Første Verdenskrigs Sange

Total Page:16

File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb

Første Verdenskrigs Sange Første verdenskrigs sange Samlet og dokumenteret af Holger Terp, Det danske Fredsakademi 2 3 Fredssange Saks eller skriv den sangtitel du er interesseret i, ind i din favorit søgemaskine eller i You Tube, så vil det for en stor dels vedkommende være muligt, at høre musikken. Peace Songs Cut or write the song title you're interested in, into your favorite search engine or You Tube, so will it to a large extent be possible to hear the music. Chansons de la paix Couper ou écrire le titre de la chanson qui vous inté- resse, dans votre moteur de recherche favori ou You Tube, ainsi il dans une large mesure être possible d'en- tendre la musique. Lieder des Friedens Ausschneiden oder schreiben Sie die Liedtitel, der Sie in- teressiert, in Ihrem Lieblings-Suchmaschine oder You Tube, so wird es zu einem großen Teil möglich sein, die Musik zu hören. 4 5 Indholdsfortegnelse Forord..........................................................................................................................10 I'd Rather Be A Pimp To A Mexican Whore.............................................................15 Oh It's a Lovely War..................................................................................................19 Åh, åh, åh, det er en dejlig krig.................................................................................19 Lloyd George's Beer...................................................................................................21 England 1914..............................................................................................................22 When the Lusitania Went Down...............................................................................25 Da Lusitania gik ned.................................................................................................26 Keep the Home Fires Burning..................................................................................27 Naar I kommer hjem..................................................................................................29 Sej mæ, ska vi mej i Kri?...........................................................................................30 Sig mig, ska vi med i krig?........................................................................................31 Mænd og børn i krig...................................................................................................33 Kvinder i krig.............................................................................................................33 Arthur Fields (6 August 1888 – 29 March 1953).....................................................35 Stay Down Here Where You Belong.........................................................................38 Bliv hernede, hvor du hører til..................................................................................40 Mothers, Daughters, Wives.......................................................................................41 Hustru Datter Mor.....................................................................................................42 Don't Take My Darling Boy Away............................................................................43 Tag ikke min elskede dreng væk fra mig.................................................................44 I Didn't Raise My Boy To Be A Soldier.....................................................................45 Jeg har ikke opdraget min dreng til at være soldat................................................46 When You Come Back................................................................................................50 Når du kommer tilbage..............................................................................................50 Over There..................................................................................................................52 Derovre.......................................................................................................................53 I Don't Know Where I'm Going But I'm On My Way..............................................54 Jeg ved ikke, hvor jeg skal hen, men jeg er på vej...................................................54 The Vow of Tipperary................................................................................................55 Tipperarys løfte..........................................................................................................55 It's a long way to Tipperary.......................................................................................56 Goodbye Broadway, Hello France.............................................................................58 Farvel Broadway, velkommen Frankrig,.................................................................58 When Alexander Takes His Ragtime Band To France............................................59 Når Alexander tager sit Ragtime Band til Frankrig...............................................60 The Grand Conversation on Napoleon.....................................................................66 Denne store samtale om Napoleon opstod...............................................................66 The Battle Hymn of the Republic.............................................................................67 Republikken kamphymne..........................................................................................68 The Battle Hymn of the Republic, Updated.............................................................69 Ajourført republikken kamphymne..........................................................................70 Texas Rangers............................................................................................................73 When The War Breaks Out In Mexico.....................................................................75 The Minstrel Boy........................................................................................................78 Den unge Skjald.........................................................................................................78 The Ballad of Captain Kidd or The Dying Words of Capt. Robert Kidd................80 6 Beretningen om Kaptajn Kidd,.................................................................................84 The Bold Benjamin or Captain Chilver's gone to sea. The Benjamin's Lamentation for their sad loss at Sea, by Storms and Tempests...........................86 The Benjamin's Lamentation 89...............................................................................87 On the Road to Dublin Town.....................................................................................88 