Maryland My Maryland - Maryland State song (Audio by Michael Supnick and the Sweetwater Jazz Band)

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Maryland My Maryland - Maryland State song (Audio by Michael Supnick and the Sweetwater Jazz Band)

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"Maryland, My Maryland" is the official state song of Maryland. The song is set to the tune of "Lauriger Horatius" (better known as the tune of "O Tannenbaum") and the lyrics are from a nine-stanza poem written by James Ryder Randall. While the words were penned in 1861, it was not until April 29, 1939, that the state's general assembly adopted "Maryland, My Maryland" as the state song.
Written originally as a poem, the song refers to Maryland's history and geography and specifically mentions several historical figures of importance to the state. The song calls for Maryland to fight the Union and was used across the South during the Civil War as a battle hymn. It has been called America's "most martial poem."
Occasional attempts have been made to replace it as Maryland's state song due to its origin in support for the Confederacy.
The poem was a result of events at the beginning of the American Civil War. During the secession crisis, President Abraham Lincoln (referred to in the poem as "the despot" and "the tyrant") ordered federal troops to be brought to Washington, D.C. to protect the capital. Many of these troops were brought through Baltimore City, a major transportation hub. There was considerable Confederate sympathy in Maryland at the time, and Baltimore was especially pro-Confederate. Riots ensued as Federal troops came through Baltimore on their way south in April 1861. Several people were killed in the Baltimore riots, including a friend of James Ryder Randall. Randall, a native Marylander, was teaching at Poydras College in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, at the time and, moved by the news of his friend's death, wrote the nine-stanza poem, "Maryland, My Maryland". The poem was a plea to his home state of Maryland to secede from the Union and join the Confederacy. The poem contains many references to the Mexican-American War and Maryland figures in that war (many of whom have fallen into obscurity). It was first published in the New Orleans Sunday Delta on 26 April 1861.
The poem was quickly turned into a song by putting it to the tune "Lauriger Horatius" and became instantly popular in Maryland and throughout the South. It was sometimes called "the Marseillaise of the South." Confederate States Army bands played the song after they crossed into Maryland territory during the Maryland Campaign in 1862.

The melody was arranged as a march, with a second strain that is a variation on the "Lauriger Horatius" theme, which is played after the original theme, then the two themes are played together to produce counterpoint. The march remains a popular instrumental standard with New Orleans traditional brass bands and traditional jazz bands. Many who know the tune in these contexts are unfamiliar with the lyrics.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland,_My_Maryland

From the CD:
I FANTASTICI ANNI '20 (1997)
Michael Supnick and The Sweetwater Jazz Band
Michael Supnick - cornet, trombone, arrangements
Sebastiano Forti - clarinet
Roberto Dutto - banjo
Nunzio Giuliani - tuba
Nick Mandarino - drums
(Libera Informazione Editrice - A 473697)

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[Nupetiet]

this doesn't sound anything at all like our state song O.o

[godchaser0407]

Nice!