Canzoni

[Kim S.]

O tu lassù! O pennone! dove tu ondeggi come una serpe così stranamente fischiando,
Inattingibile, soltanto idea, per la quale tuttavia furiosamente si combatte, rischiando una morte sanguinosa, amata da me,
Così amata - O tu bandiera che il giorno precedi, con le stelle evocate dalla notte!
O senza prezzo, mira degli occhi, sopra tutto e che tutto richiedi - assoluta padrona di tutto - O bandiera e pennone!
Anche io lascio il resto - per quanto grande, è nulla - case, macchine un nulla - io non le vedo,
Non vedo che te, O guerriero pennone! O bandiera così ampia, a strisce, io canto te sola,
Che al vento garrisci lassù.

Canto della bandiera all'alba di Walt Whitman

Ora tocca a me... Ho anch'io un paio di assi nella manica...

Hooray for the flag of the free!
May it wave as our standard forever,
The gem of the land and the sea,
The banner of the right.
Let despots remember the day
When our fathers with mighty endeavor
Proclaimed as they marched thruogh the fray
That by their might
And by their right
It waves forever!

Dal testo di John Philip Sousa per la sua composizione "The Stars and Stripes Forever" (per avere tutte le parole basta andare su: http://www.dws.org/sousa/content/view/6/)


PS: Tina sei mai andata su www.deskflag.com ? Penso che come sito ti piacerebbe

[Kim S.]

Whooops! Dimenticavo di dire che la persona nella foto è John Philip Sousa, the "March King"... Ma si capiva, no?

[*TINA*]

Ce l'ho questa canzone! Ora vi elenco le canzoni che ho:
- Stars and Stripes forever
- Air Force Hymn
- God bless America
- America, the beautiful
- Army Force Hymn
- Battle Hymn of the Republic
- God bless the Usa
- Hail to the Chief
- Hymn to the Fallen Soldiers
- The Star-Spangled Banner
- America (My Contry 'Tis of Thee)
- You're a Grand Old Flag
- Remember Pearl Harbor
- The Marines Hymn
- This Land is your Land

[Zarskoeselo]

America di Neil Diamond? Trovo il testo davvero esplicativo; poche canzoni hanno descritto con maggior potenza e passione quello significa e quello che dà l'America
Far,
We've been traveling far
Without a home
But not without a star

Free,
Only want to be free
We huddle close
Hang on to a dream

On the boats and on the planes
They're coming to America
Never looking back again,
They're coming to America

Home
Don't it seem so far away
Oh, we're traveling light today
In the eye of the storm
In the eye of the storm

Home
To a new and a shiny place
Make our bed and we'll say our grace
Freedom's light burning warm
Freedom's light burning warm

Everywhere around the world
They're coming to America
Ev'ry time that flag's unfurled
They're coming to America

Got a dream to take them there
They're coming to America
Got a dream they've come to share
They're coming to America

They're coming to America
They're coming to America
They're coming to America
They're coming to America
Today, Today,
Today, Today, Today

My country 'tis of thee (today)
Sweet land of liberty (today)
Of thee I sing (today)
Of thee I sing
Today, Today, Today
Today, today, today......

[Christine]

America di Neil Diamond? Trovo il testo davvero esplicativo; poche canzoni hanno descritto con maggior potenza e passione quello significa e quello che dà l'America
Far,
We've been traveling far
Without a home
But not without a star

Free,
Only want to be free
We huddle close
Hang on to a dream

On the boats and on the planes
They're coming to America
Never looking back again,
They're coming to America

Home
Don't it seem so far away
Oh, we're traveling light today
In the eye of the storm
In the eye of the storm

Home
To a new and a shiny place
Make our bed and we'll say our grace
Freedom's light burning warm
Freedom's light burning warm

Everywhere around the world
They're coming to America
Ev'ry time that flag's unfurled
They're coming to America

Got a dream to take them there
They're coming to America
Got a dream they've come to share
They're coming to America

They're coming to America
They're coming to America
They're coming to America
They're coming to America
Today, Today,
Today, Today, Today

My country 'tis of thee (today)
Sweet land of liberty (today)
Of thee I sing (today)
Of thee I sing
Today, Today, Today
Today, today, today......

