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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 .
"Song of Liberty" is a British patriotic song which became popular during the Second World War. [1] The song was set to the music of Edward Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4. It followed the success of Land of Hope and Glory, another patriotic song with lyrics by A. C. Benson set to Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1.
The original lyrics [9] were composed on February 23, 1940, in Guthrie's room at the Hanover House hotel at 43rd St. and 6th Ave. (101 West 43rd St.) in New York. The line "This land was made for you and me" does not appear in the original manuscript at the end of each verse, but is implied by Guthrie's writing of those words at the top of the page and by his subsequent singing of the line ...
Janice Kapp Perry in 2019. Janice Kapp Perry (born October 1, 1938) is an American composer, songwriter, and author. As a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), she has written over 3,000 songs, some of which appeared in the church's official hymnal, and in the Children's Songbook.
"The Land" is a protest song, traditionally sung by the Georgist movement in pursuit and promotion of land value taxation.Its first appearance is from a Chicago Georgist publication, The Single Tax, in 1887 as "The Land Song" [1] Until the late 1970s it was sung at the end of each year's Liberal Assembly and was the party anthem of the Liberal Party, until that party merged with the SDP to ...
Worship Again also includes a song that Smith wrote called "There She Stands", inspired by the September 11, 2001 attacks. He performed this song live for the 2004 Republican National Convention , [ 14 ] saying that President George W. Bush , who he said is a fan and a family friend, had asked him to write a song about the attacks.
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The song describes being "like a tree planted by the waters" who "shall not be moved" because of faith in God. Secularly, as "We Shall Not Be Moved" it gained popularity as a labor union song and a protest song of the Civil Rights Movement. [2] The text is based on biblical scripture: