[nensondubois]

I heard a funny version of the song in Wall-Mart on the fourth of july and the guy sings has a funny voice and was wondering if anyone here knows the artist?

[nensondubois]

I found the song it's by Billy Murray.

[american_flag_uk]

ill check that out then - not sure which song this is mind - but ill search through his music

a grand old flag is it???

[Peter Ansoff]

ill check that out then

If you find it, could you post a link to the new words? It will be interesting to see how he modified them. As I mentioned in a post here last year, the orginial verses are not sung much nowdays, because they haven't "aged" very well. And, I still gag on the phrase about "where there's never a boast or brag."

Peter Ansoff

[american_flag_uk]

its definatly a song which i dont understand the lyrics of

i would be grateful if somebdy could explain what that means

'where there's never a boast or brag shoud old aquaintence be forgot' ??

[Peter Ansoff]

i would be grateful if somebdy could explain what that means

'where there's never a boast or brag shoud old aquaintence be forgot' ??

It's a reference to the famous song "Auld Lang Syne," which is most often associated with the Scottish poet Robert Burns (although apparently he did not actually write it). There are a number of versions, but a popular version of the first verse starts:

Should auld acquaintance be forgot
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
And days of auld lang syne?

"Auld lang syne" means something like "olden times." The gist of the song is that two old friends now live far apart, but are remembering the good times they spent together "way back when."

I don't know exactly why Cohan included that reference in "You're a Grand Old Flag," but he probably meant that we shouldn't forget our nation's past.

Peter Ansoff

[american_flag_uk]

ahhh - i knew the tune to that song auld lang syne -and knew that part of the tune was included in a grand old flag but ive never remembered its' lyrics - at new year i just end up singing- laaa aa aaaa laaa lol

[rockitmarty]

haha i know what you're talking about!