Evening star., 1914-11-25


war it is estimated that 1000 war songs
were written.
With few exceptions the most famed
have been written in time of peace.
either in anticipa-
Mostly Written tion of war or
in Peace Times. Ths 4l.eF mos, @a' netaese eaaeS;
exception is that Of The Star Span
gled Banner born in heat of battle.
1t is noteworthy also that almost all
Of the famous war songs have been
written by those who stayed at home.
This is said to be due to the fact that
music is harmony and war is discord.
In war the soldier is quick to pounce
upon u catchy air and adopt II as his
marching or battle song. His fancy
has made famous number OF songs
that are without merit when viewed
from the poetical or musical stand
songs have silly words and music
whose only merit is rhythm ip time
with the swing of the march.
Tommy Atkins newest war song Is
He adopted it in the first days Of re-
cruiting in England and carried It
across the channel Today the ditty is
on the battlefield. Even the French
are singing "C'est Loin d.iGi @ a TIP.
donce Leicester Square" The French
have added a song Of their own,
"Sambre Meuse." a march of 1870.
The Tipperary song was written and
composed in New York by Jack Judge
and Harry
Tipperary Song Williams. the
Written in Gotham. poser rss.a' o, eGm, "rm
Afraid To Go Home In the Dark The
song was published in London only two
years ago and yet it already has been
made historic by war. When a sailor
from the torpedoed Cressy began sing
ing ITS a Long, Long Way to Tip
perary," a fellow-sailor from the
wrecked vessel retorted, "lt certainly
is. if you have to SWIM"
SO the song has taken rank with
others made immortal by war, YANKEE
Doodle" popular in the American revo-
luton and sung in all our wars since
1875: Dixie" made famous by the
civil war, and "There'll Be a Hot Time
in the Old Town Tonight to the tune
of which we fought Spain. Like these
songs, the Tipperary ditty Is without
serious purpose, but it has the III, that
soldiers love.
Yankee Doodle" was written be-
tween 1855 and 1865. Its origin is un-
known. The music is supposed to be an
old dancing tune and the words were
written to ridicule the American colo
NAL militia raised to aid the British
fight the French. In the war of 1776
the colonfals sang it with "On the Road
to Boston, My Dog and Cum Rural
Felicity and "Washington's March,"
but Yankee Doodle" has survived as
most famous.
Dixie originated in a minstrel show,
but holds an enduring place in the
federates. it shared it's popularity with
Maryland. My Maryland" This song
was written by Miss Hattie Cary Of
Baltimore at the beginning of the civil
'Lauriger Horatius" Later. in a Con,
federate camp near Manassas after
band had played an officer said, Now.
lets hear a woman sing" Miss Jenny
Maryland Thousands OF soldiers
caught up the tune and 1t went all over
the south.
Most famous of all war songs is the
"Marseillaise." 1t is one OF the few
not written by
Marseillaise Is one who stayed
Most Famous Song. aenome' anon Claude Claude
de Lisle, young officer in the French
army. wrote words and music in the
single night of April "a, 1892. just be-
fore the great revolution in Franco.
The song swept the nation.
1t got its name from a band of revo-
lutionaries. Reds OF the Midi" who
sang it marching from Marseille to ]
Paris At Waterloo. when Napoleon
gave up to despair. the band played on
and the strains of the 'Marseillaise" sent
the Old Guard to the field of slaughter.
A German valuation of the song was |
made by klopstock. who said to it's |
author: Sir. your song has sent $4,000
gallant Germans to their death" |
Among Great Britains wealth of war
song is Rule. Britannia national |
ode, and one of the chief patriotic ex-
pressions in music of the British since |
1t was written in 1740. The chorus, |
Rule, Britannia. rule the waves: Brit
ons never shall be slaves," is a lyrical
political prophecy. and Richard Wag-
ner said its first eight notes form The
most typical musical utterance Of the |
British people.
England's most famous war song Is
God Save the King" which became |
popular in 1745, when sung in oppose |
tion to the Jacobite rising in Scotland |
The music is supposed to have evolved