it's amazing what you learn if you do a little research. This answers some of my questions. Carroll is the guy who founded Georgetown University! I bet all you Hoyas knew that. http://www.onelang.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Maryland%2C_My_Maryland
--- In [email protected], "Ellen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > OK I thought I posted this earlier, but it seems to have gotten lost > in cyberspace, so I'll try again: > > Here are the lyrics to the MD state song. Does anyone have any idea > what they are talking about? It mentions some people I've never heard > of, and some people named after counties (or is it vice versa?) and I > can't figure out if it is about the whole history of MD, or the > revolutionary war, or the civil war, or both, or the founding of MD, > or what. Does anyone know who Ringgold and Watson were, and what > Monterey has to do with anything? It's awfully long, in any case. > > Maryland State Song - "Maryland, My Maryland" > > by James Ryder Randall > Maryland, My Maryland > > I > The despot's heel is on thy shore, > Maryland! > His torch is at thy temple door, > Maryland! > Avenge the patriotic gore > That flecked the streets of Baltimore, > And be the battle queen of yore, > Maryland! My Maryland! > > II > Hark to an exiled son's appeal, > Maryland! > My Mother State! to thee I kneel, > Maryland! > For life or death, for woe or weal, > Thy peerless chivalry reveal, > And gird they beauteous limbs with steel, > Maryland! My Maryland! > > III > Thou wilt not cower in the dust, > Maryland! > Thy beaming sword shall never rust, > Maryland! > Remember Carroll's sacred trust, > Remember Howard's warlike thrust,- > And all thy slumberers with the just, > Maryland! My Maryland! > > IV > Come! 'tis the red dawn of the day, > Maryland! > Come with thy panoplied array, > Maryland! > With Ringgold's spirit for the fray, > With Watson's blood at Monterey, > With fearless Lowe and dashing May, > Maryland! My Maryland! > > V > Come! for thy shield is bright and strong, > Maryland! > Come! for thy dalliance does thee wrong, > Maryland! > Come to thine own anointed throng, > Stalking with Liberty along, > And sing thy dauntless slogan song, > Maryland! My Maryland! > > VI > Dear Mother! burst the tyrant's chain, > Maryland! > Virginia should not call in vain, > Maryland! > She meets her sisters on the plain- > Sic semper! 'tis the proud refrain > That baffles minions back amain, > Maryland! > Arise in majesty again, > Maryland! My Maryland! > > VII > I see the blush upon thy cheek, > Maryland! > For thou wast ever bravely meek, > Maryland! > But lo! there surges forth a shriek, > From hill to hill, from creek to creek, > Potomac calls to Chesapeake, > Maryland! My Maryland! > > VIII > Thou wilt not yield the Vandal toll, > Maryland! > Thou wilt not crook to his control, > Maryland! > Better the fire upon thee roll, Better the shot, the blade, the bowl, > Than crucifixion of the Soul, > Maryland! My Maryland! > > IX > I hear the distant thunder-hum, > Maryland! > The Old Line bugle, fife, and drum, > Maryland! > She is not dead, nor deaf, nor dumb- > Huzza! She spurns the Northern scum! > She breathes! She burns! She'll come! She'll come! > Maryland! My Maryland! > > > --- In [email protected], "Sean" <chime121@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "Retha" <love4dalord@> > > wrote: > > > > > > About Maryland's state song being set to the same tune as O Christmas > > > Tree... > > > > > > Yes, true, and you do hear the notes in the air walking across > > campus, > > > but only when the marching band is practicing. That's not what the > > > chapel bells play on the hour. > > > They play our alma mater. > > > > > > Just to let everyone know. > > > > > > > Didn't Maryland disavow the original lyrics of the state song some > > years ago? And substitute some banal stuff, instead? > > Just as Virginia is still searching for a state (commonwealth) song > > after at least a decade-long search? Didn't the SI address this just > > a few weeks ago? > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/weingartenchatters/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
