Long Long Trail War Song Gains Lasting Fame
The Long Long Trail, a WWI era song linked to a Yale show, rose from a sentimental wartime piece to popular status as soldiers in trenches gave it deeper meaning. Elliott wrote the melody, Stoddard King helped with the lyrics, and the tune spread through England before becoming a beloved war period favorite. After the war, Stoddard King joined journalism in Seattle while Elliott continued composing and teaching vocal lessons.
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Yale University
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Stoddard
Muse
Tale
England
Al.Koug
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Stoddard King
Seattle
Eliott
Notable Songs From the Old American Songbook List
The compilation includes classic tunes such as Old Folks at Home My Old Kentucky Home America Old Black Joe Dixie Battle Hymn of the Republic Carry Me Back to Old Virginny There s a Long Long Trail America the Beautiful Star Spangled Banner Home Sweet Home Good night Ladies Unita My Bonnie Mother Macree Till We Meet Again Columbia the Gem of the Ocean When Good Fellows Get Together Smiles We ve Been Working on the Railroad.
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Kentucky
America
Dixie
Old Virginny
IlIome Sweet Home
Juanita
Onnie
Mother Macree
Columbia
Is It In This List Vote For Your Favorite Song
A nationwide vote invites readers to send their choice to Kenneth Clark at Community Service, 315 Fourth Avenue, New York. The notice asks participants to select a favorite American song from a provided list and submit it for tally.
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Kenneth
Clark
Community Service
Fourth Avenue
New York
Star of Bethlehem and angelic chorus inspire awe in Christmas vision
A poetic Christmas scene recalls shepherds and angels near Bethlehem as the Star of Bethlehem shines in indescribable beauty and harps fill the sky. The passage cites a 1928 Western Newspaper Union attribution and contrasts with a note about the Dallas Viexas Athlete Club nearing completion and promising a premier Southwest clubhouse.
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Bethlehem
Christ
Mary
Western Newspaper Union
Dallas Viexas Athlete Club
Southwest
There’s a Long Long Trail to the Land of My Dreams
A poem fragment about longing and memory. The speaker hears a distant love call, describes a long trail winding toward dreams, and waits through nights with remembrances and imagined footsteps, hoping for reunion when the dream comes true.
Love's Awakening in the Elevator Tale
A cheeky first person note recalls a flirtatious moment in an Insurance Exchange elevator. The narrator’s excitement peaks as a blue eyed blonde enters and smiles, triggering cosmetic bravado and a comic crash when he discovers the mirror behind him.
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Insurance Exchange
Sin Nix
The House of Christmas by Chesterton
Poem fragment recalling a pilgrimage to a sacred place beyond Eden and Rome where God is at home and all men find belonging through the wandering star’s path. The verse contemplates timeless spiritual shelter and universal welcome.
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Eden
Rome
God
G XK
Chesterton
Christmas Eve stocking miracle and Mrs Fogarty's wonder
A long stocking with a needle in the last stitch lies in Mrs. Fogarty s lap as she sleeps on Christmas Eve. Gifts replace the stocking s emptiness and she wonders who Santa Claus might be, recalling a magical hour and a Christmas genius.
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Santa Claus
G. G. Hazard
Western Newspaper Union
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