I was born in 1995, so thankful for the age we live in where we can listen & enjoy the ballads of generations past, this is just but one song in my WW1 playlist & its full of John McCormack, a true Irish legend.
I love listening to John McCormack sing the Star Spangled Banner. It is so good to hear another verse with this great patriotic song. Usually, you only hear the first one. It's very stirring!
When Woodrow Wilson returned from the Paris Peace Conference, he landed in Boston and attended a reception at which John McCormack sang the Star Spangled Banner. Can you imagine how that brought the house down. I think this was a million record seller for him.
"Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, and this be our motto, "In God is Our Trust." I sure wish American's believed that today! God Bless America!
I actually heard the 1st & 2nd verses recited at the opening of a festival just two weeks ago! Hearing the second verse sung nearly brought me to tears!
My dad had this record! I brought it to school in, I think, third grade because I thought my music teacher would find it interesting, but it dropped on the floor and shattered as I was handing it to her. Mortified, but it turned out it wasn't of any great value to dad and there was no punishment.
I have the single sided Victor 78 of this recording that I will be featuring on my public access show about music. Love the pride of America sung by a proud Irishman with the not often heard second verse. Victor (RCA) 64664 single sided disc red label and as you said.....#1!
We all know one verse, but how about four? O say can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming, Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there; O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam, In full glory reflected now shines in the stream: 'Tis the star-spangled banner, O long may it wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave. And where is that band who so vauntingly swore That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion, A home and a country, should leave us no more? Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave: And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave, O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave. O thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand Between their loved homes and the war's desolation. Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the Heav'n rescued land Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us 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
After Robert Ripley in his Believe It Or Not comic strip mentioned that the USA has no national anthem, it inspired legislation to make the official national anthem. I would have preferred "God Bless America" or "This Land Is Your Land" as they are easier to sing.
@TheSteamtramman McCormack was well established in America by 1917. he went there initially in November 1909 to sing at the Manhattan Opera House. He was a tremendous success there thanks in part to the great influx of Irish immigrants. McCormack relished the life style in America and in 1917 became an American citizen.Apparently he offered to join the forces but was told by President Wilson that he would be far more valuable to the war effort by continuing singing.
@ciroalb3 Yes, it was a #1 hit in May 1917. One of his most popular records, and he had many hits (quite a few #1 ones). I imagine that would been quite a stirring scene listening to him sing the anthem in public with the president in attendance.
I'm thinking of something like a Spyro song set to "The Star-Spangled Banner" and "The Anacreontic Song" but in an arrangement reminiscent to said song in 1779 (Longman and Broderip) with the 4ths raised up and a wider range of semitones, and a men's choir a la said song in 1814 (CARR ARRANGEMENT, and 1931 ARRANGEMENT) (later adopted as American National Anthem in 1931). (This is my first verse) Oh my Gosh, what true fun it must be for my friend To journey through all of adventures uncertain. From the start of the story, not so long ago, Gnasty Gnorc rampaged much about ugliness that hurts him! And the time has come now, Freeing dragons all about, All in all it was just the start of his journey now! Say, say, will Spyro the Dragon make it through The horrible Gnasty Gnorc without gloom and doom!
The question is more why did John McCormack go to America in 1917? He was only 33 and could have volunteered to fight as many Irishmen did. Cynically one has to wonder where his loyalties really lay as I've heard a recording of him singing 'The wearing of the Green' - then and now, the Irish Nationalist song. Still a fabulous singer either way.
WAIT! Where's the warbling? Where's the runs up and down the scales? Where are all the vocal embellishments? What sort of Puritanical Amish redactionism is this? This isn't the way it's supposed to be sung! I want my National Anthem back! I just hate it when they change a song from the way it written! This sort of musical abomination would never have happened in Ronald Reagan's America!
What sayeth this whack? Ah, he is in jest, clearly. Whoever came up with throwing in the extra note on the word "Triumph" in the chorus (standard at baseball games...) should have been shot. Oh, well, it was a British drinking song. Have to Google that, guys. Hmmm. 🐸
I was born in 1995, so thankful for the age we live in where we can listen & enjoy the ballads of generations past, this is just but one song in my WW1 playlist & its full of John McCormack, a true Irish legend.
He is my no. 1 and has been since I discovered him by some fortunate chance when I was still at school, 60 years ago.
I love listening to John McCormack sing the Star Spangled Banner. It is so good to hear another verse with this great patriotic song. Usually, you only hear the first one. It's very stirring!
The voice of God if there was a God at any rate a great irishman
Sounds good a century later. Thank you John McCormack.
When Woodrow Wilson returned from the Paris Peace Conference, he landed in Boston and attended a reception at which John McCormack sang the Star Spangled Banner. Can you imagine how that brought the house down. I think this was a million record seller for him.
No one could roll an 'r' like ole John!
A very moving rendition!
How are National Anthem should be sung.
"Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, and this be our motto, "In God is Our Trust."
I sure wish American's believed that today! God Bless America!
Ernesto Rossi Americans better start believing that or else the world will end!
