The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-28
WILSON PHRASES MADE
INTO A PATRIOTIC SONG
Fall Into Line for Your Motherland" Composed by
John L.. Golden and Sung Before President
Proceeds to Charity.

a song. A few days later Mr.. Malone
ca me back from Washington with a
report from the President that Mr..
Golden and Executive permission to go
ahead with his song building.
Mr.. Golde had been spending lons
hours In the meantime with his secre-
tary clipping newspaper reports OF tho
Presidents speeches on preparedness
and u~nderscor!ng the words which the
song writer thought could be sewed to-
gether into the kind OF song he had In
mind. simultaneously. I'm his apartments
In the Dazien apartment house. W
doors from the Lambs club. he was
banging out various melodies on his
plano until he finally had got a march
tune with a good swing to II and. as he
put II yesterday. popular but not too
much raggy."
Sings II to PRECEDENT.
When Mr.. Golden had finished the
two verses and the refrain and had got
his melody into manuscrim he asked
Mr.. Malone to Introduce him to the
President. 30 that The SON could be
submitted at first han The result was
that during the first week In April the
President and Mrs. Wilson received Mr..
Golden. Mr.. Malone taking the COM
poser TO the White House and introduce.
ing Mr.. Golden.
MIR. Golden spent the evening with the
President and Mrs. Wilson. The COM
poser sat at "A piano in the white House
and played his march song and sang
his arrangement of the Presidents words
to Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson's evident enjoy
ment.
The second verse Of the song. also
taken wholly with very slight changes
for the sake Of rhythm hero and there)
from lines delivered by the President
runs as follows
The blood Of ev'ry nations running strong
within your veins.
And freed from hyphen chains
Are men OF Drawn and brains.
Ready to forget themselves, forget their
love Of life.
Ana die for honor. mother. home or wife.
Our destiny lies written In poetic line and
song
The mission Of the strong
Must 10 70 right each uronG.
The nations up and every single man 10
wide awake
And waiting. ~a,chsui. for his country 4.
cake.
Letter Of the President.
on April II the following letter, writ
ten on White House stationery, came 10
Mr.. Golden at the Lambs:
My DEAR MIR. GoLpES-Mrs. WI
son and | were greatly pleased to
So" you and TO hear the march. and
] am writing TO say how sincerely
We hope you VIII have great sue
cess in launching IT. II Quickens
the blood and carries a spur which
only music, apparently. can use.
and ! am sincerely Comp,imentcd
that you should have chosen the
words for the song from my speeches.
] envy those who can make any
great impulse. particularly the great
impulse of patriotism. move in such
strains and accents as will quicken
the pulse of "A whole people. Cor
daily and sincerely yours.
WOODROW WILSON.
. Mr.. John Golden. New York CIT.
"of cour~e III" song publishers hear,
OF tho whole affair Mr.. Colder sai,
; yesterday. "oue of them offered IN
$1,000 for the rights 10 the song anC
! when ! shook my head he said, Wi
' YOU take 100000 told him I wouldn
=. discuss the sale Of the song at a.
7 Various theatrical, producers want I
: use IL In the opening az their show
? sui I say to myself. Nothing do'nf
John: we'll have nothing faky abou
! this-nobody IS going Ia make an
money on u ana It's not going into an
r show, at least not before II has bee
= generally released
Il told the President that I'm not e
ng to make a cent ~ the song Soir
copies will be distributed free on Nor
B. dav not only here and throughout I'll
$ country but IN aS many cities in III
world as Copies can be- sent TO. I aske
. President Wilson To name some chart
J. to which whatever money Is made n
Z the song later can be sent. He told N
= that he will write to me later and nan
some worthy cause that might be heipe