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leftyladyfrommo

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29. We sang it in Spokane.

Reply to ProudLib72 (Original post)

Tue Jul 4, 2017, 05:14 AM

Jul 2017

I loved it. Still do. Really got the blood going.

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Did anyone else sing Battle Hymn of the Republic in school? [View all] ProudLib72 Jul 2017 OP

I grew up in Texas as well. TexasProgresive Jul 2017 #1

Oh man! That sounds like a good version! ProudLib72 Jul 2017 #7

We got a similar version in California in the mid 1960s DBoon Jul 2017 #15

Our version said "bopped her on the bean with a rotten tangerine" Tanuki Jul 2017 #26

Heard (sang) both versions in Ohio in the '60's eom Maeve Jul 2017 #34

No. Never. Solly Mack Jul 2017 #2

We sang it in Louisiana GulfCoast66 Jul 2017 #3

That's the difference ProudLib72 Jul 2017 #8

Yes, and we had to sing it in Church on Palm Sunday last year. So, I quit the choir and the church. SharonAnn Jul 2017 #4

Because it celebrates the Union? Really? hlthe2b Jul 2017 #5

I was in Mississippi as a young lad - bhowle Jul 2017 #6

Men of Harlech is still the battle hymn for the Welsh. AngryAmish Jul 2017 #9

..... Tanuki Jul 2017 #27

I went to public school in NYC Madam Mossfern Jul 2017 #10

Texan from birth TexasBushwhacker Jul 2017 #11

1-6th in WV yes... ileus Jul 2017 #12

Yes. Our 1950s-1960s school songbooks had quite a section of songs related to war & patriotism... Hekate Jul 2017 #13

Now I remember From the Halls of Montezuma ProudLib72 Jul 2017 #17

Sounds familiar. Igel Jul 2017 #19

We sang it at my MN Catholic school Generic Brad Jul 2017 #14

in abilene tx we sang the eyes of texas every morning in elementary school nt msongs Jul 2017 #16

One year, the chorus at my high school sang it so rivetingly at an oasis Jul 2017 #18

in california around 80s-90s i did. but we also sang dixie JI7 Jul 2017 #20

I am a high school choral director in Kentucky. Music Man Jul 2017 #21

It's actually "let us die to make men free" in the original version. Tanuki Jul 2017 #28

Someone, perhaps the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, changed "die" to "live." Atlantic WinkyDink Jul 2017 #32

We had to play "From Dixie with Love" Sgent Jul 2017 #22

My eyes have seen the glory of the burinng of the school jpak Jul 2017 #23

We sang it in 1st and 2nd Grade when I was living in Arizona. Aristus Jul 2017 #24

I think it depends where you were. politicat Jul 2017 #30

I didn't know any of that. Aristus Jul 2017 #37

Whoa, I didn't know that about AZ ProudLib72 Jul 2017 #38

No, the Confederacy wanted quite a lot of the western territories. politicat Jul 2017 #39

We sang it in Iowa bdjhawk Jul 2017 #25

We sang it in Spokane. leftyladyfrommo Jul 2017 #29

I sang it in school. In Britain. Because it's a hymn. muriel_volestrangler Jul 2017 #31

Yeah, I think I did in grade school or middle school krispos42 Jul 2017 #33

Gone too soon.... Tanuki Jul 2017 #35

Listen to this parody for a laugh oberliner Jul 2017 #36