Political Songs

[whoisit]

I just heard this one a few weeks ago,

 

[JustAGuy1]

 

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[Hellbilly]

They took the whole Cherokee nation
Put us on this reservation
Took away our ways of life
The tomahawk and the bow and knife
Took away our native tongue
And taught their English to our young
And all the beads we made by hand
Are nowadays made in Japan
Cherokee people
Cherokee tribe
So proud to live
So proud to die
They took the whole Indian nation
Locked us on this reservation
Though I wear a shirt and tie
I'm still part redman deep inside
Cherokee people
Cherokee tribe
So proud to live
So proud to die
But maybe someday when they learn
Cherokee nation will return, will return
Will return, will return, will return

 

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[Harry Dresden]

from 1966.....

 

[whoisit]

 

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the south lost.

 

[whoisit]

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the south lost.

Yes and soon after so did the country. If you think this is America your either young or just naive.But then I repeat myself.

 

[whoisit]

Anyone who hasn't watched this story is missing out on some great history. STAR SPANGLED BANNER like you have never heard it.

 

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LOL

 

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Yes and soon after so did the country. If you think this is America your either young or just naive.But then I repeat myself.

 

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Anyone who hasn't watched this story is missing out on some great history. STAR SPANGLED BANNER like you have never heard it.

yep. seen it & it sure gave me the warm & fuzzies ... not to mention a lot of patriotism. but lest ye may not know - our national anthem was taken from an old english drinking song.

The Star-Spangled Banner​

• HISTORY.COM EDITORS
• UPDATED: APR 27, 2021
  ORIGINAL: SEP 28, 2017

From Drinking Song to American Anthem ​

Ironically, the melody Key assigned to accompany the lyrics of “The Star-Spangled Banner” was a popular English drinking song called “To Anacreon in Heaven.”
Written around 1775 by John Stafford Smith, the song honored the ancient Greek poet Anacreon, a lover of wine. It was originally performed at a London gentleman’s music club called the Anacreontic Society.
The Anacreontic Song, as it was known, had a track record of popularity in the United States by 1814. In one famous case, defenders of the embattled second president, John Adams, used the tune for a song called “Adams and Liberty.”
Key himself had even used the tune before, as accompaniment for verses he wrote in 1805 commemorating American naval victories in the Barbary War.

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Sources​

The Star-Spangled Banner, Smithsonian.
“Star-Spangled Banner” writer had complex history on race, The Baltimore Sun.
“How the national anthem—and subverting it—became a national tradition,” The Washington Post.
“How the National Anthem Has Unfurled,” The New York Times.
“The Song Remains the Same,” ESPN the Magazine.

Citation Information​

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The Star-Spangled Banner

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