Seeking American songs for July fourth

Subject: Seeking American songs for July fourth
From: Margo
Date: 09 May 01 - 11:58 PM

Did a forum and Digitrad search using "patriotic and American" and only came up with political threads. Heck. I am invited to sing or play for a July fourth celebration and the music has to be American, preferably from the time period surrounding the declaration of independence. I have a gal willing to sing harmony with me a'cappella, so have you any ideas? Margo

Subject: RE: Seeking American songs for July fourth
From: katlaughing
Date: 10 May 01 - 12:21 AM

Margo, there are quite a few listed at Contemplator, which if I remember correctly is a website of a Mudcatter. (Sorry, I cannot remember his name, right now, Barry, maybe?)

Sounds like fun. Good luck,

kat

Just remembered! Barry Taylor!!

Subject: RE: Seeking American songs for July fourth
From: Margo
Date: 10 May 01 - 12:30 AM

Hmmmm.... you mean Lesley Nelson? :o) Thanks, Kat!

Subject: RE: Seeking American songs for July fourth
From: GUEST,Gene
Date: 10 May 01 - 01:09 AM

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Subject: RE: Seeking American songs for July fourth
From: dick greenhaus
Date: 10 May 01 - 01:14 AM

Margo-

If you do a search for @patriotic, or @America @Revolution you'll get a couple of hundred hits. The @ indicates that it's a keyword: a descriptive word that probably doesn't appear in the lyrics.

Subject: RE: Seeking American songs for July fourth
From: Margo
Date: 10 May 01 - 01:20 AM

Thanks, Dick!

Subject: RE: Seeking American songs for July fourth
From: Amergin
Date: 10 May 01 - 01:49 AM

I always thought the Internationale was pretty patriotic.....

Subject: RE: Seeking American songs for July fourth
From: Uncle_DaveO
Date: 10 May 01 - 04:14 PM

The second-favorite (after Yankee Doodle) Revolutionary War song with the troops was a hymn tune called Chester. Despite that it's called a hymn, it's nationalistic and warlike. Should be in the DT. If not, let me know and I'll post it. I recommend it.

Dave Oesterreich

Subject: RE: Seeking American songs for July fourth
From: Uncle_DaveO
Date: 10 May 01 - 04:27 PM

Yup, it's there.

But whoever posted it doesn't know how to spell "reigns".

Dave Oesterreich

Subject: RE: Seeking American songs for July fourth
From: SINSULL
Date: 10 May 01 - 04:36 PM

George M Cohan wrote a ton of them:
Yankee Doodle Dandy, It's a Grand Old Flag,etc. Try here: click here

Subject: RE: Seeking American songs for July fourth
From: pattyClink
Date: 10 May 01 - 05:33 PM

One of you could read the fairly fascinating written story about the writing of the StarSpangledBanner, then both perform all the verses. Didn't cranky yankee post that?

Subject: RE: Seeking American songs for July fourth
From: Burke
Date: 10 May 01 - 05:46 PM

The Sacred Harp & other old shape note books have mostly hymns, but a few are early federal partiotic songs:

Ode on Science by Jezaniah Sumner, 1798
Liberty by Stephen Jenks, 1800.
The American Star D. P. White, 1850.

If you try those first two, one of you should sing the melody on the middle line & the other pick one of the harmony lines.

Subject: RE: Seeking American songs for July fourth
From: Bert
Date: 10 May 01 - 05:51 PM

Aha, a chance to plug yet another of my songs. I'm your Flag

Hey Burke darling! Have you forgiven me yet?

Bert.

Subject: RE: Seeking American songs for July fourth
From: Burke
Date: 10 May 01 - 05:57 PM

I thought I was the one asking for forgiveness! All is fine. I promise to try not to find my name hidden in vague references in the future.

Subject: Lyr Add: BURGOYNE SURROUNDED
From: Chicken Charlie
Date: 10 May 01 - 08:01 PM

"Burgoyne Surrounded" is to tune of "Girl I Left Behind Me." "Burgoyne Surrounded" is also an American quilt pattern.

When Jack the King's commander bold would go & do his duty
He smiled & bowed to all the crowd, and every bloomin' beauty.
The Lower House were mute as mouse to hear the grand oration
And all the Peers with loudest cheers proclaimed him to the nation.

Then off he goes to Canada and to Ticonderoga,
And quitting those, away he goes, straightway to Saratoga.
"Sons of Freedom" gathered round where hostile foes abounded,
And when he feign would turn his back he found himself surrounded.

In vain he fought, in vain he fled, and duly made a tender:
To save the rest, he thought it best his forces to surrender.
May America's brave sons in honor be rewarded,
And be the fate of all her foes the same as thus recorded!

CC

Subject: RE: Seeking American songs for July fourth
From: Uncle_DaveO
Date: 10 May 01 - 08:07 PM

A great American patriotic song is "The House I Live In." I haven't looked in the DT for it, but I'd be surprised if it's not there.

Dave Oesterreich

Subject: RE: Seeking American songs for July fourth
From: Burke
Date: 11 May 01 - 02:19 PM

Hail, Columbia! 1798, was mentioned recently in another thread.

Subject: RE: Seeking American songs for July fourth
From: GUEST,Hey Ya'll I have a song
Date: 07 Jun 10 - 01:09 PM

Check this song out. I just released it. Adults and Children love singing this song. It's catchy

http://www.bobbywellsmusic.com/id32.html

Hit click to play. Song titled "America, Don't Throw It Away"


A friend,

Bobby