På vej til Dublin By....................................................................................................89 Sir Joseph Porter's Song............................................................................................90 Admiralens vise..........................................................................................................92 I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General...................................................96 Jeg er som en moderne generalmajor, en rollemodel..............................................98 Johnny I Hardly Knew Ya.......................................................................................100 Johnny, jeg kendte dig næppe.................................................................................102 Mrs. McGrath...........................................................................................................107 Fru McGrath............................................................................................................108 Over The Hills..........................................................................................................110 Over bakkerne..........................................................................................................111 Arthur McBride........................................................................................................112 We're In The Army Now..........................................................................................118 Vi er i hæren nu.......................................................................................................118 Just Before the Battle, Mother...............................................................................121 Lige før slaget, mor..................................................................................................122 The Bells of Hell Go Ting-a-ling-a-ling'..................................................................126 Klokkerne i helvede kimer - ding, dong, dingeling................................................126 Dans les tranchées de Lagny...................................................................................127 La Chanson de Craonne..........................................................................................128 Craonne sangen........................................................................................................131 Kærestesorger..........................................................................................................134 Девойко Мари Хубава / Devojko Mari.................................... Hubava 134 The Flowers Of The Forest......................................................................................137 Skovens blomster.....................................................................................................138 The Armourer's Widow............................................................................................139
Recommended publications
  • Papéis Normativos E Práticas Sociais
    Agnes Ayres (1898-194): Rodolfo Valentino e Agnes Ayres em “The Sheik” (1921) The Donovan Affair (1929) The Affairs of Anatol (1921) The Rubaiyat of a Scotch Highball Broken Hearted (1929) Cappy Ricks (1921) (1918) Bye, Bye, Buddy (1929) Too Much Speed (1921) Their Godson (1918) Into the Night (1928) The Love Special (1921) Sweets of the Sour (1918) The Lady of Victories (1928) Forbidden Fruit (1921) Coals for the Fire (1918) Eve's Love Letters (1927) The Furnace (1920) Their Anniversary Feast (1918) The Son of the Sheik (1926) Held by the Enemy (1920) A Four Cornered Triangle (1918) Morals for Men (1925) Go and Get It (1920) Seeking an Oversoul (1918) The Awful Truth (1925) The Inner Voice (1920) A Little Ouija Work (1918) Her Market Value (1925) A Modern Salome (1920) The Purple Dress (1918) Tomorrow's Love (1925) The Ghost of a Chance (1919) His Wife's Hero (1917) Worldly Goods (1924) Sacred Silence (1919) His Wife Got All the Credit (1917) The Story Without a Name (1924) The Gamblers (1919) He Had to Camouflage (1917) Detained (1924) In Honor's Web (1919) Paging Page Two (1917) The Guilty One (1924) The Buried Treasure (1919) A Family Flivver (1917) Bluff (1924) The Guardian of the Accolade (1919) The Renaissance at Charleroi (1917) When a Girl Loves (1924) A Stitch in Time (1919) The Bottom of the Well (1917) Don't Call It Love (1923) Shocks of Doom (1919) The Furnished Room (1917) The Ten Commandments (1923) The Girl Problem (1919) The Defeat of the City (1917) The Marriage Maker (1923) Transients in Arcadia (1918) Richard the Brazen (1917) Racing Hearts (1923) A Bird of Bagdad (1918) The Dazzling Miss Davison (1917) The Heart Raider (1923) Springtime à la Carte (1918) The Mirror (1917) A Daughter of Luxury (1922) Mammon and the Archer (1918) Hedda Gabler (1917) Clarence (1922) One Thousand Dollars (1918) The Debt (1917) Borderland (1922) The Girl and the Graft (1918) Mrs.
    [Show full text]
  • Mexican American History Resources at the Briscoe Center for American History: a Bibliography
    Mexican American History Resources at the Briscoe Center for American History: A Bibliography The Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin offers a wide variety of material for the study of Mexican American life, history, and culture in Texas. As with all ethnic groups, the study of Mexican Americans in Texas can be approached from many perspectives through the use of books, photographs, music, dissertations and theses, newspapers, the personal papers of individuals, and business and governmental records. This bibliography will familiarize researchers with many of the resources relating to Mexican Americans in Texas available at the Center for American History. For complete coverage in this area, the researcher should also consult the holdings of the Benson Latin American Collection, adjacent to the Center for American History. Compiled by John Wheat, 2001 Updated: 2010 2 Contents: General Works: p. 3 Spanish and Mexican Eras: p. 11 Republic and State of Texas (19th century): p. 32 Texas since 1900: p. 38 Biography / Autobiography: p. 47 Community and Regional History: p. 56 The Border: p. 71 Education: p. 83 Business, Professions, and Labor: p. 91 Politics, Suffrage, and Civil Rights: p. 112 Race Relations and Cultural Identity: p. 124 Immigration and Illegal Aliens: p. 133 Women’s History: p. 138 Folklore and Religion: p. 148 Juvenile Literature: p. 160 Music, Art, and Literature: p. 162 Language: p. 176 Spanish-language Newspapers: p. 180 Archives and Manuscripts: p. 182 Music and Sound Archives: p. 188 Photographic Archives: p. 190 Prints and Photographs Collection (PPC): p. 190 Indexes: p.
