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I learned it as
From shore to shore, from creek to creek, Potomac calls to Chesapeake/ 'Tis time to give the Rebel shriek/ Maryland, my Maryland!
Can anyone verify? Were these the original lyrics? Should this be referenced in the article? I am not going to edit the article because I am not sure of myself on this. 98.34.116.243 ( talk) 06:20, 24 July 2020 (UTC)Larry Siegel
No mention is made on the page as to the identity of "fearless Lowe" and "dashing May."
A likely possibility for the former is Enoch Louis Lowe (1820-1892), Governor of MD from 1851 to 1854 according to http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lowe.html This is a suggestion only. Without further knowledge I am unwilling to make an actual edit to the page and perhaps perpetuate an error.
I have no suggestion as to the personage "May."
Dawziecat 20:21, 22 February 2007 (UTC)Dawziecat
"dashing May" refers to Captain Charles May of Maryland who led a charge of the 2nd U.S. Dragoons at the Battle of Resaca de la Palma during the Mexican War
User: Blair D. Hydrick 15:10, 1 March 2009 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.58.41.146 ( talk)
"Perceiving that no decisive advantage could be gained until this artillery was silenced, I ordered Captain May to charge the batteries with his squadron of dragoons. This was gallantly and effectually executed. The enemy was driven from his guns, and General La Vega, who remained alone at one of the batteries, was taken prisoner. The squadron, which suffered much in this charge, not being immediately supported by infantry, could not retain possession of the artillery taken, but it was completely silenced..."
Taylor pressed forward, and, after some severe skirmishing, in which a part of his army was engaged, he ordered Captain May, leader of dragoons, to charge upon the battery. Rising in his stirrups, May called out to his troops, " Remember your regiment! Men, follow!" and, dashing forward in the face of a shower of balls from the battery, he made his powerful black horse leap the parapet. He was followed by a few of his men, whose steeds made the fearful leap. They killed the gunners, and General La Vega, who was about to apply a match to one of the pieces, and 100 men were made prisoners by the troops and marched in triumph within the American lines. [1] pohick ( talk) 13:14, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
There are a couple sources that say Enoch Louis Lowe was a soldier in the Mexican War and the one referred to in the lyrics, albeit without much elaboration. [8] [9] I'm going to link it in the article to that Lowe. Strikehold ( talk) 15:28, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
Does anyone know what was going in in Maryland in 1939 that they would decide "Now is the time to adopt a Confederate Battle Song condemning Lincoln as the 'despot' and referring to National Guard from Massachusetts as the 'Northern Scum'"?
It seems to me that this would not only be an important part to include in this entry but then would also, perhaps, be a way to get action to put this song in the dustbin of history. [Non-neutral point of view: I'm from Massachusetts!! ;<)] 2601:18D:A81:3A43:20FC:43AD:3409:2396 ( talk) 18:21, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
What is surprising to me is that Maryland has not repudiated this as its state song. —Preceding unsigned comment added by George was curious ( talk • contribs) 14:38, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
2009 Maryland House Bill 1241 if passed would change the lyrics of the state song. The proposed lyrics are (yes, it is written in all caps in the bill text, but I had to make some minor changes to what was copied and pasted from the bill to avoid wikipedia markup):
I
WE DEDICATE OUR SONG TO THEE,
MARYLAND, MYMARYLAND,
THE HOME OF LIGHT AND LIBERTY,
MARYLAND, MYMARYLAND,
WE LOVE THY STREAMS AND WOODED HILLS,
THY MOUNTAINS WITH THEIR GUSHING RILLS,
THY SCENES OUR HEART WITH RAPTURE FILLS
MARYLAND, MYMARYLAND.
II
IN TWAIN THE CHESAPEAKE DIVIDES
MARYLAND, MYMARYLAND,
WHILE OCEANWARD ITS WATER GLIDES,
MARYLAND, MYMARYLAND.
YET WE IN THOUGHT AND PURPOSE ONE,
PURSUE THE WORK SO WELL BEGUN,
AND MAY OUR STATE BE NE’ER OUTDONE,
MARYLAND, MYMARYLAND.
III
PROUD SONS AND DAUGHTERS BOAST OF THEE,
MARYLAND, MYMARYLAND.
THINE IS A PRECIOUS HISTORY,
MARYLAND, MYMARYLAND.
BRAVE HEARTS HAVE HELD THY HONOR DEAR,
HAVE MET THE FOEMAN FAR AND NEAR,
BUT VICTORY HAS FURNISHED CHEER,
MARYLAND, MYMARYLAND.
IV
"SAIL ON, SAIL ON, O SHIP OF STATE!"
MARYLAND, MYMARYLAND.
MAY WE, THY CHILDREN, MAKE THEE GREAT,
MARYLAND, MYMARYLAND.
MAY GRATITUDE OUR HEARTS POSSESS,
AND BOLDLY WE THY CLAIMS EXPRESS,
AND BOW IN LOVING THANKFULNESS,
MARYLAND, MYMARYLAND.