Thank You 💖
This One DOES 🇺🇲 👍🏻
JaneLee 🕊️ - in Suburban Philadelphia Pennsylvania, USA
12/15/20
Recorded on March 29, 1917.
I actually heard the 1st & 2nd verses recited at the opening of a festival just two weeks ago! Hearing the second verse sung nearly brought me to tears!
My dad had this record! I brought it to school in, I think, third grade because I thought my music teacher would find it interesting, but it dropped on the floor and shattered as I was handing it to her. Mortified, but it turned out it wasn't of any great value to dad and there was no punishment.
I have the single sided Victor 78 of this recording that I will be featuring on my public access show about music. Love the pride of America sung by a proud Irishman with the not often heard second verse. Victor (RCA) 64664 single sided disc red label and as you said.....#1!
WHy don't they sing it like this anymore??
Perfect.
Though I have the original 78 RCA #64664 record from 1917 I don't know if it's been released on LP's or a CD collection with it's rare second verse .
Beautiful
Tube only guy who could sing that song!
We all know one verse, but how about four?
O say can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there;
O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner, O long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,
A home and a country, should leave us no more?
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave,
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
O thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved homes and the war's desolation.
Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the Heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us 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
Thanks for all four!
There's a now seldom-heard second lyric McCormack sings here that,after The Anthem became a Baseball favorite,never was heard again.
Count John I would have loved to have heard you sing the solgers song god bless you 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
This was recorded many years before it became our national anthem
14 years before it became our anthem.
@@AmeliaEarhart537 14 years
@@stevetraskell726 Oh yeah. I'm terrible at math 😂 I edited it.
@ciroalb3 President Wilson's daughter Margaret also had a hit with the national anthem in 1915 which hit #7 on the charts.
Why wasn't this made the anthem before 1931?
After Robert Ripley in his Believe It Or Not comic strip mentioned that the USA has no national anthem, it inspired legislation to make the official national anthem. I would have preferred "God Bless America" or "This Land Is Your Land" as they are easier to sing.
Includes the Hardly-Heard Second Verse.
McCormack and the chorus actually sing the fourth verse of the poem which Francis Scott key wrote in 1814.
I like it.
@TheSteamtramman McCormack was well established in America by 1917. he went there initially in November 1909 to sing at the Manhattan Opera House. He was a tremendous success there thanks in part to the great influx of Irish immigrants. McCormack relished the life style in America and in 1917 became an American citizen.Apparently he offered to join the forces but was told by President Wilson that he would be far more valuable to the war effort by continuing singing.
@ciroalb3 Yes, it was a #1 hit in May 1917. One of his most popular records, and he had many hits (quite a few #1 ones). I imagine that would been quite a stirring scene listening to him sing the anthem in public with the president in attendance.
but with the Irish audience in Boston!
Well done.
Wow!!
I'm thinking of something like a Spyro song set to "The Star-Spangled Banner" and "The Anacreontic Song" but in an arrangement reminiscent to said song in 1779 (Longman and Broderip) with the 4ths raised up and a wider range of semitones, and a men's choir a la said song in 1814 (CARR ARRANGEMENT, and 1931 ARRANGEMENT) (later adopted as American National Anthem in 1931).
(This is my first verse)
Oh my Gosh, what true fun it must be for my friend
To journey through all of adventures uncertain.
From the start of the story, not so long ago,
Gnasty Gnorc rampaged much about ugliness that hurts him!
And the time has come now, Freeing dragons all about,
All in all it was just the start of his journey now!
Say, say, will Spyro the Dragon make it through
The horrible Gnasty Gnorc without gloom and doom!
A call to arms for today
What. about the rest of the song
So this is open-source, right?
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For our Russian and Chinese friends be warned
Bonito
The best national anthem is that of France
one of the best, live France. national anthem must fit the specific time and country of course, so hard to compare...
I'm American and I agree, honestly. It's my favorite.
The question is more why did John McCormack go to America in 1917? He was only 33 and could have volunteered to fight as many Irishmen did. Cynically one has to wonder where his loyalties really lay as I've heard a recording of him singing 'The wearing of the Green' - then and now, the Irish Nationalist song. Still a fabulous singer either way.
really? You would want this extraordinary talent to fight in the trenches?
For the simple reason that he was Irish and was not required to fight for Britain
The greatest Irish tenor ever in the entire world
Why would an Irish fight for England anyway? Ireland was conquered and held by the English by force.
WAIT! Where's the warbling? Where's the runs up and down the scales?
Where are all the vocal embellishments? What sort of Puritanical Amish redactionism is this?
This isn't the way it's supposed to be sung! I want my National Anthem back!
I just hate it when they change a song from the way it written!
This sort of musical abomination would never have happened in Ronald Reagan's America!
@@sc9881 Mc Cormacks version is second to none He is undoubtedly the world's greatest Irish tenor in my humble opinion Gabriel Keown
lol yes indeed
What sayeth this whack? Ah, he is in jest, clearly. Whoever came up with throwing in the extra note on the word "Triumph" in the chorus (standard at baseball games...) should have been shot. Oh, well, it was a British drinking song. Have to Google that, guys. Hmmm. 🐸
Beautiful