Lyr Add: Monroe is the Man (Campaign of 1816)

29 Jul 05 - 06:01 AM (#1531032)
Subject: Lyr Add: Monroe is the Man (Campaign of 1816)
From: chico

  AIR -- 'Young Lochnivar' by Joseph Mazzinghi (1811) (Used: Oscar Brand's adaptation)
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       A                          D           A
  Oh say sov'reign people whose voice is the law
          D         A               E         7  
  Whose will is supreme and keeps faction in awe 
  Who shall o'er the Union dear vessel preside
         D          A             E7            A    
  Shall sit at the helm and her course wisely guide
  
    E             7          D              A
  Among the best pilots say who leads the band, 
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  O! Say sov'reign people which, which is the man
  
  Is it him whose whole life has so constantly shewn,
  That the cause of the people was ever his own?
  The firm friend of freedom in every sphere,
  Whose conscience 'mong kings and 'mong courts stil was clear
  Whose actions grow brighter the nearer we scan
  O! Say sov'reign people--which--which is the man
  
  Who cares not for office, nor power, or place, 
  whose merits and virtues the highest would race. 
  Whose country is his idol, her good all his care 
  And in terrible times who would never despair.
  In peace and in war--who can act and can plan
  O! Say sov'reign people--which---which is the man
  
  O Tis easy to tell without speaking his name
  So well is he known in the records of fame
  To him much we owe, and on him we depend
  We can ne'er be deceived in so faithful a friend
  He's the Man that we love, for to hate him who can
  MONROE--yes MONROE--he indeed is the man
  
  [The 'Virginian Succession' brought Monroe to the presidency in 1816 through 1824]

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31 Jul 05 - 12:14 PM (#1532092)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Monroe is the Man (Campaign of 1816)
From: chico

No comments?

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31 Jul 05 - 08:09 PM (#1532302)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Monroe is the Man (Campaign of 1816)
From: masato sakurai

The original tune is at the Levy Collection:

Title: Young Lochinvar From Marmion. A Tale of Flodden Field.
Composer, Lyricist, Arranger: Composed by J. Mazzinghi. [text by Sir Walter Scott].
Sir Walter Scott Publication: New York: W. Dubois, n.d..
Form of Composition: strophic with chorus
Instrumentation: piano and voice
First Line: Oh Young Lochinvar is come out of the west Thro' all the wide border his steed was the best
First Line of Chorus: So Faithful in love and so dauntless in War there never was Knight like the Young Lochinvar [text varies with each verse]

Title: Lochinvar
Composer, Lyricist, Arranger: by Mazzinghi.
Publication: Philadelphia: Carr & Schetky, n.d..
Form of Composition: sectional
Instrumentation: piano and voice (for one, two, or three voices)
First Line: O Young Lochinvar is come out of the west thro all the wide border

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