Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-09

OF Joseph Hupkinson who wrote them
in the year 1898, At that time we were
on the very verge ~ war with France
and the American war spirit was
tuned up TO the highest pitch. Hail
columbia suddenly sVTang into being
as the expression OF the national spirit.
and so prominent a place has 1t held
i'm the cNcs of the country. and Of the
whole civilized world i'm general. that
from 1928 ii has always been used by
the foreign warships and military
forces In salutlng our flag Tho recent
ruling of the navy Of course displaccs
Hail Colum bia' from it, time
honored niche. i'm favor OF the star
Spangled Banner"
In "Columb ia, the Gem Of the ocean. 4"
We see yet another illustration OF the
carly tendency 10 adaut old English
melodies and popular songs to our
American needs on account Of our
own early weakness i'm musical ability.
II was originally britannia. the
Pride Of the Ocean" Its English origin
has not seemed 20 affect its widely
spread use, for to this dav il is sung
MS Justify as ever hv our patriotic So
clotlcs. and los our American youth
In our public schools
Then comes Dixie" with its purclv
American melody and words, very dear
To tho heart OF everybody. though ~
local origin. and bound to remain so
II VIII be forever associated with the
south. and Vet no song TODAY awakcns
human emotions among northern audi
Cnccs quicker than Dixie" So
popular has IL become since the CivU
war all over the United states. that
II may be regarded rs being one ~
tho practical means Of helping TO unity
tho north and the south
THE Battle Cry Of Freedom" Is p
noble and uplifting paean Of national
praise. II was. perhaps too martial
In tone to suit the general run OF
Americans as the national anthem. but
is adoption hv japan to he one Of
hor popular national war SONGS o.
high honor bestowed upon a. We can
readily see how easily adapted II
must be to the patriotic mon Of
Japan in the heat Of great foreign
wars. rs n fitting expression ~ their
national spirit and Of unswerVinE de-
votinn to their Nag and emperor. II IL
fully as stirring a battle hymn as any
IN the whole list Of our popular Amcri-
can patriotic songs
Marching Through Georgia" has
held it's own as a rousiug memorial OF
ON" ~ the most stirring events Of our
national history. IL could never be-
come, however, truly national patrl-
otic anthem. because Of its sectional
tone, and its revival in terse. warlii<e
language. Of memories that both north
and south are only too willing to for
get. To be truly national an anthem
must necessarily be above all appear
ance OF scctionalism and party spirit
yankee Doodle is none the less ma
ttOnal Dccausc II has light, fantastic
setting, while its origin gives To IL the
flavor OF antiquity II comes down to
us from old papal Rome, and Il was
once cathedral chant Of considerable
merit II originated In the twelfth cen
tuiy. and reached America through tho
Dutch ANA English colonists n Is said
that. when played long measure upon a
pipe organ. by a master hand. Yankee
Doodle nj once proves itself 10 be "A
trLe musical aristocrat I'm rs stately
measures and inspiring tones Passing
from Rome 10 Holland. tho Nctherland-
ers adopted u as the melody Of their
national harvest festival with words OF
their own In Hans Rrlnkcr'' Mary
Mapes Dodge presents ono Of these old
Dutch verses
"Yankcr Didec dude down.
Didoc dudel launter
Yanker yiver Voover vown
Boternelt und taunter"
When England In the sixteenth cen
fury finally conquered Holland, and
destroyed her supremacy ON the seas
the English took up Yankee Doodle,
or "Yanker Didec," and sung Il in de-
rision OF their defeated foes. "Yanker''
meaning TO every Britlsher nothing but
a flying Dutchman OF unsavory bust
ness shrewdness. From that day yam
kee Doodle" became a purely English