[Kim S.]

Ce l'ho questa canzone! Ora vi elenco le canzoni che ho:
- Stars and Stripes forever
- Air Force Hymn
- God bless America
- America, the beautiful
- Army Force Hymn
- Battle Hymn of the Republic
- God bless the Usa
- Hail to the Chief
- Hymn to the Fallen Soldiers
- The Star-Spangled Banner
- America (My Contry 'Tis of Thee)
- You're a Grand Old Flag
- Remember Pearl Harbor
- The Marines Hymn
- This Land is your Land

Congratulations, bella collezione! Le ho tutte anch'io, a parte "Hymn to the Fallen Soldiers" e "Remember Pearl Harbor"... in più ho:

- Anchors Aweigh (l'inno ufficiale della US Navy...imperdibile)
- Semper Paratus (l'inno della Guardia Costiera...imperdibile anche questo)
- Eternal Father, Strong to Save (un altro inno della marina statunitense, di solito viene suonato ai funerali dei membri della US Navy, ma è stato anche utilizzato per i funerali di FDR, JFK, Reagan e Ford)
- She Wore A Yellow Ribbon
- When Johnny Comes Marching Home
- Over There (suonata dalla US Army Band e cantata da Glenn Miller)
- Screaming Eagles (l'inno della 101st Airborne Division)
- This Is My Country
- On, Brave Old Army Team
- The Garry Owen
- West Point March (l'inno della più prestigiosa accademia militare - almeno x quanto riguarda lo US Army)
- Semper Fidelis March (la marcia di Sousa che è dedicata ad "our beloved Corps"...ovvero i Marines)
- The U.S. Field Atillery March

... più tutti i cd di John Philip (Sousa) che sono riuscita a trovare...

A proposito, per Army Force Hymn intendi forse: "The Army Goes Rolling Along"?
Comunque la mia preferita (inno nazionale a parte) resta sempre The Marines' Hymn (From the Halls of Montezuma) (beh, comunque mi sa che si capiva dal mio avatar...)

PS: x favore potresti dirmi da dove hai scaricato le due che mi mancano? Grazie

[Christine]

- God bless the Usa

If tomorrow all the things were gone I’d worked for all my life,
And I had to start again with just my children and my wife.
I’d thank my lucky stars to be living here today,
‘Cause the flag still stands for freedom and they can’t take that away.

And I’m proud to be an American where at least I know I’m free.
And I won’t forget the men who died, who gave that right to me.
And I’d gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today.
‘Cause there ain’t no doubt I love this land God bless the U.S.A.

From the lakes of Minnesota, to the hills of Tennessee,
across the plains of Texas, from sea to shining sea,

From Detroit down to Houston and New York to LA,
Well, there’s pride in every American heart,
and it’s time to stand and say:

I’m proud to be an American where at least I know I’m free.
And I won’t forget the men who died, who gave that right to me.
And I’d gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today.
‘Cause there ain’t no doubt I love this land God bless the U.S.A.

[Christine]

- Over There

[Christine]

America, the beautiful

Ray Charles


O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!

O beautiful for pilgrims' feet
Whose stern impassioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law!

O beautiful for heroes proved
In liberating strife.
Who more than self their country loved
And mercy more than life!
America! America!
May God thy gold refine
Till all success be nobleness
And every gain divine!

O beautiful for patriots' dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!

[Christine]

God bless America

God Bless America.
Land that I love
Stand beside her, and guide her
Thru the night with a light from above.
From the mountains, to the prairies ,
To the oceans, white with foam
God bless America
My home sweet home.