While the new words are nice, the old words are historic. Marylanders seem to be forgetting the beating the state took from both sides during the Civil War. --
Josephdurnal (
talk) 19:03, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
Is there an update to this? I can't seem to find any more information as to whether the bill to change the lyrics was passed. 206.248.176.216 ( talk) 18:28, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
If you click through to "Carry me back to old Virginny," it wasn't written till 1878. Therefore, the last sentence cannot be accurate, despite having a source. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.110.138.37 ( talk) 03:41, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
There should be something about the fact that an adapted version of the song became a New Orleans jazz standard. I don't know about the subject that well (maybe later I'll do some research and add something), but if anyone else knows about this it should probably be added. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.183.130.113 ( talk) 01:03, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
There have been other versions published. NPR's "All Things Considered" has done it at least twice.
Th following is from http://femmesfatales.typepad.com/my_weblog/2015/10/maryland-my-maryland.html
Back in 1980, during one such effort by our state legislature, NPR’s All Things Considered offered the following alternate lyrics:
We've got some hills, we've got some trees, we sing in four-part harmonies;
There's shopping malls and city halls, and cats and dogs and ponds with frogs;
But none of us has ever meant to overthrow the government.
From Baltimore to Hagerstown, just take your car and drive around.
We're near the nation's capital, but we are not stuck up at all,
So take a stand and shake the hand of every crab in Maryland.
We touch four states and several bays, the highways mostly run both ways,
We hope you come and say hello and maybe stop and spend some dough.
When I was ten my family moved here from West Virginia;
I went to school in Annapolis, I studied Greek and calculus,
And now I live in Baltimore and that's what Maryland is for.
Oh Maryland, oh Maryland, oh Maryland, oh Maryland.
I have a dog whose name is Jack, I threw a stick, he brought it back.
My sister had a cat, I think, my mother had a kitchen sink.
My father was a decent man, and we all lived in Maryland.
Oh Maryland, oh Maryland, oh Maryland, oh Maryland.
Our nights are dark, our days are fair, we're right next door to Delaware.
Our song before was full of gore but we heard the Union won the war.
We're sorry if we made you mad, it was the only song we had.
Oh Maryland, oh Maryland, oh Maryland, oh Maryland.
The time that I heard it was much more recently. The phrase that I "remember" was:
There's Hagerstown and Baltimore,
And that's what Maryland is for.
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I learned it as
From shore to shore, from creek to creek, Potomac calls to Chesapeake/ 'Tis time to give the Rebel shriek/ Maryland, my Maryland!
Can anyone verify? Were these the original lyrics? Should this be referenced in the article? I am not going to edit the article because I am not sure of myself on this. 98.34.116.243 ( talk) 06:20, 24 July 2020 (UTC)Larry Siegel
No mention is made on the page as to the identity of "fearless Lowe" and "dashing May."
A likely possibility for the former is Enoch Louis Lowe (1820-1892), Governor of MD from 1851 to 1854 according to http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lowe.html This is a suggestion only. Without further knowledge I am unwilling to make an actual edit to the page and perhaps perpetuate an error.
I have no suggestion as to the personage "May."
Dawziecat 20:21, 22 February 2007 (UTC)Dawziecat
"dashing May" refers to Captain Charles May of Maryland who led a charge of the 2nd U.S. Dragoons at the Battle of Resaca de la Palma during the Mexican War
User: Blair D. Hydrick 15:10, 1 March 2009 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.58.41.146 ( talk)
"Perceiving that no decisive advantage could be gained until this artillery was silenced, I ordered Captain May to charge the batteries with his squadron of dragoons. This was gallantly and effectually executed. The enemy was driven from his guns, and General La Vega, who remained alone at one of the batteries, was taken prisoner. The squadron, which suffered much in this charge, not being immediately supported by infantry, could not retain possession of the artillery taken, but it was completely silenced..."
Taylor pressed forward, and, after some severe skirmishing, in which a part of his army was engaged, he ordered Captain May, leader of dragoons, to charge upon the battery. Rising in his stirrups, May called out to his troops, " Remember your regiment! Men, follow!" and, dashing forward in the face of a shower of balls from the battery, he made his powerful black horse leap the parapet. He was followed by a few of his men, whose steeds made the fearful leap. They killed the gunners, and General La Vega, who was about to apply a match to one of the pieces, and 100 men were made prisoners by the troops and marched in triumph within the American lines. [1] pohick ( talk) 13:14, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
There are a couple sources that say Enoch Louis Lowe was a soldier in the Mexican War and the one referred to in the lyrics, albeit without much elaboration. [8] [9] I'm going to link it in the article to that Lowe. Strikehold ( talk) 15:28, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
Does anyone know what was going in in Maryland in 1939 that they would decide "Now is the time to adopt a Confederate Battle Song condemning Lincoln as the 'despot' and referring to National Guard from Massachusetts as the 'Northern Scum'"?
