Trivia 8-1-16 Name That Tune!

[Trivia Master]

Name the Song the following is from:

Better the fire upon thee roll, Better the blade, the shot, the bowl,
Than crucifixion of the soul

credit: @FarawayFriend

 

[JohnDLittlefield]

Maryland State Song - "Maryland, My Maryland"
source: http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/01glance/html/symbols/lyricsco.html

The state's general assembly adopted "Maryland, My Maryland" as the state song on April 29, 1939. The song is set to the tune of "Lauriger Horatius" — better known as the tune of "O Tannenbaum." The lyrics are from a nine-stanza poem written by James Ryder Randall (1839–1908) in 1861.

The song's lyrics refer to Maryland's history and geography and specifically mentions several historical figures of importance to the state. The song calls for Maryland to fight the Union and was used across the South during the Civil War as a battle hymn. It has been called America's "most martial poem".

Due to its origin in support of the Confederacy, it includes lyrics that refer to President Abraham Lincoln as a "tyrant", "despot", and "Vandal", and to the Union as "Northern scum", as well as referring to the phrase "sic semper", which was reportedly the slogan later shouted by Marylander John Wilkes Booth while assassinating Lincoln. For these reasons occasional attempts have been made to replace it as Maryland's state song, but to date all such attempts have met with failure.

 

[Schwallanscher]

my maryland (i guess it doesn't count that i googled it)

Edit - Close, but not quite correct, Schwallanscher. The name of the song is "Maryland, My Maryland," not simply "My Maryland."

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Hoosier

 

[MRB1863]

Maryland, My Maryland

 

[Stony]

Maryland State Song - "Maryland, My Maryland"
source-http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/01glance/html/symbols/lyricsco.html

 

[Reb]

"Maryland, My Maryland," a poem written by James Ryder Randall, set to a German folk tune "O Christmas Tree." It became popular both in Maryland and throughout the South. The same melody serves as Iowa's state song, "The Song of Iowa;" Florida's former state song, "Florida, My Florida;" and Michigan's unofficial song, "Michigan, My Michigan."

 

[Brenal]

Maryland, My Maryland

 

[57th Indiana Infantry]

Maryland, My Maryland

 

[SD_CivilWarTvlr]

Maryland, My Maryland

 

[adisciu9]

"Maryland, My Maryland!"

 

[hughes]

Name the Song the following is from:

Better the fire upon thee roll, Better the blade, the shot, the bowl,
Than crucifixion of the soul

credit: @FarawayFriend

Maryland, My Maryland

 

[hughes]

Maryland, My Maryland

 

[GELongstreet]

Maryland, my Maryland

 

[Mike Serpa]

Maryland, My Maryland

 

[Copperhead-mi]

Maryland, My Maryland

 

[MaryDee]

Maryland, My Maryland https://books.google.com/books?id=-...he bowl,Than crucifixion of the soul"&f=false

 

[truthckr]

"Maryland, My Maryland

 

[Mark F. Jenkins]

Maryland, My Maryland.

 

[ErnieMac]

Maryland, My Maryland.

 

[CheathamHill]

Maryland, My Maryland

Great tune!!

http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/01glance/html/symbols/lyricsco.html