Of Thee I Sing Lyrics and Music for Americas Most Patriotic Songs

by Silverman, Jerry

• ISBN13: 9780806523958
• ISBN10: 0806523956
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-05-01
• Publisher: Citadel

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
The Revolutionary War
Free America	3	(3)
Ode to the Fourth of July	6	(4)
Revolutionary Tea	10	(4)
Ballad of Bunker Hill	14	(4)
The Riflemen of Bennington	18	(4)
The Battle of Trenton	22	(3)
The Liberty Song	25	(4)
Yankee Doodle	29	(6)
The War of 1812
The Star Spangled Banner	35	(6)
Ye Parliament of England	41	(3)
Perry's Victory	44	(4)
The Hunters of Kentucky	48	(4)
The Constitution and the Guerriere	52	(3)
The Battle of New Orleans	55	(6)
Texas and Mexico, 1836-1848
Green Grow the Lilacs	61	(3)
Remember the Alamo	64	(3)
Santy Anno	67	(3)
The Song of Texas	70	(5)
The Civil War
The Battle Cry of Freedom	75	(5)
The Battle Hymn of the Republic	80	(6)
Lincoln and Liberty	86	(4)
Roll, Alabama, Roll	90	(4)
Tenting on the Old Camp Ground	94	(4)
When Johnny Comes Marching Home	98	(7)
World War One
Over There	105	(4)
The Fighting Sixty-Ninth	109	(5)
Coast Artillery Song	114	(3)
Goodbye Broadway, Hello France	117	(5)
Keep Your Head Down, ``Fritzie Boy''	122	(4)
On the Somme Front	126	(4)
We're Going to Celebrate the End of the War in Ragtime	130	(9)
World War Two
We Did It Before and We Can Do It Again	139	(5)
'Round and Around Hitler's Grave	144	(3)
United Nations Make a Chain	147	(3)
You're in the Army Now	150	(5)
americans all
America (My Country 'Tis of Thee)	155	(3)
America the Beautiful	158	(3)
Anchors Aweigh	161	(4)
America Song (Love Song for Far-Off America)	165	(3)
'Round Her Neck She Wore a Yellow Ribbon	168	(3)
The Caisson Song (The Caissons Go Rolling Along)	171	(4)
Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean	175	(4)
Hail, Columbia	179	(6)
Danish Flag and Starry Banner	185	(3)
God Bless the U.S.A.	188	(5)
Hail to the Chief	193	(3)
Home on the Range	196	(5)
Leben Zoll Kolumbus (Long Life to Columbus)	201	(4)
I'm on My Way to the Freedom Land	205	(3)
The House I Live In	208	(5)
Jefferson and Liberty	213	(3)
The Marines' Hymn	216	(4)
Lied vom Mississippi (Mississippi Song)	220	(4)
The New Colossus	224	(4)
The Stars and Stripes Forever	228	(5)
The Pledge of Allegiance	233	(3)
Semper Paratus (Always Ready)	236	(3)
Taps	239	(3)
This Land Is Your Land	242	(3)
To Come to America	245	(3)
Uncle Sam's Farm	248	(3)
We Shall Overcome	251	(3)
You're a Grand Old Flag	254	(5)
This Is My Country	259	(4)
The Yankee Doodle Boy	263