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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]
Coon! Coon!" was published in the Song-book of the Commandery of the State of Pennsylvania, A. Groux, printer. [5] Photograph of two white children pointing at a Black man used to illustrate the song lyrics. The Library of Congress has a photograph of two Caucasian children pointing at an African American described as illustrating a line from ...
"The Bonnie Blue Flag", also known as "We Are a Band of Brothers", is an 1861 marching song associated with the Confederate States of America. The words were written by the entertainer Harry McCarthy, with the melody taken from the song "The Irish Jaunting Car".
"Let Me Call You Sweetheart" is a popular song, with music by Leo Friedman and lyrics by Beth Slater Whitson. The song was published in 1910 and was a huge hit for the Peerless Quartet in 1911. A recording by Arthur Clough was very popular the same year too. [1] A 1924 recording identifies a Spanish title, "Déjame llamarte mía".
Lyrics were found in an open book at the library pop-up, and Us Weekly rounded up each big pre-album reveal: “I Love You, It’s Ruining My Life” “As She Was Leaving It Felt Like Breathing”
According to Alan Lomax, musicologist and folklorist formerly of the Library of Congress, this tune was originally associated with African slaves brought from Niger. [citation needed] Notable versions of the song have been played by such artists as Pete Seeger, [2] Ruby Jane Smith [3] and the Smothers Brothers.
The first printed version of the song is in the public domain book Immortalia (1927). Later versions feature the eponymous "Barnacle Bill", a fictional character loosely based on a 19th-century San Francisco sailor and Gold Rush miner named William Bernard . [ 2 ]
The cover page of the book, "Beadle's Dime Song Book, No. 15: A Collection of the New and Popular Comic and Sentimental Songs", written by Erastus Flavel Beadle The first part of the song, "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" The second part of the song, "When Johnny Comes Marching Home", and the first part of the song, "The Bird Song" The ...