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"'''You're a Grand Old Flag'''" is an [[American patriotic march]]. The song, a spirited [[March (music)|march]] written by [[George M. Cohan]], is a tribute to the [[Flag of the United States|American flag]]. In addition to obvious references to the flag, it incorporates snippets of other popular songs, including one of his own. Cohan wrote it in 1906 for ''George Washington, Jr.'', his [[Musical theater|stage musical]].<ref name=LOC />
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"'''You're a Grand Old Flag'''" is an [[American patriotic march]]. The song, a spirited [[March (music)|march]] written by [[George M. Cohan]], is a tribute to the [[Flag of the United States|U.S. flag]]. In addition to obvious references to the flag, it incorporates snippets of other popular songs, including one of his own. Cohan wrote it in 1906 for his [[Musical theater|stage musical]] ''George Washington, Jr.''<ref name=LOC />


==History==
==History==
The song was first publicly performed on February 6, the play's opening night, at [[Herald Square Theater]] in [[New York City]]. "You're a Grand Old Flag" quickly became the first song from a musical to sell over a million copies of [[sheet music]].<ref name=LOC /> The title and first lyric comes from someone Cohan once met; the [[Library of Congress]] website notes:
The song was first publicly performed on February 6, the play's opening night, at [[Herald Square Theater]] in [[New York City]]. "You're a Grand Old Flag" quickly became the first song from a musical to sell over a million copies of [[sheet music]].<ref name=LOC /> The title and first lyric comes from someone Cohan once met; the [[Library of Congress]] website notes. "You're a Grand Old Flag" would go on to become one of the most popular U.S. marching-band pieces of all time.

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{{quote|The original lyric for this perennial George M. Cohan favorite came, as Cohan later explained, from an encounter he had with a [[American Civil War|Civil War]] veteran who fought at [[Battle of Gettysburg|Gettysburg]]. The two men found themselves next to each other and Cohan noticed the vet held a carefully folded but ragged old flag. The man reportedly then turned to Cohan and said, "She's a grand old rag." Cohan thought it was a great line and originally named his tune "You're a Grand Old Rag." So many groups and individuals objected to calling the flag a "rag," however, that he "gave 'em what they wanted" and switched words, renaming the song "You're a Grand Old Flag".<ref name=LOC>{{cite web |title = You're a grand old flag [Song Collection<nowiki>]</nowiki> |url = http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.200000026/default.html |publisher = Library of Congress |location = Washington, D.C. |accessdate = 19 Oct 2009}}</ref>| Library of Congress}}
{{quote|The original lyric for this perennial George M. Cohan favorite came, as Cohan later explained, from an encounter he had with a [[American Civil War|Civil War]] veteran who fought at [[Battle of Gettysburg|Gettysburg]]. The two men found themselves next to each other and Cohan noticed the vet held a carefully folded but ragged old flag. The man reportedly then turned to Cohan and said, "She's a grand old rag." Cohan thought it was a great line and originally named his tune "You're a Grand Old Rag." So many groups and individuals objected to calling the flag a "rag," however, that he "gave 'em what they wanted" and switched words, renaming the song "You're a Grand Old Flag".<ref name=LOC>{{cite web |title = You're a grand old flag [Song Collection<nowiki>]</nowiki> |url = http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.200000026/default.html |publisher = Library of Congress |location = Washington, D.C. |access-date = 19 Oct 2009}}</ref>}}


In the play itself, the scene with the Civil War soldier was replicated. The soldier's comment was the lead-in to this song. Thus the first version of the chorus began, "You're a grand old rag / You're a high-flying flag". Despite Cohan's efforts to pull that version, some artists such as [[Billy Murray (singer)|Billy Murray]] had recorded it under its original title, "The Grand Old Rag", in advance of the play's opening, and copies under that title still circulate among collectors. Cohan's second attempt at writing the chorus began, "You're a grand old flag / Though you're torn to a rag". The final version, with its redundant rhyme, is as shown below.
In the play itself, the scene with the Civil War soldier was replicated. The soldier's comment was the lead-in to this song. Thus, the first version of the chorus began, "You're a grand old rag / You're a high-flying flag". Despite Cohan's efforts to pull that version, some artists such as [[Billy Murray (singer)|Billy Murray]] had recorded it under its original title, "The Grand Old Rag", in advance of the play's opening, and copies under that title still circulate among collectors. Cohan's second attempt at writing the chorus began, "You're a grand old flag / Though you're torn to a rag". The final version, with its redundant rhyme, is as shown below.


