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| | |[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT88jBAoVIM "Amazing Grace"] | | |[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT88jBAoVIM "Amazing Grace"] |
| | |[[John Newton]] | | |[[John Newton]] |
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| | |A Christian hymn published in 1779. | | |A Christian hymn published in 1779. |
| | |1779 | | |1779 |
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| | |"Ballad of the Green Berets" | | |"Ballad of the Green Berets" |
| | |Sergeant Barry Sadler | | |Sergeant Barry Sadler |
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| | |Pro-American and pro-military. #1 hit on the ''Billboard'' charts. | | |Pro-American and pro-military. #1 hit on the ''Billboard'' charts. |
| | |1966 | | |1966 |
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| | |[http://youtu.be/r5Q8Xa0bPy8"Battle Hymn of the Republic"] | | |[http://youtu.be/r5Q8Xa0bPy8"Battle Hymn of the Republic"] |
| | |[[Julia Ward Howe]]/William Steffe | | |[[Julia Ward Howe]]/William Steffe |
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| | |"As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free." | | |"As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free." |
| | |1856 | | |1856 |
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| | |[https://youtu.be/RN3exiuyQJc "Big Bad John"] | | |[https://youtu.be/RN3exiuyQJc "Big Bad John"] |
| | |Jimmy Dean | | |Jimmy Dean |
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| | |Story of a man who died so that others might live. | | |Story of a man who died so that others might live. |
| | |1961 | | |1961 |
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| | |[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EBiei21-C8 "King Without a Crown"] | | |[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EBiei21-C8 "King Without a Crown"] |
| | |Matisyahu | | |Matisyahu |
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| | |A Hasidic Jew raps about God as the source of happiness and salvation from the things of this world: "If you're drowning in the waters and you can't stay afloat / Ask Hashem (God) for mercy and He'll throw you a rope." | | |A Hasidic Jew raps about God as the source of happiness and salvation from the things of this world: "If you're drowning in the waters and you can't stay afloat / Ask Hashem (God) for mercy and He'll throw you a rope." |
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| | |"Do You Hear the People Sing" | | |"Do You Hear the People Sing" |
| | |Claude-Michel Schönberg | | |Claude-Michel Schönberg |
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| | |Standing up to government in the name of freedom, from the musical ''Les Misérables'' | | |Standing up to government in the name of freedom, from the musical ''Les Misérables'' |
| | |1980 | | |1980 |
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| | |[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z5hD38Bs8Y"God Bless America"] | | |[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z5hD38Bs8Y"God Bless America"] |
| | |[[Irving Berlin]] | | |[[Irving Berlin]] |
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| | |American patriotic, classic song. | | |American patriotic, classic song. |
| | |1918,<br>1938 | | |1918,<br>1938 |
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| | |[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP5EfwBWgg0&feature=related "Go Down Moses"] | | |[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP5EfwBWgg0&feature=related "Go Down Moses"] |
| − | |[[Louis Armstrong]] | + | |[[Louis Armstrong]]| |
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| | |"God Save the Queen" | | |"God Save the Queen" |
| | |Traditional | | |Traditional |
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| | |Despite being frighteningly atheistic, the British have enough sense to keep this God-inclusive song as their national anthem. The anthem rightly attributes the success and good fortune of the nation and its monarch to God. | | |Despite being frighteningly atheistic, the British have enough sense to keep this God-inclusive song as their national anthem. The anthem rightly attributes the success and good fortune of the nation and its monarch to God. |
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| | |[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IStlBOX9F4o "God's Gonna Cut You Down"] | | |[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IStlBOX9F4o "God's Gonna Cut You Down"] |
| | |Traditional | | |Traditional |
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| | |"Go tell that long tongue liar, go and tell that midnight rider, tell the rambler, the gambler, the back biter, tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down" | | |"Go tell that long tongue liar, go and tell that midnight rider, tell the rambler, the gambler, the back biter, tell 'em that God's gonna cut 'em down" |
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| | |[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpEpokoaZWU "Oh Happy Day"] | | |[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpEpokoaZWU "Oh Happy Day"] |
| | |Edwin Hawkins | | |Edwin Hawkins |
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| | |Gospel spiritual song (based on [[Acts of the Apostles|Acts 8:35]] and first interpreted in hymn form by English clergyman Phillip Doddridge in the mid-18th century) giving praise to the arrival and presence of Jesus on Earth and His forgiveness of the sins of people far and wide. | | |Gospel spiritual song (based on [[Acts of the Apostles|Acts 8:35]] and first interpreted in hymn form by English clergyman Phillip Doddridge in the mid-18th century) giving praise to the arrival and presence of Jesus on Earth and His forgiveness of the sins of people far and wide. |
| | |1967 (released 1969) | | |1967 (released 1969) |
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| | |"Star Spangled Banner" | | |"Star Spangled Banner" |
| | |[[Francis Scott Key]] | | |[[Francis Scott Key]] |
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| | |The American national anthem. | | |The American national anthem. |
| | |1814 | | |1814 |
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| | |[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImZnbqYYRpU "Turn, Turn, Turn"] | | |[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImZnbqYYRpU "Turn, Turn, Turn"] |
| | |Pete Seeger | | |Pete Seeger |
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| | |An almost word-for-word direct quotation from the [[Bible]], specifically ''[[Ecclesiastes]]'', with the addition of the refrain "Turn, Turn, Turn". Covered by The Byrds who landed the song as a #1 hit on the ''Billboard'' chart. | | |An almost word-for-word direct quotation from the [[Bible]], specifically ''[[Ecclesiastes]]'', with the addition of the refrain "Turn, Turn, Turn". Covered by The Byrds who landed the song as a #1 hit on the ''Billboard'' chart. |
| | |1959 | | |1959 |
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| | |[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pldyz9VS2yY "Under God"] | | |[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pldyz9VS2yY "Under God"] |
| | |[[Pat Boone]], the Booth brothers | | |[[Pat Boone]], the Booth brothers |
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| | |2002 | | |2002 |
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| | |[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mjWhMn-VnU "The Well Below the Valley"] | | |[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mjWhMn-VnU "The Well Below the Valley"] |
| | |Traditional. Covered by Christy Moore | | |Traditional. Covered by Christy Moore |
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| | |Song loosely based on the story of [[Jesus]] and the woman at the well. Lyrics about old-fashioned family relationships and traditional attitudes to women. Promotes all children's right to life. | | |Song loosely based on the story of [[Jesus]] and the woman at the well. Lyrics about old-fashioned family relationships and traditional attitudes to women. Promotes all children's right to life. |
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| | |"You're a Grand Old Flag" | | |"You're a Grand Old Flag" |
| | |George M. Cohan | | |George M. Cohan |
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| | |American patriotic classic. Cohan wrote it in 1906 for ''George Washington, Jr.'', his stage musical which had a patriotic theme | | |American patriotic classic. Cohan wrote it in 1906 for ''George Washington, Jr.'', his stage musical which had a patriotic theme |
| | |1906 | | |1906 |