The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-22
Ringing Ballads That Stirred the Blood Of the
Men of 1875 and 1912.

THE American Soldiers Hymn" was
the title of one % the religious songs or
the revolution. The Puritan spirit
breathes out in every line of it:
Its God that girds our armor on
And all our just designs fufills:
Through Him our feet can swiftly run
And nimbly climb the steepest hills.
TITS God that still supports our right
His just revenge cur foes pursues;
IT'S he that with resistless might
Fierce nations 10 His power subdues-"
At about the close of ali. che old Contin-
entails sang among others, this foiiicking
verse:
CORVALLIS led country dance.
The like was never seen. sir.
Mueh retroera6e and much advance
And all with General Greene. sir"
Famous Lyrics of lsi:.
Tho war OF 1872 brought forth an I'M
uense crop OF martial songs. one or tho
earllex; songs. OF that period has this
spirited verse:
1.-The days of Seventy-slx. my boys,
We ever must revere:
Our fathers took their rnuskets then
To fight for freedom dear.
Upon the plains OF Lexington
They made the toe loon queer.
q. It's great delight to march and fight
IA Yankee Volunteer"
"Columhia's Bold Yeomanry." was one
or the stirring songs during the second
war with England The closing verso
reads;
Though the powers OF Europe in arms
should assail
The land OF our fathers. their millions
would fail:
Whilst memory dwelis on the deeds OF
their fame
The war cry OF victory. washington's
name.
To repel every foe from our shore would
invoke
Columba's bola yeomanry, firm as her
oak"
Union and liberty was sung all over
the country:
lie, England exuit I'm her castles Of wood
And shake every port in the East with her
thunder:
Let her qucnch her ambition with oceans
or blood.
Her huge lion may roar
With his name bathed in gore.
still Americas eagle triumphant shall
soar"
1.-The star Spnngied Hammer"
sang. The Star Spaig.ed Hammer has
sprohaAly taken ihe deepest and strongest
hold on the national affection. The older
the nation grows the more popular this
song becomes 80 that today IL Is undouht-
esiy III more favor than either Yankee
Doodle" or 'Amerlca." Many competent
experts on natlonal hyulas and music
have declared that The STAR Spangled
Banner Is par excellence the American
national song /; IS &li American. There
Is not a uae in q which is borrowed from
any othsr nation II is as purely Amer
tcan as the "Msrse3i'aise'' IS French or
as Rue BRITANNIA IS English Like
The Marseill2ise.' K was born in the
inspiration Of a battle hour. II was pitched
20 the keynote Of a screaming shell. writ
ten IA the very heart OF a fight. II may
almost he said 20 have written Itself out
of me circumstances thar surrounded the
writer II was literal photograph in
verse OF the scene in which his eyes were
looking as he peuned its immortal lines
The story OF lis production Is as roman
tic as anything IN the history % war
literature Francis Sceft Key. the son %
john Ross Key, a revolutionary ofstcer.
rad gone On board tire british aimiraFs
g4rshIf tAe Surprise. IA CAeSa reaSe hay.
under a lag OF ;rrce, "a order 20 Try a1d
save r friend. Or. BeaueS. or September
II l<l4 The British feet, under Admiral
.cckeur-, began the eosaeaEarrc<.t OF The