Today, many different arrangements of the song exist. In particular, [[Paul V. Yoder]]'s 1954 arrangement of "You're a Grand Old Flag" is a version commonly used today by the U.S. military in its performances of the song.<ref>{{cite web| url-status = live| archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/FiHHmTN-Rhc | archive-date = 2021-12-05| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiHHmTN-Rhc%20| title = You're a Grand Old Flag (arr. P. Yoder) | website=[[YouTube]]| date = 18 February 2017 }}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/-xpKWCe44Bo Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20200809033446/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xpKWCe44Bo Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xpKWCe44Bo| title = George M. Cohan, You're a Grand Old Flag (arr. P. Yoder) | website=[[YouTube]]| date = 3 April 2014 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>
==Lyrics==
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;Verse 1


==Uses==
:There's a feeling comes a-stealing,
The song is often performed by marching bands on [[Flag Day (United States)|Flag Day]], as the holiday is intended to celebrate the [[flag of the United States]].
:And it sets my brain a-reeling,
:When I'm list'ning to the music of a military band.
:Any tune like "[[Yankee Doodle]]"
:Simply sets me off my noodle,
:It's that patriotic something that no one can understand.


==Lyrics==
:"[[Dixie (song)|Way down South, in the land of cotton]],"{{refn|Reference to "[[Dixie (song)|Dixie]]".|group=N}}
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:Ain't that inspiring?
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<poem lang="fr" style="float:left;">'''Verse 1'''
There's a feeling comes a-stealing,
And it sets my brain a-reeling,
When I'm list'ning to the music of a military band.
Any tune like "[[Yankee Doodle]]"
Simply sets me off my noodle,
It's that patriotic something that no one can understand.


"Way down South, in the land of cotton,"{{refn|Reference to "[[Dixie (song)|Dixie]]".|group=N}}
:[[Marching Through Georgia|Hurrah! Hurrah! We'll join the jubilee!]]
Melody untiring,
:[[The Yankee Doodle Boy|And that's going some, for the Yankees, by gum!]]{{refn|Line taken directly from the previous year's Cohan hit, "[[The Yankee Doodle Boy]]".|group=N}}
Ain't that inspiring?
:Red, White and Blue, I am for you!
:Honest, you're a grand old flag!
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;Verse 2


Hurrah! Hurrah! We'll join the jubilee!{{refn|Reference to "[[Marching Through Georgia]]."|group=N}}
:I'm no cranky hanky panky,
And that's going some, for the Yankees, by gum!{{refn|Line taken directly from the previous year's Cohan hit, "[[The Yankee Doodle Boy]]".|group=N}}
:I'm a dead square, honest [[Yankee]],
Red, White and Blue, I am for you!
:And I'm mighty proud of that old flag that flies for [[Uncle Sam]].
Honest, you're a grand old flag!</poem>
:Though I don't believe in raving
<poem style="margin-left:1em; float:left;">'''Verse 2'''
:Ev'ry time I see it waving,
I'm no cranky hanky panky,
:There's a chill runs up my back that makes me glad I'm what I am.
I'm a dead square, honest [[Yankee]],
And I'm mighty proud of that old flag that flies for [[Uncle Sam]].
Though I don't believe in raving
Ev'ry time I see it waving,
There's a chill runs up my back that makes me glad I'm what I am.


:Here's a land with a million soldiers,
Here's a land with a million soldiers,
:That's if we should need 'em,
That's if we should need 'em,
:We'll fight for freedom!
We'll fight for freedom!


