The Golden Book of Favorite Songs Will Be Found Invaluable for Use at Banquets Commun- Ity Meetings and Other Adult Gatherings
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•?4 THE GOLDEN BOOK OK FAVORITE SONGS Revised and Enlarged A Treasury of the Best Song's of Our People (S02 songs, 192 of which are with music) Compiled and edited by JohnW. Beattie Director of Public School Music Grand Rapids, Michig*an William Breach Director of School and Community Music Winston -Salem, North Carolina Mabelle Glenn Director of Public School Music Kansas City, Missouri Walter J.Goodell Composer and Harmonist Chicag*o, Illinois Edgar B. Gordon Bureau of Extension, University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin Norman H. Hall llxecutive Secretary, National Week of Song* Chicag-o, Illinois Ernest G. Hesser Director of Public School Music Indianapolis, Indiana E, Jane Wisenall Teacher of Music, Woodward Hig-h School Cincinnati, Ohio (Fifteenth Edition— Revised) HALL & McCREARY COMPANY CHICAGO . s . j . : Responsive Reading* LEADER: Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, And the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance. ASSEMBLY: Rig-hteousness exalteth a nation; but sin is a reproach to any people. LEADER: When the righteous are in authority the people rejoice; but when the wick- ed hea/reth rule, the people mourn If thou hearken dilig&rifly unto the voice of the Lord thy Qad, The Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth. I Psalms Unison: We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all men are created equal; . That they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rigrhts; That among* these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness That to secure these rig-hts, g-overnments are instituted amon^ men, deriving* their just powers from the consent of the g-overned. ' Thomas Jefferson Lincoln's Gettysburg- Address Leader: Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this conting- ent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. ASSEMBLY: Now we are eng'ag'ed in a g"reat civil war, testing* whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long* endure. LEADER: IVc are met on a great battle-field cfthat war. We have come to dedicate a portion qf that field as a final resting-pluce for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. ASSEMBLY: It is altog*ether fitting* and proper that we should do this. But, in a larg*er sens« we cannot dedicate — we cannot consecrate — we cannot hallow— this g*round. LEADER: The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. ASSEMBLY: The world will little note nor longremember what we say here, but it can never forg*et what they did here LEADER: Jt is for us, the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. ASSEMBLY: Itis rather for us to be here dedicated to the g^reat task remaining* before us — idnaX from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they g-ave the last full measure of devotion; That we here hig'hly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain; that this na- tion, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom; and that the g*overnment of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. Abraham Lincoln LEADER: God hath made ofone blood all nations of men, and we are his children, — brothers and sisters all. ASSEMBLY: "We are citizens of these United States, and we believe our Flag* stands for self- sacrifice for the g-ood of all the people. We want, therefore, to be true citizens of our great country, and will show our love for her by our works LEADER: Our country does not ask us to die for her welfare; she asks us to livefor her, and so to live a/nd so to act that her government may be pu/re, her fifficers \f honest, and every corner of her territory shall be a place fit to grow the be^*h men and women, who shall rule over her. Mary McDowe. Unison : The Flag* means universal education — lig*ht for every mind, knowledg*e for ev- ery child. We must have but one flag*. We must also have but one lang*uag*e. This must be the lang*uag'e of the Declaration of Independence. Woodrow Wilson Pledge To The Flag I pledg-e allegiance to the American flag and to the republic for which it stands; One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Copyright 1915,1923 NOTE: All special arrang-ements and harnrionizations as well as copyrig-ht There- By Hall & McCreary Company all orig-inal matter herein are covered by the . Made in the U.S.A. fore