It seems to me that this would not only be an important part to include in this entry but then would also, perhaps, be a way to get action to put this song in the dustbin of history. [Non-neutral point of view: I'm from Massachusetts!! ;<)] 2601:18D:A81:3A43:20FC:43AD:3409:2396 ( talk) 18:21, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
What is surprising to me is that Maryland has not repudiated this as its state song. —Preceding unsigned comment added by George was curious ( talk • contribs) 14:38, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
2009 Maryland House Bill 1241 if passed would change the lyrics of the state song. The proposed lyrics are (yes, it is written in all caps in the bill text, but I had to make some minor changes to what was copied and pasted from the bill to avoid wikipedia markup):
I
WE DEDICATE OUR SONG TO THEE,
MARYLAND, MYMARYLAND,
THE HOME OF LIGHT AND LIBERTY,
MARYLAND, MYMARYLAND,
WE LOVE THY STREAMS AND WOODED HILLS,
THY MOUNTAINS WITH THEIR GUSHING RILLS,
THY SCENES OUR HEART WITH RAPTURE FILLS
MARYLAND, MYMARYLAND.
II
IN TWAIN THE CHESAPEAKE DIVIDES
MARYLAND, MYMARYLAND,
WHILE OCEANWARD ITS WATER GLIDES,
MARYLAND, MYMARYLAND.
YET WE IN THOUGHT AND PURPOSE ONE,
PURSUE THE WORK SO WELL BEGUN,
AND MAY OUR STATE BE NE’ER OUTDONE,
MARYLAND, MYMARYLAND.
III
PROUD SONS AND DAUGHTERS BOAST OF THEE,
MARYLAND, MYMARYLAND.
THINE IS A PRECIOUS HISTORY,
MARYLAND, MYMARYLAND.
BRAVE HEARTS HAVE HELD THY HONOR DEAR,
HAVE MET THE FOEMAN FAR AND NEAR,
BUT VICTORY HAS FURNISHED CHEER,
MARYLAND, MYMARYLAND.
IV
"SAIL ON, SAIL ON, O SHIP OF STATE!"
MARYLAND, MYMARYLAND.
MAY WE, THY CHILDREN, MAKE THEE GREAT,
MARYLAND, MYMARYLAND.
MAY GRATITUDE OUR HEARTS POSSESS,
AND BOLDLY WE THY CLAIMS EXPRESS,
AND BOW IN LOVING THANKFULNESS,
MARYLAND, MYMARYLAND.
While the new words are nice, the old words are historic. Marylanders seem to be forgetting the beating the state took from both sides during the Civil War. --
Josephdurnal (
talk) 19:03, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
Is there an update to this? I can't seem to find any more information as to whether the bill to change the lyrics was passed. 206.248.176.216 ( talk) 18:28, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
If you click through to "Carry me back to old Virginny," it wasn't written till 1878. Therefore, the last sentence cannot be accurate, despite having a source. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.110.138.37 ( talk) 03:41, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
There should be something about the fact that an adapted version of the song became a New Orleans jazz standard. I don't know about the subject that well (maybe later I'll do some research and add something), but if anyone else knows about this it should probably be added. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.183.130.113 ( talk) 01:03, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
There have been other versions published. NPR's "All Things Considered" has done it at least twice.
Th following is from http://femmesfatales.typepad.com/my_weblog/2015/10/maryland-my-maryland.html
Back in 1980, during one such effort by our state legislature, NPR’s All Things Considered offered the following alternate lyrics:
We've got some hills, we've got some trees, we sing in four-part harmonies;
There's shopping malls and city halls, and cats and dogs and ponds with frogs;
But none of us has ever meant to overthrow the government.
From Baltimore to Hagerstown, just take your car and drive around.
We're near the nation's capital, but we are not stuck up at all,
So take a stand and shake the hand of every crab in Maryland.
We touch four states and several bays, the highways mostly run both ways,
We hope you come and say hello and maybe stop and spend some dough.
When I was ten my family moved here from West Virginia;
I went to school in Annapolis, I studied Greek and calculus,
And now I live in Baltimore and that's what Maryland is for.
Oh Maryland, oh Maryland, oh Maryland, oh Maryland.
I have a dog whose name is Jack, I threw a stick, he brought it back.
My sister had a cat, I think, my mother had a kitchen sink.
My father was a decent man, and we all lived in Maryland.
Oh Maryland, oh Maryland, oh Maryland, oh Maryland.
Our nights are dark, our days are fair, we're right next door to Delaware.
Our song before was full of gore but we heard the Union won the war.
We're sorry if we made you mad, it was the only song we had.
Oh Maryland, oh Maryland, oh Maryland, oh Maryland.
The time that I heard it was much more recently. The phrase that I "remember" was:
There's Hagerstown and Baltimore,
And that's what Maryland is for.
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Objectionable arguably, but a reliable source is needed to establish categories, not editorial whim or spite TEDickey ( talk) 21:52, 7 July 2018 (UTC)