:Hurrah! Hurrah! For ev'ry Yankee Tar,{{refn|Old fashioned slang for a sailor, a.k.a. "Jack Tar". See [[wikt:tar|tar]].|group=N}}
Hurrah! Hurrah! For ev'ry Yankee Tar,{{refn|Old fashioned slang for a sailor, a.k.a. "Jack Tar". See [[wikt:tar|tar]].|group=N}}
:And old [[Grand Army of the Republic|G.A.R.]], ev'ry stripe, ev'ry star.
And old [[Grand Army of the Republic|G.A.R.]], ev'ry stripe, ev'ry star.
:Red, White and Blue, hats off to you!
Red, White and Blue, hats off to you!
:Honest, you're a grand old flag!
Honest, you're a grand old flag!</poem>{{clear|left}}
<poem>'''Chorus'''
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You're a grand old flag,
;Chorus
You're a high-flying flag,

And forever in peace may you wave.
:You're a grand old flag,
:You're a high-flying flag,
You're the emblem of the land I love,
The home of the free and the brave.{{refn|Reference to "[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]."|group=N}}
:And forever in peace may you wave.
Ev'ry heart beats true
:You're the emblem of the land I love,
'Neath the Red, White and Blue,{{refn|Or "''Under'' Red, White and Blue".|group=N}}
:[[The Star-Spangled Banner|The home of the free and the brave]].
Where there's never a boast or brag.
:Ev'ry heart beats true
:'Neath the Red, White and Blue,{{refn|Or "Under" Red, White and Blue.|group=N}}
But should auld acquaintance be forgot,{{refn|Reference to "[[Auld Lang Syne]]".|group=N}}
Keep your eye on the grand old flag.</poem>
:Where there's never a boast or brag.
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:But [[Auld Lang Syne|should auld acquaintance be forgot]],{{refn|Reference to "[[Auld Lang Syne]]".|group=N}}
:Keep your eye on the grand old flag.

==In popular culture==
* "You're a Grand Old Flag" was used in a major production number in Cohan's 1942 film biography, ''[[Yankee Doodle Dandy]]''.
* [[Bing Crosby]] included the song in a medley on his album ''[[Join Bing and Sing Along]]'' (1959)
* Recordings by Pride of the 48 and Catalina Strings, were used in the film ''[[Born on the Fourth of July (film)|Born on the Fourth of July]]''.
* The tune of "You're a Grand Old Flag" formed the basis of the club song of the [[Melbourne Football Club]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mm.afl.com.au/afl_heritage/songs_history.htm#demons |title=It's More Than a Game}}</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkW3ABlSAQw</ref>
* In the 1986 [[Kidsongs]] video "Sing Out, America", the barbershop quartet sang the first part of "You're a Grand Old Flag" and then the Kidsongs Kids sang the second part.
* Billy Murray's rendition of "You're a Grand Old Flag" is featured in the 2013 video game ''[[BioShock Infinite]]''.
* The tune "You're a Grand Old Flag" is used as the school song for [[Big Lake High School]] in [[Big Lake, Minnesota]].
* The tune "You're a Grand Old Flag" is used as the school fight song for [[Oak Ridge High School (Montgomery County, Texas)|Oak Ridge High School]] in [[Conroe, Texas]].
* In an episode of the Nicktoon ''[[Fanboy & Chum Chum]]'', a song called "It's a Grand Old Candy" was sung to the tune of "You're a Grand Old Flag."
*The tune of "You're a Grand Old Flag" formed the basis of the club song of the '''[[Sturt Football Club]]''', following their defeat of the Port Adelaide Football Club 16.16 (112) to 8.8 (56) in the 1966 SANFL Grand Final.<ref>http://www.sturtfc.com.au/the-club/club-song</ref>
*The Sacred Music Services Men’s Chorus recorded an arrangement for their 2002 album “God Bless America”.

