In the late 1950s, native performers adapted Tagalog lyrics for North American rock & roll music, resulting in the seminal origins of Philippine rock.

The Philippine national anthem was also first played on the grounds by the marching band of San Francisco de Malabon ( now General Trias, Cavite ) but as an instrumental music ; the lyrics were not written till 1899 by José Palma.

Philippine singer Victor Wood made a bilingual version of the song, alternating the original lyrics with Filipino ones.

Poblacion West has its own glorious past, like the transcient center of command and it was in this place where the lyrics of the Philippine National Anthem were written, and it is known as the " Home of the Philippine National Anthem "

The first Chilean National Anthem dates back to 1819, when the government called for, on the 19th of July, the creation of music and lyrics for this purpose.

The Southern Cross was written into the lyrics of " Advance Australia Fair " in 1901: " Beneath our radiant Southern Cross "; the song was adopted as the Australian National Anthem in 1984.

The Southern Cross was included in the lyrics of the Brazilian National Anthem ( 1909 ): " A imagem do Cruzeiro resplandece " (" the image of the Cross shines ").

The lyrics up to this point ( most of them written by Peart ) were heavily influenced by classical poetry, fantasy literature, science fiction, and the writings of novelist Ayn Rand, as exhibited most prominently by their 1975 song " Anthem " from Fly By Night and a specifically acknowledged derivation in 2112 ( 1976 ).

* Jolie Blonde: lyrics & song history of the traditional Cajun waltz ( aka Jolie Blon, Jole Blon or Joli Blon ) often referred to as " the Cajun National Anthem ".

The lyrics and musical notation of the anthem are given in the second appendix of the Act on National Flag and Anthem.

" Anthem " features lyrics inspired by the philosophy of Ayn Rand, whose influence on Peart's writing would reach its apogee on the band's 1976 album 2112.

The original hand-penned lyrics for both " Anthem " and " Fly by Night " include different or additional lyrics not sung in the original songs.

* Jamaican Government site on the Anthem ( with lyrics ) and Pledges

* Streaming audio, lyrics and information about the Pontifical Anthem

* National Anthem of Tuvalu-Streaming audio, lyrics and information

Initially, the music composed by Francisco Manuel da Silva was given lyrics by Appeals Judge Ovídio Saraiva de Carvalho e Silva not as a National Anthem, but as a hymn commemorating the abdication of Pedro I and the accession of Pedro II to the Throne.

A new set of lyrics was proposed in 1841, to commemorate the coming of age and Coronation of Emperor Pedro II ; those lyrics, popular but also considered poor, were soon abandoned too, this time by order of Emperor Pedro II, who specified that in public ceremonies the Anthem should be played with no lyrics.

Emperor Pedro II directed that Francisco Manuel da Silva's composition, as the National Anthem of the Empire of Brazil, should be played, without lyrics, on all occasions when the monarch presented himself in public, and in solemnities of military or civilian nature ; the composition was also played abroad in diplomatic events relating to Brazil or when the Brazilian Emperor was present.

In the early days of the new Federal Republic, the National Anthem continued without official lyrics, but several lyrics were proposed, and some were even adopted by different states of Brazil.

The official lyrics of the Brazilian National Anthem were proclaimed by decree of President Epitácio Pessoa ( Decree 15. 761 of 1922 ), issued on 6 September 1922, at the hight of the celebrations of the Independence Centennial.

This same statute also confirmed as official the traditional vocal adaptation of the lyrics of the National Anthem, in F major, composed by Alberto Nepomuceno.

In November of this year, at the express request of the president of the Senate, Nicolás Espinosa, the Ambateño poet Juan León Mera Martínez, who was then the secretary of the Senate, wrote and submitted the lyrics of the National Anthem.

" Heaven Help My Heart " ended the first act, with " Anthem " and " Someone Else's Story " ( sung by Svetlana with new lyrics ) in the second.

The National Anthem of the Soviet Union music with modified lyrics was established and approved by federal legislature in December 2000.

Its musical composition and lyrics were adopted from the National Anthem of the Soviet Union, composed by Alexander Alexandrov, and lyricists Sergey Mikhalkov and Gabriel El-Registan.

The CTCA distributed a khaki-bound songbook that provided the impetus for spirited renditions of the selections found therein, plus a number of others whose lyrics were more earthy -- from `` Johnny Get Your Gun '' to `` Keep The Home Fires Burning '' to `` Mademoiselle From Armentieres ''.

The lyrics were written by Katharine Lee Bates and the music composed by church organist and choirmaster Samuel A.

Moody and Sankey began publishing their compositions in 1875, and " Amazing Grace " appeared three times with three different melodies, but they were the first to give it its title ; hymns were typically published using the first line of the lyrics, or the name of the tune such as " New Britain ".

Collins, Cash, and Norman were unable to discern if the power of the song came from the music or the lyrics.

The lyrics were mostly written by Earle Crooker, but he had left the project, with the score needing vast improvement.

While the origins of hip-hop are believed to be from the Bronx, rival hip-hop group Juice Crew's lyrics were misunderstood to contain a claim in the song " The Bridge " that hip hop was directly a result of artists originating from Queensbridge.

The lyrics were written in honor of Green Beret James Gabriel, Jr., the first Native Hawaiian who died in Vietnam, who was executed by the Viet Cong while on a training mission on April 8, 1962.

The original recorded version of Wills ' " Faded Love ", appeared on the Tiffanys as a fairly swinging instrumental unlike the ballad it became when lyrics were added in 1950.

His lyrics with diverse themes, mostly following a somewhat modernized version of the " aşık " ( wandering folk poets ) tradition were heavily marginal in the popular music scene of 1980s which was mostly dominated by love-themed lyrics.

The lyrics were slightly revised in 1903.

In 1985, the British neo-progressive rock band Marillion achieved their only UK Number One album-and the best-selling album of their career-with Misplaced Childhood, a concept album featuring lyrics by frontman Fish which were partly autobiographical.

Dead Kennedys were noted for the harshness of their lyrics, which generally combined biting social satire while expressing a staunchly left-wing view of contemporary America.

Unlike other leftist punk bands who use more direct sloganeering, Dead Kennedys ' lyrics were often snide.

In 1841, the German linguist and poet August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben wrote the lyrics of " Das Lied der Deutschen " to Haydn's melody, lyrics that were considered revolutionary at the time.

The song was retitled to " Alma Mater " in the 1980s when its lyrics were changed to refer to women as well as men.

Low ( 1977 ), partly influenced by the Krautrock sound of Kraftwerk and Neu !, evidenced a move away from narration in Bowie's songwriting to a more abstract musical form in which lyrics were sporadic and optional.

It used minor chords that made the tracks darker and more moody, and its lyrics tended to be about unrequited love or more somber themes that dealt with the reality of what inner city teens were experiencing emotionally.

In later seasons, Tapp would be increasingly replaced by that episode's guest singer, or another surprise celebrity ( normally if it were a guest, his or her name would be included in the lyrics of the song before they would sing the refrain ).

you were gone, with lyrics and arrangement by Ms. Heather, was originally composed as a Gospel tune.

Gershwin's lyrics were well received, and allowed him to successfully enter the theatre world with just one show.

" Even the lyrics, while occasionally demented, were usually too inchoate to be anything but curiously passionate love songs.

In fact, musical posers were not uncommon in his day ( see the lyrics to the song Musica Son, by Francesco Landini, for complaints to this effect.