    [Show full text]
  • Review of Texans in Revolt: the Battle for San Antonio, 1835
    University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Great Plains Quarterly Great Plains Studies, Center for 1992 Review of Texans In Revolt: The Battle for San Antonio, 1835 Charles Kenner Arkansas State University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/greatplainsquarterly Part of the Other International and Area Studies Commons Kenner, Charles, "Review of Texans In Revolt: The Battle for San Antonio, 1835" (1992). Great Plains Quarterly. 690. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/greatplainsquarterly/690 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Great Plains Studies, Center for at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Great Plains Quarterly by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. BOOK REVIEWS 219 Antonio from 11 October to 24 November, he tried repeatedly to launch a frontal assault on the Mexican positions, only to be thwarted by more cautious underlings. Sam Houston, on the other hand, denied the command, continually counseled against attack and was at least partly responsible for Austin's inability to carry out his plans. One wonders if an attack shortly after the Texans' victory at Concepcion on 28 Oc­ tober might not have been as victorious as the one finally stumbled into on 5 December. Symbolic of the lack of discipline and or­ ganization, the campaign for San Antonio was waged by a constantly fluctuating body of troops. Officers and enlisted men alike showed up, took part, and took departure-seemingly at will. Relatively few involved in the opening actions were still on the scene for the final assault.
    [Show full text]
  • View , 82, (Winter 2002): 191-207
    Florida State University Libraries Electronic Theses, Treatises and Dissertations The Graduate School 2018 Collegiate Symbols and Mascots of the American Landscape: Identity, Iconography, and Marketing Gary Gennar DeSantis Follow this and additional works at the DigiNole: FSU's Digital Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected] FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES COLLEGIATE SYMBOLS AND MASCOTS OF THE AMERICAN LANDSCAPE: IDENTITY, ICONOGRAPHY, AND MARKETING By GARY GENNAR DeSANTIS A Dissertation submitted to the Department of History in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy 2018 ©2018 Gary Gennar DeSantis Gary Gennar DeSantis defended this dissertation on November 2, 2018. The members of the committee were: Andrew Frank Professor Directing Dissertation Robert Crew University Representative Jonathan Grant Committee Member Jennifer Koslow Committee Member Edward Gray Committee Member The Graduate School has verified and approved the above-named committee members and certifies that the dissertation has been approved in accordance with university requirements. ii I dedicate this dissertation to the memory of my beloved father, Gennar DeSantis, an avid fan of American history, who instilled in me the same admiration and fascination of the subject. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS Abstract ............................................................................................................................................v 1. FITNESS, BACK-TO-NATURE, AND COLLEGE MASCOTS
    [Show full text]
  • Films Refusés, Du Moins En Première Instance, Par La Censure 1913-1916 N.B
    Films refusés, du moins en première instance, par la censure 1913-1916 N.B. : Ce tableau dresse, d’après les archives de la Régie du cinéma, la liste de tous les refus prononcés par le Bureau de la censure à l’égard d’une version de film soumise pour approbation. Comme de nombreux films ont été soumis plus d’une fois, dans des versions différentes, chaque refus successif fait l’objet d’une nouvelle ligne. La date est celle de la décision. Les « Remarques » sont reproduites telles qu’elles se trouvent dans les documents originaux, accompagnées parfois de commentaires entre [ ]. 001 16 avr 1913 As in a looking glass Monopole 3 rouleaux suggestifs. Condamné. 002 17 avr 1913 The way of the transgressor American Depicting crime. 003 17 avr 1913 White treachery American ? 004 18 avr 1913 Satan Ambrosio Cut out second scene as degrading to Christianity. Third scene: cut out monk intoxicated and other acts of crime. Forth scene: murder and acts of nonsense. 005 23 avr 1913 When men leave home Imperial ? 006 26 avr 1913 Sang noir Eclair ? 007 30 avr 1913 Father Beauclaire Reliance Muckery [=grossièretés]. 008 02 mai 1913 The Wayward son Kalem Too exciting. Burglary. 009 03 mai 1913 The auto bandits of Paris Eclair ? 010 05 mai 1913 Awakening of Papita Nestor ? 011 05 mai 1913 The Last Kiss Pasquali Adultère. (The chauffeur dream) 012 06 mai 1913 Dream dances Edison ? 013 06 mai 1913 Taps Bison Far too much flags; cut flags of U.S. war. A picture with no meaning. [Note du Dr.
