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Doodle" at the Battle of Lexington, and it be-
came the first national song of the United States.
Philadelphia has considerable interest in "Hail
The "Man on the Street" Gives Some Interest- Columbia." I t was written by Joseph Hopkin-
ing Facts Regarding the Birth of the Songs son, of this city, although the air was one com-
That Move and Inspire Our People.
posed by a German who was conducting an or-
chestra in New York. Hopkinson wrote the
It is a very curious fact that proud as they words at the time when war was threatened with
are of their nation, Americans are not so fa- France in 1798 and for a long while it was the
miliar with their country's patriotic airs as are most popular of our patriotic songs.
the people of foreign lands. Even when they
As for sectional songs there are some which
are stirred up to the point of singing they find have mighty good tunes, a case in point being
it hard to recollect the words. And it is doubt- "Dixie." Although this was the battle hymn of
ful whether many are aware of the bits of his- the Confederacy, Lincoln enjoyed it immensely,
tory attached to some of the land's patriotic and on the day of his assassination asked a band
airs.
to play it for him.
Next as a national song to "The Star Spangled
"Dixie," however, was written long before the
Banner," comes "America," sometimes known Civil War and was not intended for the use of
as "My Country, 'Tis of Thee." Objection is the Confederates. It was written in 1859 by
frequently raised against this because the tune Daniel D. Emmett, who was singing with Bry-
is not original. It is the property of the British ant's minstrels in New York. Bryant's show
Empire as much as it is of the United States, was dragging and as failure seemed imminent
and when it is heard from afar one cannot tell he asked Bmmett to write a negro "walk around"
whether the band wants to feel the inspiration which would stir up some enthusiasm. "Dixie"
that is in the words of "America" or in "God was the result.
Save the King."
Its adaptation nearly two years later as the
The words of the song, "My Country, 'Tis of war song of the South was an accident. Mrs.
Thee," were written by Samuel Francis Smith. John Wood was appearing at the New Orleans
The song was first sung at a Sunday-school cele- Varieties Theatre in "Pocahontas." One account
bration of the Fourth of July at the Park Street of the rising tide of war a zouave drill was in-
Church, in Boston. I t is an interesting fact troduced into the show. The orchestra leader
that one of the little boys who helped to sing tried over several airs for the march, and finally
"America" for the first time is now the chaplain hit upon "Dixie." The war cloud burst the next
of the United States Senate, the venerable and week, and from New Orleans "Dixie" spread all
over the South. At the North Fanny J. Crosby,
reverend Edward Everett Hale.
Then we have "Columbia, the Gem of the the hymn writer, wrote a song for "Dixie,"
Ocean," which has something like an echo of which was strongly Union in sentiment, but the
"Britannia, the Pride of the Ocean." The tune other side had pre-empted the air.
of "Yankee Doodle" is a good one, and we all
Then it was that the North took up "John
like to whistle or hum it, but the words unfor- Brown's Body," which was first put on by a Bos-
tunately are not very good, and, furthermore, it ton company and later Mrs. Julia Ward Howe
has been said did not mean a great deal at the wrote to this tune "The Battle Hymn of the
time they were written. At any rate, it has not Republic."
the solemn grandeur that "The Star Spangled
Another popular Southern air is really an old
Banner" holds.
German one. It had been used in America for
The origin of "Yankee Doodle" is shrouded in many years as a vehicle for the old college song
the mystery of a score of conflicting tales. It is "Lauriger Horatius," but it is now universally
generally agreed, however, that the tune came associated with "Maryland, My Maryland."
from England, and the words were invented by
This song was considered by James Russell
the British soldiers to be sung in derision the Lowell to be the best poem produced by the
the raw American troops who joined them at Civil War, and Mr. Lowell could not have been
camp on the Hudson below Albany in 1755, dur- partial to its sentiments. It was written by
ing the French and Indian War. Twenty years James Ryder Randall, a Marylander, who only
later the rebellious patriots played "Yankee lately passed onward. At the outbreak of hos-
tilities, Mr. Randall was teaching in a small
college in Louisiana. When he heard the news
of the riots in the streets of Baltimore in April,
1861, he was fired by the intelligence and angry
"SEE SAW,"
because his native State did not forsake the
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Union. Under these circumstances he wrote the
THAT'S WHAT THE ROSE SAID TO ME,"
poem. It was first published in the New Or-
and the greatest ballad in years
leans Delta and copied in all the Southern
papers, and, of course, became very popular
among Maryland secessionists. One of these,
Miss Jennie Cary, suggested adapting it to the
air of the familiar college song. Miss Cary was
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In this column all queries relating to music and the
music trade will be gladly answered. Address Editor,
Music Publishing Department, Music Trade Review, 1
Madison Avenue. New York.
W. E. Evans.—Our special Music Publishers'
number, published on March 14, is now out of
print.
Tomaz F. Deuther, Chicago.—We use your let-
ter with pleasure. It is one of many received on
the same subject.
E. N. Engle.—Mascagni was born at Livorno
in 1863. He is therefore only forty-five years old.
Walter Frank, Bloomington.—The numbers
are all published by F. B. Haviland, West 37th
street, New York. Any music store will pro-
cure them for you.
W. R. M., Montgomery, Ala.—The question is
a very hard one to decide. It dates back about
seven years, but has only lately reached its pres-
ent stage.
J. E. Rainey.—An excellent article on Hun-
garian music appeared in the Music Lovers' Cal-
endar for 1908, which can be obtained from
Bretkopf & Hartel, 24 West 20th street, New
York. Price, 50c.
GUS EDWARD'S NEW SONG SUCCESS.
Miss Dorothy Stone, a most attractive young
lady, who has attracted great attention in the
rendition of the song, "Everybody Loves Me but
the One I Love" (Gus Edwards Publishing Co.),
promises to sing this number at the Steel Pier,
Atlantic City, throughout the summer.
Our enterprising contemporary, the New York
Morning Telegraph, has a somewhat negative
method of paying compliments. Last Sunday's
issue contained the following paragraph which
was no doubt meant kindly: "Felix Feist is
busy at work with a lot of new material for
next season ana will shortly prove his ability
as an up-to-date author." Now, Felix, get busy.
Jerome H. Remick & Co. are shortly publish-
ing a new song by Kendis & Paley, entitled "I
Like to See You Get Along."
Gus Edwards' 1908 Hits
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