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Kate Smith introduces God Bless America [Memorial Day Vanity]
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| 1939
| Kate Smith-Irving Berlin
Posted on 05/25/2015 8:04:43 AM PDT by Baynative
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To: Baynative; All
One interesting point..
The original lyrics, written in 1917, included this line..
"..Stand beside her, and guide her, to the right, with a light, form above...."
When he gave Kate Smith the song, he changed the phrase, given the rise of Nazism and Fascism.
From my perspective, America now, more than ever, needs to be guided to the right, AND the light..
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posted on
05/25/2015 10:55:10 AM PDT
by
ken5050
(If Hillary is elected president, what role will Huma Abedin have in the White House? Scary, eh?)
To: Arthur McGowan
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posted on
05/25/2015 10:55:35 AM PDT
by
Baynative
(For someone to get something without paying for it, someone else must pay for it without getting it.)
To: ken5050
I like the alliteration. But, it always seemed to me that “to right” was meant in the context of correct, just or honorable. (whaddya think?)
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posted on
05/25/2015 10:57:53 AM PDT
by
Baynative
(For someone to get something without paying for it, someone else must pay for it without getting it.)
To: Baynative
Nobody could sing that song like Kate Smith. I remember watching her on TV as a kid.
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posted on
05/25/2015 10:58:58 AM PDT
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
To: Baynative
Can’t miss Ronald Reagan in that.
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posted on
05/25/2015 10:59:36 AM PDT
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
To: Baynative
For Memorial Day shivers..
Wow, thanks!
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posted on
05/25/2015 11:11:05 AM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(November 2016 shall be set aside as rodent removal month.)
To: Baynative
I agree..that’s what Berlin meant...but in the context of 1938...his change is understandable..
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posted on
05/25/2015 11:14:21 AM PDT
by
ken5050
(If Hillary is elected president, what role will Huma Abedin have in the White House? Scary, eh?)
To: Baynative
“... to right was meant in the context of correct, just or honorable.”
And isn’t it? ;o)
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posted on
05/25/2015 11:28:22 AM PDT
by
beelzepug
(liberalism is not...a political philosophy. It is a stage of arrested emotional development.)
To: Baynative
Finally. “America the Beautiful” should have been the national anthem. A far superior song. Never cared for “God Bless America”.
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posted on
05/25/2015 1:38:36 PM PDT
by
AceMineral
(One day men will beg for chains.)
To: beelzepug; ken5050
I think we all agree one the deep meaning. Ken and I were talking about context in the current era and what 'right' means in the modern vernacular.
In either context, it works for me.
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05/25/2015 2:04:28 PM PDT
by
Baynative
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