    [Show full text]
  • Through a Xenophobic Lens: Degeneration Theory in W. Christy Cabanne's Martyrs of the Alamo Susan Savage Lee and Tamas Z. Csab
    Through A Xenophobic Lens: Degeneration Theory in W. Christy Cabanne’s Martyrs of the Alamo Susan Savage Lee and Tamas Z. Csabafi https://doi.org/10.30608/HJEAS/2021/27/1/10 ABSTRACT At the turn of the twentieth century, social theories developed in both the U.S. and Europe suggested that those at the top, or those most well endowed with good genetics, would stay that way, while those with poor genetics had little hope of changing their circumstances. Degeneration theory, as this concept was called when it took root in the United States from the late 1890s, before it had evolved to formally become eugenics in the 1910s, and beyond. While eugenics offices opened in Berlin in 1905, in England in 1907-08, and in the United States in 1910, there were many forms of it, including degeneration theory. What bound all the theories together was the notion of biology and heredity. Westerns like Martyrs of the Alamo became a vehicle to explore these concerns because they inundated everyday Americans with illustrations of national identity. Films like these often mixed fantasy with ideology. This is clearly evident in W. Christy Cabanne’s anti- Mexican sentiment in Martyrs of the Alamo. Examining Cabanne’s film through the lens of degeneracy theory provides a greater understanding of American social concerns in the 1910s. These concerns, characterized by xenophobic depictions of immigrants, particularly Mexicans, culminated in the linking of immigrant bodies and disease with heredity and genetics, namely through theories of degeneration . Cabanne’s Martyrs of the Alamo suggests, through the reproduction of the conflict surrounding the Alamo Mission, that the alternative to “race suicide” is a fantasy of American heroism, collectivism, and cultural exclusion.
    [Show full text]
  • Book Reviews
    Book Reviews A Noble Fight: African American Freemasonry and the Struggle for Democracy in America. By Corey D. B. Walker. Reviewed by Jacob Dorman. 83 Dorothy West’s Paradise: A Biography of Class and Color. By Cherene M. Sherrard-Johnson. Reviewed by Zakiya R. Adair. 86 Inventing the Egghead: The Battle over Brainpower in American Culture. By Aaron Lecklider. Reviewed by Lynne Adrian. 87 Flyover Lives: A Memoir. By Diane Johnson. Reviewed by Ferdâ Asya. 88 The Children’s Table: Childhood Studies and the Humanities. Edited by Anna Mae Duane. Reviewed by Meredith A. Bak. 90 It’s All a Kind of Magic: The Young Ken Kesey. By Rick Dodgson. Reviewed by Dawson Barrett. 91 Living Faith: Everyday Religion and Mothers in Poverty. By Susan Crawford Sullivan. Reviewed by Rebecca Barrett-Fox. 92 Comic Book Crime: Truth, Justice, and the American Way. By Nickie D. Phillips and Staci Strobl. Reviewed by Sarah Boslaugh. 93 Why We Left: Untold Stories and Songs of America’s First Immigrants. By Joanna Brooks. Reviewed by James I. Deutsch. 94 Red Apple: Communism and McCarthyism in Cold War New York. By Phillip Deery. Reviewed by Bernard F. Dick. 95 Our Aesthetic Categories: Zany, Cute, Interesting. By Sianne Ngai. Reviewed by Douglas Dowland. 96 America’s First Adventure in China: Trade, Treaties, Opium, and Salvation. By John R. Haddad. Reviewed by Joe Eaton. 97 Men’s College Athletics and the Politics of Racial Equality: Five Pioneer Stories of Black Manliness, White Citizenship, and American Democracy. By Gregory J. Kaliss. Reviewed by Anthony O. Edmonds. 98 Katherine and R.
