My Country, 'Tis of Thee", also known as simply "America", is an American patriotic song, the lyrics of which were written by Samuel Francis Smith. [2] The song served as one of the de facto national anthems of the United States (along with songs like "Hail, Columbia") before the adoption of "The Star-Spangled Banner" as the official U.S. national anthem in 1931. [3]
The Liberty Song" is a pre-American Revolutionary War song with lyrics by Founding Father John Dickinson [1] (not by Mrs. Mercy Otis Warren of Plymouth, Massachusetts). [2] The song is set to the tune of " Heart of Oak ", the anthem of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom .
2004 Arrested Development - in Season 1 Episode 14, "Shock and Aww", an instrumental version of the song, plays over the scene prior to the end credits. 2005 Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix - The song "Frozen Pipes", used in stage 4-1 of Story Mode, is an instrumental dance arrangement of "Old Folks at Home".
Burl Ives popularized a version of the song called "The Foggy, Foggy Dew" in the United States in the 1940s, and was once jailed in Mona, Utah, for singing it in public, when authorities deemed it a bawdy song. He claimed that a version dated to colonial America. [27] A.L. Lloyd recorded a cover version of the song in 1956 after learning it ...
Song Books (Solos for Voice 3–92) is a collection of short works by John Cage, composed and compiled by the composer in 1970. It contains pieces of four kinds: songs, songs with electronics, directions for a theatrical performance, and directions for a theatrical performance with electronics. "Any of these may be performed by one or more ...
The album version, released as a single on October 21, 2003, was originally intended to be performed with Strummer before his death in 2002. Instead, the song was performed by Bono along with Eurythmics multi-instrumentalist Dave Stewart , U2 guitarist the Edge , Senegalese politician and musician Youssou N'Dour , and Abdel Wright.
White also recorded the song as "Fare Thee Well" in 1945. It appeared on his first album, Songs by Josh White, for Asch Records (A 348). (Asch Records was the predecessor of Folkways Records). Like the rest of the songs on the album, it was performed solo, with guitar. White re-recorded the song at least once later in his career, as "Dink's Blues".
Although the text of the Constitution is easily accessible for free online, including a printable version via the National Archives and Records Administration, The New York Times reported in 2016 that, "pocket-size versions come with an added feature — a physical representation of Americans' rights that can be hoisted during a congressional hearing, political rally or a spirited discussion ...