The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-21
SONGS THE WAR INSPIRED.
1HET ARE or an SORTS And IN
GREAT ABUNDANCE

were put upon the market Then the title wa
altered somewhat and We heard Of -Aveng,
the Lost Name" do Not Forget the Maine.
"Our Noble Battleship. /" and q little later. whel
word came Of the affair at Manila. the varietl
stage songsters began TO tell us that We Hay'
Remembered tho Naine." THE Maine Hai
Been Avenged" and We Have Not Forsotter
Our Lost Maine" Very few Of these sonEI
made any money for their publishers or au'
thors, but they had q certain popularity and
their stage success was immediate.
Break the News to Mother" which nearly
every one thinks II one Of the many songs
called forth ~ the war. curiously enough val
copyrighted during the latter part Of 1897 and
FIRST sung over q month before the Maine dis
aster. However, most people disregard such
facts and persist in calling it one. OF the songs
inspired BY the war. Its author. who 10 re-
sponsible for After the Ball" wrote shortly
after Dewey's victory q patriotic song entitled
There's No Flag Like the Red. White. and
Blue" but 1t was not as popular % Break the
News"
For Old Glory" written and composed By
Cheever Goodwin and William Furst. was one
OF the first songs to be u n while the sinkinR
Of the Maine was awakening patriotism. The
chorus goes:
Far sH E: nh 1P sna NO y TG En-. or or S%SS S.,:
But Wen al know the one land
OF all lands the best:
And the Blue and Gray together.
win Sisnd ssouidssr 70 shoulder
For Old oloryt
Many attempts were made to write o song
that could take the place of The S~tar-Spangiod
Banner" which has at last conquered all criti-
cism and Is recognized as our national anthem.
but, as might have been expected. the aspiring
writer's failed. In THE Flag That Has Never
Known Defeat" however. there is some re-
spectable veree. The, words were wIitten by
Charles Love BENJAMIN and GeotgeI Davidson
sutton. and the music was composed By Mary
Bowling sutton. Here Is the chorus:
"Tfs Tresdom's starEI banner thSt you srOot'
Ig ms @ S,E nv & Si ": S Ssls sISP sSr0 s.,..a
There is Room for One More Star" BY twp
i aTD s 81 H, glil Be s,. seSn . from tPi srS S1o..SSsiSs;
s sSST Cine 81 S %ss @ @SssI ssl ssR. tHSf.' 1s W. Wv as .
there may be little In the words 10 commend,
and The % song wa sung al over the county.
The chorus Is:
DqSn with ne foes TIA. s,sw our heroes:
Down with their ships in shell and nrS.
Though We die upon the aeld Of battle,
Ana 0trlkol strike In GooQOm'0 name, lads,
Fort the honor -four country and our nAgt
In dramatic and lyric incident the war was
not lacking. and every feat of, arms had its
s 81 ti%ss Of an SSn %o b psTTe q E Our sPHlS SsI6s!a Z h sSSrss
D ns5Sys p gsSezZ 1 ssm aiS one ae had END md o nYsaI6se
only esSi sung sum- a few e tines and met with With no nos SUCCESS I sss
Ho6sonn and H ii Gallant Little Crewd1and
there MAJ, have been Others.
ton Through the medium Of song long before
hSD Gom gSy w CSS snteSE os6iS SRa tgaS1ed ,b cut sa ~wS
b Rishssfh Then he ETots We tiaSs 10
Your County, Next. Then Mother Bear IN
son farewell in these words:
You are going to the war. my boy. and Whilo you arO
Remember that a mothers prayers arc with you
In battle. Lad. remember there is no such word Is
Your God comes hrst. your country next. then
mother dear.
Johnny Comes Marching Home" might have
been soInted upon to give Us Q patriotic song
with the dash and fire. Of his rebellion songs.
Sr6E We N WsEs net III 20 Tf tGGrtunatS; T6e song he
der had t these trivial i and coRmoRpla &c No ri.
set TO music that o schoolgirl could have Inn
60 dressed up in my suit Of blue.
For I've Q heart that IL brave and tEue;
Az any dog. in fact. . cat. can DO q Government dip
That's g. you know. 80 OF ri 20.
For It tAkes . man 70 bo . soldier.
When we had gained our first land victories
" go 0u 6Sn fhs 99tAho Ss SUne!e Sam Why Arg
Sam, It Didn't fake You Long" and added
another 70 the long list Of patriotic songs. he
Of might for right" 81 Those fearless ones,
our Yankee sons. with Yankee guns" and said
aood boy. Tncls Sam. 1t didn't take you Iona.
Sood boyl uncle Sam, you never yet were WFonGi
We do not Ike 70 hng. Sam.
The nag the fagI The banner Of the freel
Such are the more. unusual OF the songs Of
The war. AmQng. others which might be mem
toned are: Fighting Side BY Side. the Blue
Gray" She Never Heard the Story"
|, Vel An Be with You. Uncle Sam. That's
GSss.a . TESe d tTSn N seS Nf Ysha, END. j ne
and T." Yankee Reuben Glne.6 Brass
9sS rs. The Empty sleesys Upon 2 aBag;
he sS %es ia" 4 ATFEEef soaR 96aa Won Sas tie 4GaRERss
Here's to the Boys That Made dood.T"
|, When Uncle Sam Gets Killed. The Flag Of
he Free, Our. Own Jack Tar" We'll Stand
~ %u ne n al Rs Ish oSSyst Jingle 81 d san R T. e;o I'D
The Yankee poodie Booy5s.4Hs We Are
strong" I'VE Are Ready" "The. Em6iem.o d
he aU1 Ersss srsw nEFsSeadS en- fS.Syer" az SSpSldies
3g sSs gF Sssss." 'qS R RRsRAs9htt Gig War IFh Z 1SS!Gsss iE
When Our Troops Return"