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.

Usually the music was developed first, sometimes with improvised lyrics that might then be rewritten for the final version of the song.

The melody is used, with rewritten English lyrics, as the alma mater of Northwestern College ( Iowa ) in Orange City, Iowa, USA.

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.

His talent went beyond the theme for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( reworked in 1962 from a song Anka wrote earlier called " Toot Sweet " which had been rewritten with lyrics and recorded by Annette Funicello in 1959 as " It's Really Love ") since Anka composed Tom Jones ' biggest hit record " She's a Lady " and wrote the English lyrics to " My Way ", Frank Sinatra's signature song sung by many well known artists.

It was eventually learned " Old Age " had been written by Kurt Cobain for the Nevermind sessions in 1991, then given to Hole, whereupon its lyrics were rewritten by Love, who " tried to make it goth ".

The album has two songs which are rewritten versions of earlier songs: " Picture " is also known as " The Door ", a song with different lyrics, released on their pre-King's X release Sneak Preview.

Phil has rewritten the lyrics to be sung in the Celtic Thunder singing tour, where he has collaborated with Sharon Browne, the Original Producer of Celtic Woman.

The rewritten lyrics have a somewhat more martial theme, with lines like " meet our destiny with glory " and " Till our final requiem is spoken "

In 1976, Scrumpy and Western band The Wurzels covered " Brand New Key " with substantially rewritten lyrics as " The Combine Harvester ".

" The Little Voice " did not pick up much airplay until it was later covered by Hilary Duff in 2004, though with almost entirely rewritten lyrics.

The most well known of these was the insertion of Una Furtiva Lagrima, others are the duet between Adina and Nemorino in the first act, Chiedi All ' Aura Lusinghiera, and the rewritten lyrics to " Io son ricco e tu sei bella " in the final scene of the opera, where this duet, originally a song written by Dulcamara for the marriage of Adina and Belcore, reoccurs as a Dulcamara solo with scabrous lyrics, becoming the de facto final aria — a feature of many Donizetti operas.

The lyrics of " Go West " were rewritten following suggestions made by the fans.

The lyrics were rewritten by Jimmy Hill and Derrick Robbins in order to be relevant to the club, and the song is still regularly sung by City fans today.

Its lyrics were considered too specific to the Academy and not representative of the Navy at large, and so were rewritten by George D. Lottman ( note the reference to " farewell to college joys ").

The song, which was originally a juvenile-targeted tune about teens talking on the telephone, was rewritten with more ' adult ' lyrics and the result was the single " Ring My Bell ".

" After the film's release, the lyrics were rewritten by Lorenz Hart as the more famous " Blue Moon ".

Although the records were banned from radio play and led to calls for rock and roll itself to be banned, the lyrics were soon rewritten for a more conservative white audience, and Georgia Gibbs topped the pop charts in 1955 with her version, " Dance With Me, Henry ".

It was eventually released as Liebeswalzer ( Waltz of Love ), containing rewritten lyrics.

They still have traditional dancing that involves drumming, but most of the lyrics have been rewritten as political campaign songs for SWAPO.

Dylan spent roughly a month on remixing and overdubbing, holding a number of sessions in June rerecording vocal tracks using newly rewritten lyrics.

Described by Heylin as an " evocation of a fragmented relationship ", the lyrics were later rewritten and overdubbed with new vocals and an additional guitar part.

* The song was rewritten in 1997 with lyrics by Michael Kunze as " Totale Finsternis " for the musical Tanz der Vampire.