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History. "Albay Forever" was composed by Jose R. Ravalo of Daraga, [1] who also wrote the song's original English lyrics. [2] The Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Albay officially adopted the song on March 31, 2004, with the passage of Ordinance No. 02-2004. [3] Lyrics in Central Bikol, the largest regional language spoken in the province, were also ...
Men of Harlech. " Men of Harlech " or " The March of the Men of Harlech " ( Welsh: Rhyfelgyrch Gwŷr Harlech) is a song and military march which is traditionally said [1] to describe events during the seven-year siege of Harlech Castle between 1461 and 1468, when the castle was held by the Lancastrians against the Yorkists as part of the Wars ...
A Tannenbaum is a fir tree. The lyrics do not actually refer to Christmas, or describe a decorated Christmas tree. Instead, they refer to the fir's evergreen quality as a symbol of constancy and faithfulness. [1] Anschütz based his text on a 16th-century Silesian folk song by Melchior Franck, " Ach Tannenbaum ".
Hatikvah (Hebrew: הַתִּקְוָה, romanized: hattiqvā, ; lit. ' The Hope ') is the national anthem of the State of Israel.Part of 19th-century Jewish poetry, the theme of the Romantic composition reflects the 2,000-year-old desire of the Jewish people to return to the Land of Israel in order to reclaim it as a free and sovereign nation-state.
Lyricist (s) Peppino Turco. " Funiculì, Funiculà " ( IPA: [funikuˈli (f)funikuˈla]) is a Neapolitan song composed in 1880 by Luigi Denza to lyrics by Peppino Turco. It was written to commemorate the opening of the first funicular railway on Mount Vesuvius. It was presented by Turco and Denza at the Piedigrotta festival the same year.
The " State Anthem of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics " [b] was the national anthem of the Soviet Union and the regional anthem of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1944 to 1991, replacing " The Internationale ". Its original lyrics were written by Sergey Mikhalkov (1913–2009) in collaboration with Gabriyel ...
Maciej Kamieński (1734–1821), one of the composers believed to be the author of the song. Hej, Sokoły ( Hey, falcons, Polish: Hej, Sokoły, Ukrainian: Гей, соколи, romanized : Hey, sokoly ), proper title Żal za Ukrainą ( Longing for Ukraine) or Na zielonej Ukrainie ( In green Ukraine) is a Polish and Ukrainian folk song .
Semper Paratus is the title of the song and is also the U.S. Coast Guard's official motto. The precise origin of the phrase is obscure, although the U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office notes the first use was by the New Orleans Bee newspaper in 1836, in reference to the actions of the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service during the Ingham incident. [2]