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.

After Lerner's death, Paul Blake made a musical revue based on Lerner's lyrics and life.

* The 1980s band LaHost's track on the 1985 EMI compilation album ' Fire in Harmony ' was ' Blood and Roses ' - the lyrics of which are loosely based on the Roger Corman film version of Carmilla.

An ' operatic spectacle ' was based on the strip, with music by Victor Herbert ( composer of Babes in Toyland ) and lyrics by Harry B. Smith.

The official lyrics, based on a variant from 1806,

The Beach Boys concept album Pet Sounds helped herald the psychedelia movement in America, with its artful experiments, psychedelic lyrics based on emotional longings and self-doubts, elaborate sound effects and new sounds on both conventional and unconventional instruments.

The 1940s saw the increased use of blaring horns ( including saxophones ), shouted lyrics and boogie woogie beats in jazz based music.

The project was based on a German folktale called Der Freischütz, with Wilson responsible for the design and direction, Burroughs for writing the book, and Waits for music and lyrics, which were heavily influenced by the works of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill.

In 1972, the student riots of 1968 provided the inspiration for an album titled Fais que ton rêve soit plus long que la nuit ( Make Your Dream Last Longer Than the Night ), comprising musical passages mixed with news snippets and protest songs ; some lyrics were based on graffiti daubed on walls during the riots.

In music, the villanelle is a dance form, accompanied by sung lyrics or an instrumental piece based on this dance form.

" The Wanderings of Oisin " is based on the lyrics of the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology and displays the influence of both Sir Samuel Ferguson and the Pre-Raphaelite poets.

Assassins is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by John Weidman, based on an idea by Charles Gilbert, Jr.

Idle also wrote the book and co-wrote the music and lyrics for the musical Monty Python's Spamalot, based on the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

France used American hip hop as a base and then made its own flavor of hip hop based on the use of French lyrics.

The polka is usually based on poetic lyrics, but there are some emblematic pieces of Paraguayan music ( such as " Pájaro Campana ", or " Songbird ", by Félix Pérez Cardozo ).

The musical Windy City ( book and lyrics by Dick Vosburgh, music by Tony Macaulay ) was also based on The Front Page.

According to Isidore Witmark in his history of the Witmark and Sons publishing house, Cowl's play was partially rewritten after the song was published, based upon the imagery of the lyrics.

The lyrics to the 1977 Rush song " Cinderella Man " on the A Farewell to Kings album are based on the story of Mr. Deeds Goes to Town.

Many of the words used by Rambling Syd were invented by the Round The Horne scriptwriters Barry Took and Marty Feldman, who wrote the majority of the songs lyrics, based upon traditional folk songs.

Double entendres are very common in the titles and lyrics of pop songs, such as " If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me " by The Bellamy Brothers, which is based on an old Groucho Marx quote, where the person being talked to is asked, by one interpretation if they would be offended, and by the other, if they would press their body against the person doing the talking.

During 1972, a musical play based on the screenplay of the film, entitled Sugar, opened on Broadway, starring Elaine Joyce, Robert Morse, Tony Roberts and Cyril Ritchard, with book by Peter Stone, lyrics by Bob Merrill, and ( all-new ) music by Jule Styne.

The proverb was apparently based on an anecdote about Ibycus stupidly or nobly turning down an opportunity to become tyrant of Rhegium in order to pursue a poetic career instead ( one modern scholar however infers from his poetry that Ibycus was in fact wise enough to avoid the lure of supreme power, citing as an example Plato's quotation from one of his lyrics: " I am afraid it may be in exchange for some sin before the gods that I get honour from men ") There is no other information about Ibycus ' activities in the West, apart from an account by Himerius, that he fell from his chariot while travelling between Catana and Himera and injured his hand badly enough to give up playing the lyre " for some considerable time.

Many were based on traditional European folk tunes, with lyrics that reflected the lives, experiences and concerns of lumberjacks, with the themes of cutting, hauling, rolling and driving, as well as narrative songs that involved romance.

Merritt penned the music and lyrics for a 2009 Off-Broadway stage musical of " Coraline ", based on the novel by Neil Gaiman.

It was based on lyrics by poet Alexandru Basarab ( actually a pen name for Adrian Hoajă ), which retold the story of Zalmoxis's existence.

Furthermore, based on Peraturan Pemerintah Nomor 44 Tahun 1958 ( PP No. 44 / 1958-Government Regulation Number 44 Year 1958 ), the first stanza of " Indonesia Raya " is used as the official lyrics of the national anthem of Indonesia.