Who wrote Taps? Contrary to a recent Urban Legend, the tune of taps was written (or rather, adapted) by Union General Dan Butterfield of Utica NY in 1862 during the Civil War. The story varies as to the original source of the song. One source says that Taps is actually adapted from t...
American Tune #---PLEASE NOTE---# # This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # # song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #---# American Tune chords Paul Simon C F C G7 C G E7 Am E Am...
While The Sergeants played a marching tune We all got up to dance, Oh, but we never got the chance 'Cause the players tried to take the field The marching band refused to yield! Do you recall what was revealed The day the music died?
“Summer Wine,” a cover of the 1966 single from Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra. “I’ve Crossed Oceans of Wine to Find You” is low-key and different in character than other HIM tracks but just as mesmerizing. Some of these lyrics would also emerge in the song “Resurrection” from...
Bentley is a man born to run on “Lot of Leavin’ Left to Do.” In this early career hit, Bentley confesses through the lyrics that he’s not one to be tied down, as hisold boots still got a lot of groundto cover and is admittedlyhard to handle.Bentley is forthcoming about being ...
Perhaps, the lyrics to Paul Simon’s, 1972 “An American Tune”* could prompt one to think about our present times fifty years later. To many, they might seem fitting. Wikipedia indicates that the song’s melody is based on the hymn “O Sacred Head, Now Wounded” (https://www.youtube...
He made his minor legend by focusing on nuance, and the lush, serpentine way he wraps himself around familiar lyrics really demands an attentive listen. The only problem with so many slow numbers and a similar vocal style on each is a blending from one tune to the next. This type of ...
In each, he offers an introductory commentary, provides the music for the original song to remind readers of the tune, and then presents the temperance versions chronologically with the lyricists' names where known. The songs reflect the efforts of the four major temperance organizations: the ...
“You can bet your life that Bon Scott wrote the lyrics.” British rock journalist Malcolm Dome agrees: “‘She told me to come, but I was already there.’ A renowned lyric from the song ‘You Shook Me All Night Long,’ it has Bon's trademark all over it, a neatly worked double ...
The chorus includes “America” (“My Country 'Tis of Thee”) in counterpoint with Berlin's tune.Sometimes called the first American song, “My Days Have Been So Wondrous Free” was written by Francis Hopkinson, an early American composer and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. ...