    [Show full text]
  • Denying Genocide: “America's” Mythology of Nation, the Alamo
    Denying Genocide: “America’s” Mythology of Nation, The Alamo, and the Historiography of Denial by Robert Anthony Soza A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Ethnic Studies in the Graduate Division of the University of California, Berkeley Committee in charge: Professor Patricia Penn Hilden, Chair Professor Ula Taylor Professor José David Saldívar Professor Paul Thomas Fall 2010 Denying Genocide: “America’s” Mythology of Nation, The Alamo, and the Historiography of Denial © 2010 by Robert Anthony Soza Soza 1 Abstract Denying Genocide: “America’s” Mythology of Nation, The Alamo, and the Historiography of Denial by Robert Anthony Soza Doctor of Philosophy in Ethnic Studies University of California, Berkeley Professor Patricia Penn Hilden, Chair History, the adage goes, is written by the victors. As a result, history represents the values, ideologies, and most importantly for this dissertation, the remembrances of the victorious. Their remembrances never remain ethereal or disembodied; they become the object lessons about the past for those living in the present. And these object lessons, the lessons of history, become the narratives and locations that transmit a nation’s idealized values and origin stories. It is in this confluence of remembrances, object lessons, values and origin stories that this dissertation examines in the Alamo. The Alamo represents a consummate site of memory for the United States. As a cultural narrative it persists from a mid-nineteenth century battlefield through the present day as a cinematic narrative. The Alamo is one of the historical watershed moments of the Westward expansion. However, the tales of the victors (ironically, in this case, the victors at the Alamo are the Euro- Americans who died in the battle) transmit values, lessons and stories steeped in narratives of denial.
    [Show full text]
  • Clayton Citizen, 02-03-1916 R
    University of New Mexico UNM Digital Repository Clayton Enterprise and Clayton Citizen New Mexico Historical Newspapers 2-3-1916 Clayton Citizen, 02-03-1916 R. Q. Palmer Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/clayton_ec_news Recommended Citation Palmer, R. Q.. "Clayton Citizen, 02-03-1916." (1916). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/clayton_ec_news/18 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the New Mexico Historical Newspapers at UNM Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Clayton Enterprise and Clayton Citizen by an authorized administrator of UNM Digital Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. "I Ji nib AYTON GIT VOLUME 12 CLAYTON, NEW MEXICO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1916. NO. 4. Leap Year Party MORTUARY James-Eva- ns Nuptials M i i h a't r Mr. J. M. James of Oklahoma, and Railroad Meetin ? s q riT e e A Leap Year Dance, the first of Henry, the oldest son of Mrs. Rose Miss Emma Evans of near Mount g the season, was given by some of the of this place, died tn Monday of the Dora, were united in Holy wedlock young ladies of the town on Satur- week, near their claim about six on January 30, 1916, at the brides First . Performance, Monday day night, last, in the Palmer hall, miles northwest of Des Moines. He home by Rev. W. C. Rose. Corporation Commission, and S Night February 7th. which proved to be a very enjoy- was brought to Clayton by friends Mr. James is prosperous farmer C & S Officials meet with able affair for the young lolks of the and the body prepared for burial.
    [Show full text]
  • Acuna Manual Binder
    GUIDE TO Occupied America: A History of Chicanas/os By Rodolfo F. Acuña © Rodolfo F. Acuña 2013 Teacher and Student for Occupied America 8/e Table of Contents Meet the Author……………………………… Methodology………………………………… Module I: Identity …………………………… Module II: Mexico Pre-1821 Mesoamerica/Spain Module III: The American Wars…………….. Module IV. The Colonization: 19th Century Southwest Module V. Expansion, Immigration, Transformation, Reaction Module VI. The Great Depression: Reform ………………….. Module VII. World War II and the Aftermath ……………….. Module VIII. The Sixties and the Chicana/o………………….. Module IX: The Seventies: The Deconstruction of the ‘60s….. Module X: Becoming a National Minority: 1980–2001……… Module 11 Losing Fear: A Decade of Struggle………………. Appendix The American Experience, PBS Series Websites Selected Websites Music of the Sixties Programs that offer a BA in Chicana/o Studies Research and Museum Tour Mini Course Meet the Author Rodolfo F. Acuña RODOLFO F. ACUÑA ABRIDGED MINI PUBLICATION VITA Education & Employment Information 1958-61 Teacher, San Fernando Junior High 1961-65 Master teacher, Cleveland High School 1961-65 Teacher, Hollywood High Adult School 1964-68 Professor, Pierce Junior College 1966-68 Part time Instructor, Mt. St. Mary’s 1966-67 Teacher, NDEA Summer Institute, San Fernando State College 1969 Political Science Instructor, part time, University of Southern California 1968 Ph.D. Latin American Studies, University of Southern California 1969- Professor of Chicano Studies, California State University, Northridge Selected
