Lyr Req: The Stars and Stripes Forever

Subject: Lyr Req: The Stars and Stripes Forever
From: CRANKY YANKEE
Date: 02 Jul 03 - 07:05 AM

There is a lyric to John Philip Sousa's masterpiece, The Stars and Stripes Forever. I have the proper words to the final part.

Your friend and mine
Jody Gibson

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Stars and Stripes Forever
From: masato sakurai
Date: 02 Jul 03 - 07:28 AM

Patriotic Melodies (Library of Congress): Stars and Stripes Forever, with links to sheet music (1898 edition) and sound recordings.

~Masato

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Stars and Stripes Forever
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 04 Jul 03 - 01:18 AM

If you start with the link Masato posted, and follow the links from there, you get to a page that gives these lyrics:

STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER
(John Philip Sousa)

Let martial note in triumph float,
And liberty extend its mighty hand,
A flag appears, 'mid thund'rous cheers,
The banner of the Western-land.
The emblem of the brave and true,
Its folds protect no tyrant crew,
The red white and starry blue,
Is Freedom's shield and hope.
Other nations may deem their flags the best
And cheer them with fervid elation
But the flag of the North and South and West
Is the flag of flags, the flag of Freedom's nation.

CHORUS: Hurrah for the flag of the free,
May it wave as our standard forever,
The gem of the land and the sea,
The Banner of the Right.
Let despots remember the day
When our fathers with mighty endeavor,
Proclaim'd as they march'd to the fray,
That by their might, And by their right,
It waves forever!

Let eagle shriek from lofty peak
The never-ending watch-word of our land.
Let the summer breeze waft through the trees
The echo of the chorus grand.
Sing out for liberty and light.
Sing out for freedom and the right.
Sing out for Union and its might,
Oh, patriotic Sons!
Other nations may deems their flags the best
And cheer them with fervid elation,
But the flag of the North and South and West
Is the flag of flags, the flag of Freedom's nation.

"The Banner of the Right" sorta takes on a new meaning today, doesn't it?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Stars and Stripes Forever
From: dick greenhaus
Date: 04 Jul 03 - 03:36 PM

The lyrics that entered the folk tradition were written by Fred Allen--"Be kind to your web footed friends..."