they cannot be used >vlthout Infring-ement ! . ! America (My Country/Tisof Thee) America was written by Rev. Samuel F. Smith, a Baptist minister, who was born in Boston, October 21, 1808, and died November 16,1895. One of Dr.Smith's friends was I^owell Mason, the eminent musician. A friend had given Mr. Mason a lot of German music books. Being unable to read German the musician took the books to Dr. Smith and asked him to translate some of the songs for him Dr. Smith says: "Turning over the leaves of the book one gloomy day in February, 1832, I came across the air, "God save the King." I liked the music. I glanced at the German words at the foot of the page. Under the inspirati<i^^f the moment I went to work and in lialf an hour "America" was the result. It wa^ writte^^'^n a scrap of papt r I picked up from the ta- ble and the hymn of today is substantially as'Hywas written that day." The hymn was first sung at a child^n's Fourt^of July celebration in Park Street Church, Boston. It did not have great popularity until the Cvcfll, War. Since then it has become the best known and most frequently sung of any of^^r liatipnaj^ songs. The origin of the music is uncertain. But one writer aptly says : "There c^aijt^.mij^ be something more than ordinarily inspiring in an ai]ir which has struck th^^^^pu-i^ hssfstsa^Rt of twotw of the great na- tions of the earth." Samuel Francis Smith ' V. Henry Carey (?) H on. /I With a moderatel/u quick Tnoti , -0—m #». • — * —s? 1. My country, 'tis of thee, Sweet land of lib-er-ty, Of thee n^f . sijig". Land where my 2. My nar^tive coun-try,thee,Landof the no-blefree, Thyname I*'/2'4ove. I love thy 3. Let mu-sic swell the breezejAndring" from all the trees Sweet freedoi^'s song".Let mortal 4. Our fathers' God,to Thee, Author of lib-er-ty. To Thee we smg". Long" may ouioijr ra-thers.thers died! Land of the Pil-e-rim'snridelR-omPil-g-rim's pride! R-om ev-'rvev-'ry mountainmountainside,side, Let freedom Hng"rins"! rooks and rills,Thy woods and templed hillsjMy heart withrapturethrills Like that a-bove. tong'ues awakej Let all that breathe partake; Let rooks their silence break, The soundprolong. land be brig'ht With freedom's ho - ly lig'ht; Protect us by Thy mig-ht, Great God ourKing! God Bless Our Native Land (Tune — America) God bless our native land. 2. For her our prayers shall rise, Firm may she ever stand To God above the skies, Through storm and nightj On him we wait; When the wild tempests rave, Thou who art ever nigh, Ruler of wind and wave. Guarding with watchful eye, Do thou our country save, To thee aloud we cry; By thy great might God save the state! Charles T.Brooks and John S.Dwight -The Americanos Creed I believe in the United States of America as a Government of the people, by the people, for the people, whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed; a democracy in a republic; a sovereign nation of states; a perfect union, one and inseparable; established up- on those prmciples of freedom, equality, justice and humanity for which American patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes. "I, therefore, believe it is my duty to my country to love it; to support its Constitution; to obey Its laws; to respect its Flag, and to defend it against all enemies." - William Tyler Page —The Star-Spangled Banner The "Star- spangled Banner" was composed under the following circumstances : It was on the evening of September 13,1814, during the War of 1812, that a British fleet was anchored in Chesapeake Bay. A Dr. Beanes, an old resident of Upper Marlborough*, Mary- land, had been captured by the British and sent as a prisoner to Admiral Cochrane's flag- ship. Francis Scott Key, a young lawyer of Baltimore, hearing of the misfortune of Dr. Beanes, who was his personal friend, hastened to the British commander to endeaver to have his friend released. The enemy was about to attack Fort McHenry, so refused to allow Mr. Key and Dr. Beanes to return until after the fort was captured. All through the niglit of September 13th, the bombardment was kept up, and in the light of the^'rock^ts red glare, the bombs bursting in air" they could seethe American flag still waving over the old fort. And when, in the first rays of dawn of September 14th, he still be- held the same glorious banner wkving from its accustomed place, Francis Scott Key wrote the words of that wonderful song ''The Star Spangled Banner." The next day Key went ashore, and, after copying his poem, showed it to a friend and relative.