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An Appointment with Mr Yeats" by The Waterboys is an album of Yeats poems set to song. The poem "Down by the Salley Gardens" was based by Yeats on a fragment of a song he heard an old woman singing. Yeats' words have been recorded as a song by many performers. The song "A Bad Dream" by Keane is based on the poem "An Irish Airman Foresees His ...
Written in support of U.S. military service persons and their families, Toby Keith released "American Soldier" in 2004 and the song spent four weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
Song of the Answerer " Now list to my morning's romanza, I tell the signs of the Answerer," Leaves of Grass (Book IX.) 1855 Song of the Banner at Daybreak " O A new song, a free song," Leaves of Grass (Book XXI. Drum-Taps) ; The Patriotic Poems I (Poems of War) Song of the Broad-Axe " Weapon shapely, naked, wan," Leaves of Grass (Book XII.)
This is a list of songs written by Stephen Foster (1826–1864) including those published posthumously. Foster may have written words and/or music for each song. Several of Foster's songs have alternate titles which are included in the "Title" column along with the original title. The original title is always given first.
Allegiance: Patriotic Song. Am I the Only One (Aaron Lewis song) America (Chicago song) America (Neil Diamond song) America Is My Home. America the Beautiful. America Will Always Stand. America, an Epic Rhapsody. American Boy (Eddie Rabbitt song)
6. "Honoring the sacrifices many have made for our country in the name of freedom and democracy is the very foundation of Veterans Day." — Charles B. Rangel. 7. "True heroism is remarkably sober ...
Swiss Miss, (1926) arrangement of a song from Lady, Be Good. Machinery Gone Mad, (1927) unpublished. Blue Monday, (1927) a piano suite based on Gershwin's one-act opera of the same name. Merry Andrew, (1928) arrangement of a dance piece from Rosalie. Three-Note Waltz, (1931) Also known as Melody #36.
He wrote "Ragged Old Flag" to "reaffirm faith in the country and the goodness of the American people." [2] The song tells a story of an old man in a town square describing what the flag and country have been through together. [3] ". Ragged Old Flag" is typical of Cash's particular style of patriotism characterized by his appreciation for the ...