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Song, Patriotic

Song, Patriotic

America the Beautiful
patriotic song by Katherine Bates glorifying national ideals (1893). [Am. Music: Scholes, 30]
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Union’s Civil War rallying song. [Am. Music: Van Doren, 228]
Deutschland über Alles
German national anthem. [Ger. Music: Misc.]
God Save the Queen
official national anthem of the British Commonwealth. [Br. Music: Scholes, 408]
John Brown’s Body
Union rallying hymn during Civil War. [Am. Music: Jameson, 257]
Maple Leaf Forever!
Canadian national song (1867). [Can. Music: Scholes, 597]
Marseillaise
French national anthem. [Fr. Music: Misc.]
Maryland, My Maryland
song expressing sentiments of Southern cause during Civil War (1861). [Am. Music: Scholes, 602]
0 Canada! national song of Canada
popular among French Canadians. [Can. Music: Scholes, 699]
0 Deutschland, Hoch in Ehren!
war song of the Germans in 1914. [Ger. Music: Scholes, 700]
Over There
George M. Cohan’s song of American entry into WWI. [Am. Music: Flexner, 417]
Rule, Britannia!
patriotic British song (1740). [Br. Music: Scholes, 897–898]
Star-Spangled Banner, The
national anthem of the United States. [Am. Music: Scholes, 980]
Tipperary
war song popular in British Army in World War I. [Br. Music: Scholes, 1025]
Watch on the Rhine, The
(Die Wacht am Rhein) popular national song of Germany. [Ger. Music: Scholes, 1111]
Wearing of the Green, The
patriotic song of Ireland (1797). [Irish Music: Scholes, 1111]
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Southern Civil War rallying song. [Am. Music: Van Doren, 228–229]
Yankee Doodle
Revolutionary War paean of American glory. [Nurs. Rhyme: Opie, 439]
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