Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-01-25
TWO NATIONAL HYMNS.
(Hcttie B. Bise.)

| Francis Scott Key, an American,
is the author of our national hymn,
"Thc Star Spangled Banner" This
song was written in 1914 during tho
war of 1872. The city of Baltimore
was being bombarded Mt this time and
Francis Scott Key was prisoner on
u British vessel. One morning just ut
dawn he was looking toward the city
Of Baltimore to see il tho flag was
still there and wrote the lines Of
this famous song on an old envelope,
which he had with him. He put the
words to the tune Of popular drink
mr. song and from that time to this
our national hymn has bee, sung to
The same tune. How our hearts do
thrill when we hear these words:
"Oh! say can you see by the dawns
early light,
Whut SO proudly we hailed at the
twilight's last gleamingl
Whose brond stripes and bright stars
thru the perilous fight,
Der the ramparts VIC watched were
30 CALAMITY canning;
\nd the rockets rcd glare, the
bombs bursting in mir,
Gavo proof thru the night that our
flag was still there.
CHORUS.
'0hl shy, does that star-spangled
banner yet wavo
Der the land of tie free and the
home of the brnvu
On tho shore dimly seen thru the
mist of tho deep,
Where tho foes naughty host in
drend silence rcposos,
What is that which the breeze Ger
the towering steep,
~ il iitfully blows. half conceals,
half disclOscs?
Vow il catches tho CLEAN Of the
mornings first CLEAN,
In full glory reflected now shines in
the stream.
"And where is TINT hand who so
vnuntingly sworc.
VIM INV HuNpt vi WIFI anu INC DuL-
Ties confusion,
\ hoh.c and country they 4 leave us
no more!
Their blood hns washed oui their foul
footsteps pollution,
No refuge could save the hircling
nnd slave,
From the terror of ngh. on the gloom
OF the grave.
Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen
shall stnnd
;etwcen their lov'd homes and the
wars dcsolation,
Blcst with vict'ry and peace, may the
hcav'n rescued land,
Praise the pow'r that hath made and
preserved us nation;
Then conquer we must, for our cause
it is just,
And this be our motto, an God is
our trust!"
"The Marseillaise."
Rougct dc l'Isle is the author of
The French national hymn He wns an
officer in the French army and in
s702 he wrote the hymn and called
il the "War Song of France" On
his occasion body of volunteers
was leaving Strassburg to go and
fight in the war against Austria and
PRUSSIA. Rougct dc PIslc was SO
touched by tho departure of these
young men that he composed this
song and sung it to them. It has
been called by some the "Wnr Song
of the Army of the Rhine" but the
French call it the "Marseilaise," be-
cause it was first sung to thi1 b,;dy
Of volunteers from Marseillaisc,
town in France. When it was first
sung some of the people were struck
with its beauty, while others were
filled with the terror Of it. The song
is never sung in France without
quickcning the hearts of the people.
Today these stanzas cheer the French
in their trenches and on the battle
field:
Soldiers of France, the morn is
breaking,
The day Of glory dawns at last!
See the tyrants banner shaking,
AS it bascly streams in the blast.
As it basely streams in the blast.
The field Of battle lies before you,
Fierce foemen advance in their pride,
Confusion spreading far and wide,
While for aid your children implore
you.
CHORUS:
ITO arms and hence away!
TO arms this glorious day!
March on. march on,
Brave sons of France to fame and
victory!
Eye tyrants quake, your day is over,
Detested now by friend and foe!