Taps A final note

Old Roy · May 30, 2011

Origin of the tune and reason for ,
The Fianal Call

RayP(MI) · May 30, 2011

Interesting, thanks.

Ivan in Mich · May 30, 2011

Arlinton cemetery is one of the most moving places I have ever been to. I was stationed in Va. and the day we went to vist there was a funeral going on and it was a very moving experence.

Dean · May 30, 2011

Fascinating video, Roy.

Though a very simple score, there are few if any other pieces of music so emotional.

Thanks for posting.

Dean

No namer · May 30, 2011

But do you know the words to Taps?

Here they are:

2 versions of it.

#1
Fades the light,
and afar
Goeth day
cometh night
and a star
leadeth all
speedeth all
to their rest.

#2
When your last
day is past
from afar
some bright star
over your grave
watch will keep
while you sleep
with the brave.

From the officers manual published 1929 by
Colonel---James A. Moss

Old Roy · May 30, 2011

I believe this is the origional that the what we know as the military version came from
origional

Old Roy · May 30, 2011

1862 Version

Day is done,
gone the sun,
from the lakes, from the hills, from the sky,
all is well,
safely, rest,
God is near.

Fading light,
Dims the sight,
And a star gems the sky Gleaming bright,
From afar,
Drawing, near,
Falls the night.

Thanks and praise,
For our days,
Neath the sun Neath the stars Neath the sky,
As we go,
This, we, know,
God is near.
see here

GordoSD · May 30, 2011

Make that "God is nigh" last line first verse.
We always sang it at taps in Boy Scouts.

Dean · May 30, 2011

Though not TAPS, the song linked below is considered the most popular "soldiers song" of the 20th century. It was recorded in over 20 languages and listened to and loved by soldiers on both sides on all fronts in WWII.

There are literally dozens of versions of this wonderful song available on the internet. I have linked to an English version by Vera Lynn, which is one of my favorites but I invite you to listen to it in the original German by Lale Andersen (1939) even if you do not speak or understand German. I suspect that you will find it haunting, as do I.

Dean
Lili Marlene

Dean · May 30, 2011

Here's the 1939 German version by Lale Andersen.

Dean
Lale Andersen 1939 German Version

keh · May 30, 2011

Lili Marlene was first popular during WWI, on both sides.My Father was a WWI vet.

KEH

Dean · May 30, 2011

Not true.

Though written in 1915, it was not set to music until the late 1930s.

Dean
Lili Marlene History

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