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==See also==
==See also==
{{Portal|Music|United States}}
{{Portal|Music|United States}}
* "[[The Stars and Stripes Forever]]"
* "[[The Stars and Stripes Forever]]"
*[[Flag anthem]]

==Other uses==
The song has been modified for use as the fight song of the [[Melbourne Football Club]]<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/88oGQY2BrK8 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20200611001918/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88oGQY2BrK8 Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88oGQY2BrK8| title = The official Melbourne Football Club theme song | website=[[YouTube]]| date = 19 March 2018 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> who play in the [[Australian Football League]], as well as by lower league clubs [[West Perth Football Club]] in the [[West Australian Football League|WAFL]], [[Sturt Football Club]] and [[Norwood Football Club]] in the [[SANFL]], [[North Hobart Football Club]] in the [[Tasmanian Football League|TSL]], [[Port Melbourne Football Club]] and the [[Casey Demons]] in the [[Victorian Football League|VFL]] as well as the Mansfield Eagles in the Goulburn Valley Football League. A modified version of the song was also used by the Yippies in 1968 for their nomination of [[Pigasus (politics)|Pigasus]].<ref>From 1968{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://youtube.com/watch?Cz52P1MqhX8| title = Official Statement of the Youth International Party | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>


==Notes==
{{Reflist|group=N}}
==References==
==References==
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{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
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*[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cocoon/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.100010512/default.html 1906 sheet music] from the [[Library of Congress]]
* [http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cocoon/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.100010512/default.html 1906 sheet music] from the [[Library of Congress]]
* [https://archive.org/download/BillyMurray_part4/BillyMurray-TheGrandOldRag.mp3 Billy Murray solo recording (as "The Grand Old Rag")]
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:George_M._Cohan_You%27re_A_Grand_Old_Flag 1906 sheet music] available at [[Wikimedia Commons]]
*[https://archive.org/download/BillyMurray_part4/BillyMurray-TheGrandOldRag.mp3 Billy Murray solo recording (as "The Grand Old Rag")]
* [https://archive.org/download/AmericanQuartetwithBillyMurray_part2/AmericanQuartetwithBillyMurray-YoureaGrandOldFlag.mp3 Billy Murray and the American Quartet (as "You're a Grand Old Flag")]

*[https://archive.org/download/AmericanQuartetwithBillyMurray_part2/AmericanQuartetwithBillyMurray-YoureaGrandOldFlag.mp3 Billy Murray and the American Quartet (as "You're a Grand Old Flag")]
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Latest revision as of 09:26, 20 November 2024

"You're a Grand Old Flag"
Cover of 1906 sheet music
Song
Published1906 (1906)
GenrePatriotic, American march
Songwriter(s)George M. Cohan

Paul V. Yoder's arrangement of "You're a Grand Old Flag"'s chorus, as performed by a United States Army band.

"You're a Grand Old Flag" is an American patriotic march. The song, a spirited march written by George M. Cohan, is a tribute to the U.S. flag. In addition to obvious references to the flag, it incorporates snippets of other popular songs, including one of his own. Cohan wrote it in 1906 for his stage musical George Washington, Jr.[1]

History

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The song was first publicly performed on February 6, the play's opening night, at Herald Square Theater in New York City. "You're a Grand Old Flag" quickly became the first song from a musical to sell over a million copies of sheet music.[1] The title and first lyric comes from someone Cohan once met; the Library of Congress website notes. "You're a Grand Old Flag" would go on to become one of the most popular U.S. marching-band pieces of all time.

The original lyric for this perennial George M. Cohan favorite came, as Cohan later explained, from an encounter he had with a Civil War veteran who fought at Gettysburg. The two men found themselves next to each other and Cohan noticed the vet held a carefully folded but ragged old flag. The man reportedly then turned to Cohan and said, "She's a grand old rag." Cohan thought it was a great line and originally named his tune "You're a Grand Old Rag." So many groups and individuals objected to calling the flag a "rag," however, that he "gave 'em what they wanted" and switched words, renaming the song "You're a Grand Old Flag".[1]

In the play itself, the scene with the Civil War soldier was replicated. The soldier's comment was the lead-in to this song. Thus, the first version of the chorus began, "You're a grand old rag / You're a high-flying flag". Despite Cohan's efforts to pull that version, some artists such as Billy Murray had recorded it under its original title, "The Grand Old Rag", in advance of the play's opening, and copies under that title still circulate among collectors. Cohan's second attempt at writing the chorus began, "You're a grand old flag / Though you're torn to a rag". The final version, with its redundant rhyme, is as shown below.

