Posted on 07/01/2008 8:49:27 AM PDT by OB1kNOb
A request for assistance from all you patriot FReepers. My daughter will be the featured singer on one of our local TV morning programs this coming Friday, the 4th. She'll be accompanying herself on the acoustic guitar and perhaps the piano, depending on the songs selected.
I would greatly appreciate your suggestions as to current/recent patriotic song titles for her to consider singing that have come out since the Iraq war, and that may fit the occasion to pay honor and gratitude to our men and women serving in our armed forces. Thanks for your help. - OB1
Not recent, but appropriate, I think ...
The 4th (last) verse of “The Star Spangled Banner”
O, thus be it ever when freemen shall stand,
Between their lov’d homes and the war’s desolation;
Blest with vict’ry and peace, may the heav’n-rescued land
Praise the Pow’r that hath made and preserv’d us as a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause. it is just,
And this be our motto: “In God is our trust”
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
Frankly, I’m surprised that the ACLU and the Democrats haven’t tried to eliminate our anthem because of references to “heav’n,” the “Pow’r” and “God.”
God Bless the USA - Lee Greenwood
In America - Charlie Daniels Band
I have got to put out some more of my USA flags today. I have my 25 footer up all the time, but gonna add some more for the birthday of the Republic. A really bad day for liberals. They hate the USA so bad. They like 1917 much better than 1776.
A little-known patriotic country-rock gem from the drummer/sometime vocalist of The Band.
Just wait.
Not new but these versions really bless me:
STAR SPANGLED BANNER ACAPELLA BY THE ISAACS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kSBFLiv9_4
HEROS by the Isaacs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y2tY7O_NjA&feature=related
LISTING OF OTHER NATIONAL ANTHEM PERFORMANCES:
LET FREEDOM RING GAITHER VOCAL BAND:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N_-BZJVJgc
GARTH BROOKS AMERICAN PATRIOTIC SONGS FOR VETS AND TROOPS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsOw4hF141g
GAITHER VOCAL BAND I PLEDGE MY ALLEGIANCE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs2Q8aX9TmQ
AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL GAITHER VOCAL BAND
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JXWXhteJ30
AMERICA MEDLY GAITHER BAND WITH EARNIE HAASE & SSQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDBbyjdqs6s
I know you said contemporary..but “God Bless America”, specially of she can belt it like Kate Smith.
I like the traditional songs.
“Columbia the Gem of the Ocean” is largely forgotten and way underrated, the lyrics are very meaningful in today’s post-911 world. But I have read it was one of Lincoln’s favorites.
Columbia, Gem of the Ocean
Composed by T. Becket & D. Shaw (c.1843)
O Columbia, the gem of the ocean,
The home of the brave and the free,
The shrine of each patriot’s devotion,
A world offers homage to thee.
Thy mandates make heroes assemble,
When Liberty’s form stands in view;
Thy banners make tyranny tremble,
When borne by the red, white, and blue!
When borne by the red, white, and blue!
When borne by the red, white, and blue!
Thy banners make tyranny tremble,
When borne by the red, white, and blue!
When war winged its wide desolation,
And threatened the land to deform,
The ark then of freedom’s foundation,
Columbia, rode safe through the storm;
With the garlands of vict’ry about her,
When so proudly she bore her brave crew,
With her flag proudly floating before her,
The boast of the red, white, and blue!
The boast of the red, white, and blue!
The boast of the red, white, and blue!
With her flag proudly floating before her,
The boast of the red, white, and blue!
The star-spangled banner bring hither,
O’er Columbia’s true sons let it wave;
May the wreaths they have won never wither,
Nor its stars cease to shine on the brave;
May the Service united ne’er sever,
But hold to their colors so true;
The Army and Navy forever!
Three cheers for the red, white, and blue!
Three cheers for the red, white, and blue!
Three cheers for the red, white, and blue!
The Army and Navy forever,
Three cheers for the red, white, and blue!
Excellent link. Thanks.
Thanks Quix.
Quite welcome.
have you listened to any?
BTTT
I will when I get home. Firewall blocks youtube at work.
No sweat. Just curious.
BTTT
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