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Allies, Arise!

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Title
Allies, Arise!  
Composer
Hyde, Frederick S. [Smith]  
Lyricist
Hyde, Frederick S. [Smith]  
Publisher
Springfield, MA : Frederick S. Hyde  
Year of Publication
1918
Date of Copyright
1918-06-07
Physical Description
1 score, voice and piano ([1], 2–4 p.)
Type
Musical notation  
Comment
This song was initially created for use at the Y. M. C. A. College in Springfield, MA, at which Hyde taught; after publication, it was circulated in the Y. M. C. A. community in New England but had no impact elsewhere.
Historical Note
  • There are no documented recordings or piano rolls; performances and promotional were confined to the Y. M. C. A. community.
  • This was the only printing; a prior copyright for the manuscript was registered on November 12, 1917. The gap between manuscript and publication suggests that Hyde tried his song out with a College group, perhaps the Glee Club that he directed, before deciding to publish it. The publication itself was copyrighted the day after a performance at the 1918 Commencement exercises for the School.
  • The Ninth War Work Group was a training class that had met at the College in the summer of 1917.
Musical Note
A well-made march song (in “March time”), this suggests an instrumental march though angular lines and walking bass, with a refrain that functions somewhat as a trio, though without modulating. Sequence and occasional syncopation move the melody forward.
Dedication
Dedication
Subject - Topic
  • National War Work Council, Y.M.C.A. of the United States.  
  • Young Men’s Christian Association (Springfield, Mass.). Training School.  
  • Allied and associated powers (1914-1920) -- Songs and music.  
  • Popular music -- United States -- 1911-1920.  
  • World War, 1914-1918 -- Songs and music.  
Lyrics
  • [refrain 2]
  • [verse 2] They have hurled their boasting taunt / "Conquer us or perish." / Cheerfully we take the vaunt, / Freedom's cause to cherish. / For it cannot help but be / Those who live for liberty / Join the fight in a higher might / And bring out the victory
  • [refrain 1] Allies, arise, arise! / Save all we dearly prize; / Save woman's tenderness, save childhood's joy, save manhood's worth, / Then shoulder to shoulder go; / Conquer the heartless foe; / So truth and love and freedom shall not perish from the earth.
  • [verse 1] We've a job that we must do, / Tho' we did not choose it, / 'Tis a fight we must put thru, / For we dare not lose it; / All that we have slowly won, / Since our morning first begun, / Seems to reel from the iron heel / Of a still unletter'd Hun.
Musical Genre
March song
Repository
Newberry Library
Conditions of Use
The Newberry makes its collections available for any lawful purpose, commercial or non-commercial, without licensing or permission fees to the library, subject to the following terms and conditions: https://www.newberry.org/rights-and-reproductions
Artist
K-N  
Cover Description
Battlefield; allied troops, right, on the high ground; Germans, left, in trench; center, a single soldier, rifle raised, butt threatening the enemy; machine gun behind, bayonets in background. Orange and black on white; signed BR.
Back Cover Description
p. 4 of music.
Interior Description
  • Plate numbers: pp. 3, 4, BL: Allies,Arise 3
  • Cover, bottom: Price 25 cents
Performance Medium
Voice and piano.
Original Location
Box 163
Local Identifier
nda163_029
Collection
World War I Sheet Music from the James Francis Driscoll Collection of American Sheet Music
TitleAllies, Arise!  
ComposerHyde, Frederick S. [Smith]  
LyricistHyde, Frederick S. [Smith]  
PublisherSpringfield, MA : Frederick S. Hyde  
Year of Publication1918
Date of Copyright1918-06-07
Physical Description1 score, voice and piano ([1], 2–4 p.)
TypeMusical notation  
CommentThis song was initially created for use at the Y. M. C. A. College in Springfield, MA, at which Hyde taught; after publication, it was circulated in the Y. M. C. A. community in New England but had no impact elsewhere.
Historical Note
  • There are no documented recordings or piano rolls; performances and promotional were confined to the Y. M. C. A. community.
  • This was the only printing; a prior copyright for the manuscript was registered on November 12, 1917. The gap between manuscript and publication suggests that Hyde tried his song out with a College group, perhaps the Glee Club that he directed, before deciding to publish it. The publication itself was copyrighted the day after a performance at the 1918 Commencement exercises for the School.
  • The Ninth War Work Group was a training class that had met at the College in the summer of 1917.
Musical NoteA well-made march song (in “March time”), this suggests an instrumental march though angular lines and walking bass, with a refrain that functions somewhat as a trio, though without modulating. Sequence and occasional syncopation move the melody forward.
DedicationDedication
Subject - Topic
  • National War Work Council, Y.M.C.A. of the United States.  
  • Young Men’s Christian Association (Springfield, Mass.). Training School.  
  • Allied and associated powers (1914-1920) -- Songs and music.  
  • Popular music -- United States -- 1911-1920.  
  • World War, 1914-1918 -- Songs and music.  
Lyrics
  • [refrain 2]
  • [verse 2] They have hurled their boasting taunt / "Conquer us or perish." / Cheerfully we take the vaunt, / Freedom's cause to cherish. / For it cannot help but be / Those who live for liberty / Join the fight in a higher might / And bring out the victory
  • [refrain 1] Allies, arise, arise! / Save all we dearly prize; / Save woman's tenderness, save childhood's joy, save manhood's worth, / Then shoulder to shoulder go; / Conquer the heartless foe; / So truth and love and freedom shall not perish from the earth.
  • [verse 1] We've a job that we must do, / Tho' we did not choose it, / 'Tis a fight we must put thru, / For we dare not lose it; / All that we have slowly won, / Since our morning first begun, / Seems to reel from the iron heel / Of a still unletter'd Hun.
Musical GenreMarch song
RepositoryNewberry Library
Conditions of UseThe Newberry makes its collections available for any lawful purpose, commercial or non-commercial, without licensing or permission fees to the library, subject to the following terms and conditions: https://www.newberry.org/rights-and-reproductions
ArtistK-N  
Cover DescriptionBattlefield; allied troops, right, on the high ground; Germans, left, in trench; center, a single soldier, rifle raised, butt threatening the enemy; machine gun behind, bayonets in background. Orange and black on white; signed BR.
Back Cover Descriptionp. 4 of music.
Interior Description
  • Plate numbers: pp. 3, 4, BL: Allies,Arise 3
  • Cover, bottom: Price 25 cents
Performance MediumVoice and piano.
Original LocationBox 163
Local Identifiernda163_029
CollectionWorld War I Sheet Music from the James Francis Driscoll Collection of American Sheet Music

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