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who expressed qualification at the ~assassi-
nation Of President Mckinley wal convicted
by a court-martial and sentenced to a long
term Of imprisonment. These instances
will show why in the American military
services prescription Of Objectionable songs
or utterances Is not regarded as necessary.
In foreign countries, however, the pro-
scription of songs has been Of frequent
occurrence. When the French monarchy
was restored after the fall Of Napoleon the
French army was forbidden to sing "Partant
pour la Syrie,' supposed to have been
written by Queen Hortense. There was
nothing especially suggestive OF Bonsparte
or otherwise partisan about the song, but
it had been 80 popular with the Napoleonio
armies that the old royalty and nobility did
not like It,.
The song that Trilby sang, "Malbrouok
sen va-t-en Guerre," to the tune Of 4We
Won't Go Home Until Morning" was, natur-
ally, distasteful to the English on account
Of It's reflection on the great Duke Of Marl-
borough, and woe betide the Irishman who,
in days Of long ago, a caught singing the
Anglicized version, commonly rendered
Mol Brooke has gone to Flanders The
British Government was particularly active
in furnishing revolutionary ballads. Less
than n quarter Of a century ago men and
boys were arrested In Ireland for whistling
Harvey Duff, a political air which resem-
bles the once popular American refrain.
There she goes. there she goes.
All dressed UP in her Sunday clothes.
The original words OF Dixie" were with
out partisan significance. 1t was Gen.
Albert Pike, whose statue, erected by the
Masonic order. stands near the Capitol In
Washington, that wrote the words which
made the. air 80 popular throughout the
South in the civil war. The words as Pike
wrote them are sung nowadays in the
Southern States, but no one seeks to sup
press the singers.
On the night Of Lees surrender a band
which vent to the White House to serenade
President Lincoln played 4Dixie,' and the
President in a brief speech said that Dixie
now belonged to the North as well as to the
South, for Grant had captured that also.
But it was years after the great struggle
had ended before 1t was safe for anybody
to sing the partisan words Of Dixie wher-
ever Federal troops were quartered.
The Irish found way and means OF get
ting around the prescription Of revolu-
tionary songs in the troubles Of '9s and 49,
A favorite way was to apostrophize the
Emerald Isle under the guise Of a woman.
One of the most popular airs was the
Shan Van Vocht," literally. "Old woman,
dear" The "Shan Van Vocht' signifed
Ireland, who was represented as saying that
athe French are on the say, they'll be here
without delay and other things that showed
no love for the Government at London.
Ireland was epostrophized also In revolu-
tionary ditties under the name Of Kathleen
na-Houlahsn,' supposed to be a young girl
IMPLYING the spirit Of the nation, as Column
bia does for America and Britannia does for
England.
The words OF God Save Ireland "a par
tisan air written apropos Of the hanging OF
Allen, Larkin and O'Brien, known as the
Manchester martyrs, were written to the
air Of Tramp, tramp, tramp, the boys
are marching and it is this same air to
which the words Of Damn, damn, damn
the Filipinos' are ung The words Of
the Damn, damn song were written by