Today, many different arrangements of the song exist. In particular, Paul V. Yoder's 1954 arrangement of "You're a Grand Old Flag" is a version commonly used today by the U.S. military in its performances of the song.[2][3]

Uses

[edit]

The song is often performed by marching bands on Flag Day, as the holiday is intended to celebrate the flag of the United States.

Lyrics

[edit]
Instrumental chorus
U.S. Air Force Band, 1997
1906 recording
Billy Murray
Instrumental chorus
U.S. Marine Corps band performing Paul Yoder's arrangement's chorus during a flag-raising ceremony at MCB Camp Pendleton in February 2012
Problems playing these files? See media help.

Verse 1
There's a feeling comes a-stealing,
And it sets my brain a-reeling,
When I'm list'ning to the music of a military band.
Any tune like "Yankee Doodle"
Simply sets me off my noodle,
It's that patriotic something that no one can understand.

"Way down South, in the land of cotton,"[N 1]
Melody untiring,
Ain't that inspiring?

Hurrah! Hurrah! We'll join the jubilee![N 2]
And that's going some, for the Yankees, by gum![N 3]
Red, White and Blue, I am for you!
Honest, you're a grand old flag!

Verse 2
I'm no cranky hanky panky,
I'm a dead square, honest Yankee,
And I'm mighty proud of that old flag that flies for Uncle Sam.
Though I don't believe in raving
Ev'ry time I see it waving,
There's a chill runs up my back that makes me glad I'm what I am.

Here's a land with a million soldiers,
That's if we should need 'em,
We'll fight for freedom!

Hurrah! Hurrah! For ev'ry Yankee Tar,[N 4]
And old G.A.R., ev'ry stripe, ev'ry star.
Red, White and Blue, hats off to you!
Honest, you're a grand old flag!

Chorus
You're a grand old flag,
You're a high-flying flag,
And forever in peace may you wave.
You're the emblem of the land I love,
The home of the free and the brave.[N 5]
Ev'ry heart beats true
'Neath the Red, White and Blue,[N 6]
Where there's never a boast or brag.
But should auld acquaintance be forgot,[N 7]
Keep your eye on the grand old flag.

  1. ^ Reference to "Dixie".
  2. ^ Reference to "Marching Through Georgia."
  3. ^ Line taken directly from the previous year's Cohan hit, "The Yankee Doodle Boy".
  4. ^ Old fashioned slang for a sailor, a.k.a. "Jack Tar". See tar.
  5. ^ Reference to "The Star-Spangled Banner."
  6. ^ Or "Under Red, White and Blue".
  7. ^ Reference to "Auld Lang Syne".

See also

[edit]

Other uses

[edit]

The song has been modified for use as the fight song of the Melbourne Football Club[4] who play in the Australian Football League, as well as by lower league clubs West Perth Football Club in the WAFL, Sturt Football Club and Norwood Football Club in the SANFL, North Hobart Football Club in the TSL, Port Melbourne Football Club and the Casey Demons in the VFL as well as the Mansfield Eagles in the Goulburn Valley Football League. A modified version of the song was also used by the Yippies in 1968 for their nomination of Pigasus.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "You're a grand old flag [Song Collection]". Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. Retrieved 19 Oct 2009.
  2. ^ "You're a Grand Old Flag (arr. P. Yoder)". YouTube. 18 February 2017. Archived from the original on 2021-12-05.
  3. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "George M. Cohan, You're a Grand Old Flag (arr. P. Yoder)". YouTube. 3 April 2014.
  4. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "The official Melbourne Football Club theme song". YouTube. 19 March 2018.
  5. ^ From 1968: "Official Statement of the Youth International Party". YouTube.
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