OLD TUNES – YANKEE DOODLE
“Yankee Doodle” is one of America’s oldest marching airs. It was written several years before the American Revolution, but like so much folk music, its exact origin is obscure despite … Continue reading →
OLD TUNES – WHEN THE KING ENJOYS….
WHEN THE KING ENJOYS HIS OWN AGAIN. BY MARTIN PARKER. It is with particular pleasure that the editor is enabled to restore to the public the original words of the … Continue reading →
OLD TUNES – RULE BRITANNIA
RULE BRITANNIA. “Smile America.” The music was composed by Dr. Thomas Augustine Arne for his masque of Alfred (some sources say the opera was The Judgement o’ Paris),* first performed … Continue reading →