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Title
Allies, Arise!  
Composer
Hyde, Frederick S. (Smith)  
Lyricist
Hyde, Frederick S. (Smith)  
Publisher
Frederick S. Hyde  
Place of Publication
Springfield (Mass.)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Date of Copyright
1918-06-07
Physical Description
1 score, voice and piano ([1], 2–4 p.)
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
  • The Ninth War Work Group was a training class that had met at the College in the summer of 1917.   
  • 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.   
  • There are no documented recordings or piano rolls; performances and promotional were confined to the Y. M. C. A. community.  
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
  • Popular music  
  • Allied and Associated Powers (1914-1920)  
  • Young Men’s Christian Association (Springfield, Mass.). Training School  
  • National War Work Council, Y.M.C.A. of the United States  
  • World War, 1914-1918  
  • Songs and music  
Subject - Geographic
United States  
Subject - Temporal
1911-1920  
Lyrics
  • [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.
  • [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 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 2]
Musical Genre
March song
Repository
Newberry Library
Rights
NoC-US
Rights Description
The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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
  • Cover, bottom: Price 25 cents  
  • Plate numbers: pp. 3, 4, BL: Allies,Arise 3  
Performance Medium
Voice and piano.  
Original Location
Box 163
Local Identifier
nda163_029  
Collection Title
James Francis Driscoll Collection of American Sheet Music
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)  
PublisherFrederick S. Hyde  
Place of PublicationSpringfield (Mass.)  
Year of Publication1918  
Date of Copyright1918-06-07
Physical Description1 score, voice and piano ([1], 2–4 p.)
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
  • The Ninth War Work Group was a training class that had met at the College in the summer of 1917.   
  • 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.   
  • There are no documented recordings or piano rolls; performances and promotional were confined to the Y. M. C. A. community.  
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
  • Popular music  
  • Allied and Associated Powers (1914-1920)  
  • Young Men’s Christian Association (Springfield, Mass.). Training School  
  • National War Work Council, Y.M.C.A. of the United States  
  • World War, 1914-1918  
  • Songs and music  
Subject - GeographicUnited States  
Subject - Temporal1911-1920  
Lyrics
  • [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.
  • [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 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 2]
Musical GenreMarch song
RepositoryNewberry Library
RightsNoC-US
Rights DescriptionThe organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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
  • Cover, bottom: Price 25 cents  
  • Plate numbers: pp. 3, 4, BL: Allies,Arise 3  
Performance MediumVoice and piano.  
Original LocationBox 163
Local Identifiernda163_029  
Collection TitleJames Francis Driscoll Collection of American Sheet Music
CollectionWorld War I Sheet Music from the James Francis Driscoll Collection of American Sheet Music

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