    [Show full text]
  • DUISTER VERLEDEN 2 PULPFICTION SCHRIJVERS WESTERNS NOIRS EN ANDERE VERHALEN © Copyright & Verantwoordelijke Uitgever Walter A.P
    Walter A.P. Soethoudt DUISTER VERLEDEN 2 PULPFICTION SCHRIJVERS WESTERNS NOIRS EN ANDERE VERHALEN © Copyright & verantwoordelijke uitgever Walter A.P. Soethoudt Walter A.P. Soethoudt DUISTER VERLEDEN 2 Pulpfiction schrijvers westerns noirs en andere verhalen De consequenties van onze goede daden achtervervolgen ons onverbiddelijk en zijn vaak moeilijker te dragen dan die van onze slechte. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach INHOUD DEEL 1 Pulpfiction schrijvers 7 Cornell Woolrich: poëet van de schaduwen 9 Robert Bloch: De meester van het kwaad 69 Marjorie Bowen: kon met haar pen nauwelijks haar geest volgen 145 Charles Einstein: terwijl de stad slaapt 175 Charles Francis Coe: toen noir nog drama werd genoemd 187 Lionel White: gesmaakt door de avant-garde 201 Lucy Malleson: de vrouw die verstoppertje speelde 217 Chandler in Hollywood 233 Tiffany Thayer: poltergeisten en andere abnormale fenomenen 299 Leo Rosten: de waarheid is vreemder dan fictie 327 Rufus King: dramatische voorloper 341 Cyril McNeile: De schrijver van Bulldog Drummond was 367 geen nette heer DEEL 2 391 Westerns noirs Van Rio Bravo, Rio Lobo, El Dorado tot Les insoumis 393 Luke Short: De cowboy die een zwartkijker was 409 C.S. Boyles, jr.: Een man met vele namen 421 Niven Bush 427 Jesse en Frank James: populaire boeven 435 Sam H. Rolfe: Het begin van een grote vriendschap 439 Stuart N. Lake: hield Wyatt Earp in leven 441 6 duister verleden 2 DEEL 3 Andere filmverhalen 455 Pierre Louÿs: De vrouw en de ledenpop 457 De Shaffer tweeling 473 De wind in de wilgen 479 De laatste dagen van Pompeii 485 Wat gebeurde er met A Month in the Country? 489 The Yellow Rose of Texas 495 Ieder zijn vergif 505 DEEL 1 PULPFICTION SCHRIJVERS Cornell Woolrich: poëet van de schaduwen “I want her back.
    [Show full text]
  • Lyrics from the US-Mexican
    Embodying the West: Lyrics from the U.S.-Mexican War Andrea Tinnemeyer A sketch of a Mexican soldier meant to illustrate, in simple pen and ink, the easy business of fulfilling manifest destiny appears within the pages of the Rough and Ready Songster,1 a collection of song lyrics from the U.S.-Mexican War.2 Dominating the drawing is the common iconography of wounds: a sling, patch, and bandages. The body is failed, defeated, unmanly. What identifies the body's owner is, not surprisingly, another wound—a wooden leg. This artificial limb, combined with a tripartite hat, unquestionably identify the owner of this wounded body as General Antonio Lôpez de Santa Anna, Mexico's own Napoleon. In the place of a uniform, Mexico's military leader wears a loincloth that resembles a diaper covering the ultimate site of emasculation, the groin. These physical markers reference the pseudo-scientific disciplines of phrenology and physiognomy popular in the United States at mid-nineteenth century that strove to factually bind outward appearance with the unseen qualities of morality and intelligence.3 Questions over the racial identity of Mexicans, a central debate after the 1848 peace treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo conferred citizenship on former Mexican citizens, would turn to these quasi-scientific models to deny rights and privileges. But even before the War's end, perhaps because of the "double time" of manifest destiny to presuppose territorial capture as early as 1845, the Mexican Question illustrated the nation's volatility.4 The nationalism of Manifest Destiny could not contain all of the meanings generated 0026-3079/2005/4601-067$2.50/0 American Studies, 46:1 (Spring 2005): 67-86 67 68 Andrea Tinnemeyer Figure 1: Sketch of General Antonio Lôpez de Santa Anna from the Rough and Ready Songster.
    [Show full text]