FReeper Canteen ~ Tunes For Our Troops ~ Great Rock Cover Songs and More ~ 01 APR 2006

Canteen Music Dedication

Click for our National Anthem!
(remove your caps please!)

Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there.
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

On the shore dimly seen thro' the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?

Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected, now shines on the stream:
'T is the star-spangled banner: O, long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

O, thus be it ever when freemen shall stand,
Between their lov'd homes and the war's desolation;
Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land
Praise the Pow'r that hath made and preserv'd us as a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust"
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

Welcome to the Music Dedication For Our Troops!
We are honored to provide a source of entertainment for our Troops, Veterans, and their families. If you are just a supporter of our Troops, we also welcome you!


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Below you will see the flags of our Allies. Please click on the flag to honor their national anthems! Thank you to our Allies who have remained steadfast and loyal to America and our military! We will continue to add more in the future!

Rock Cover Songs
*Same Song, Different Artist Type section*
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Tonight's main section deals with rock cover songs. We've taken some tunes you might already enjoy and given you another artist singing the song. A few of the songs may surprise you especially if you had no idea that a certain artist orginally did the song. However, you are more than welcome to add to our list. We encourage you do to so. Credit belongs here for the idea!

By the way, there will be at least one person that will come on this thread and say the following:
*I can't believe you didn't include such and such song*...

We don't have all day you know! Hehe!

Have your say!!

Song/The Artist That Did It First between the two choices	Artist	Artist
After Midnight/J.J. Cale	Eric Clapton	J.J. Cale
Good Morning Little Schoolgirl/Sonny Boy	Sonny Boy Williamson	Ten Years After
Green Manalishi/Fleetwood Mac	Fleetwood Mac	Judas Priest
Jailhouse Rock/Elvis Presley	Elvis Presley	Jeff Beck Group
Kansas City	Wilbert Harrison	J.B. Hutto
Kentucky Woman	Neil Diamond	Deep Purple
My Back Pages	Bob Dylan	The Byrds
Me And Bobby McGee/Kris Kristofferson	Kris Kristofferson	Janis Joplin
Once Bitten Twice Shy/Ian Hunter	Ian Hunter	Great White
Sabbra Cadabra/Black Sabbath	Black Sabbath	Metallica
Not Fade Away/Buddy Holly	Buddy Holly	Rush
So You Want To Be A Rock n Roll Star/The Byrds	The Byrds	Tom Petty
Smokestack Lightning/Howlin Wolf	Howlin Wolf	Quicksilver Messenger Service
Statesboro Blues/Blind Willie McTell	Blind Willie McTell	Allman Brothers
Turn, Turn, Turn/Pete Seeger	Pete Seeger	The Byrds
Time Is On My Side/Irma Thomas	Irma Thomas	The Rolling Stones
Tom Sawyer/Rush	Rush	Deadsy
Whiskey In The Jar/Thin Lizzy	Thin Lizzy	Metallica
You Shook Me/Muddy Waters	Muddy Waters	Led Zeppelin
Wild Night/Van Morrison	Van Morrison	John Mellencamp
The Letter/Boxtops	Boxtops	Joe Cocker
T for Texas/Jimmie Rodgers *If you've never seen him in action, you'll love this one!	Jimmie Rodgers	Lynyrd Skynyrd
The Man Who Sold The World/David Bowie	David Bowie/Lulu	Nirvana
Take Me To The River	Al Green	Talking Heads
Turn The Page/Bob Seger	Bob Seger	Metallica
Smokin' In The Boys Room	Brownsville Station	Motley Crue
Revolution/The Beatles	The Beatles	Stone Temple Pilots
Satisfaction/The Rolling Stones	The Rolling Stones	Otis Redding
Proud Mary	CCR	Ike & Tina Turner
Turning Japanese	The Vapors	Guttermouth
(I'm A) Road Runner	Jr. Walker	Humble Pie
One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer	John Lee Hooker	George Thorogood
School Days/Chuck Berry	Chuck Berry	AC/DC
Who Do You Love	Bo Diddley	George Thorogood
Havana Affair	The Ramones	RHCP
Come On Feel The Noise (For the sake of kids we've chosen this title instead of the original. Not for kids!)	Slade	Quiet Riot
Dancing In The Moonlight	Thin Lizzy	Smashing Pumpkins
Respect	Otis Redding	Aretha Franklin
Mustang Sally	Sir Mack Rice	Wilson Pickett
No Quarter	Led Zeppelin	Tool
You Can't Hurry Love	The Supremes	Phil Collins
Love Potion #9	The Searchers	The Clovers
The Locomotion	Little Eva	Grand Funk Railroad
Move It On Over	Hank Williams Sr	George Thorogood
Hound Dog	Big Mama Thornton	Elvis Presley
Mr. Tambourine Man	Bob Dylan	The Byrds
Red Red Wine	UB40	Neil Diamond
Abracadabra	Steve Miller Band	Sugar Ray
China Girl	Iggy Pop	David Bowie
Hard To Handle	Otis Redding	Black Crows
Louie Louie	Richard Berry	The Kingsmen
Crossroads	Robert Johnson	Cream

Honestly!! When this section began, we were only going to cover a few of these songs. It just happened to grow from there. Apologies for anyone annoyed. Actually, we don't really apologize for such things. Just skip to another section.

Triple Play
*One Artist, Their Songs*
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This section pays tribute to artists and their music!! Some of the selections may not be suitable for kids. Please click with caution!!

Joan Jett *May not be for kids!	Bad Reputation	Crimson & Clover	Do You Wanna Touch Me
The Pretenders	Back On The Chain Gang	Middle Of The Road	Night In My Veins
Al Hirt	Java	Cotton Candy	El Jumbo
The Diamonds	Stroll	Little Darlin'	She Say
Salt N Pepa	Ain't Nuthin' But A She Thang	Shake Your Thang *Not for kids	Expression
Black Eyed Peas	Let's Get It Started	Joints and Jams *Not for kids	Don't Phunk With My Heart
Rihanna	Let Me	S.O.S (Rescue Me)	Pon De Replay
Tupac Shakur	Dear Mama	I Get Around *Not for kids	Changes
The Clash	Should I Stay Or Should I Go	Train In Vain	Rock The Casbah
Big Daddy Kane	I Get The Job Done *Not for kids	Wrath Of Kane	Smooth Operator *Not for kids
The Grateful Dead	Touch Of Grey	Little Red Rooster (Ver.2)	Truckin
John Mayer	Your Body Is A Wonderland	No Such Thing	Back To You
Earth, Wind & Fire	September	Let's Groove	Fantasy
Eddie Money	Two Tickets To Paradise	Think I'm In Love	Take Me Home Tonight

*I Hear America Singing!*
*Walt Whitman and America*
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I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear,
Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it would be blithe and strong,
The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam,
The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work,
The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat, the deckhand singing on
the steamboat deck,
The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench, the hatter singing as he stands,

The woodcutter's song, the ploughboy's on his way in the morning, or at noon
intermission or at sundown,
The delicious singing of the mother, or of the young wife at work, or of the
girl sewing or washing,
Each singing what belongs to him or her and to none else,
The day what belongs to the day --- at night the party of young fellows,
robust, friendly,
Singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs.

-- Walt Whitman

Warning: This section contains music that stirs feelings of patriotism for some or highlights just how damn awesome we are to begin with. It also happens to mention God, love of country, love of our military, and just love of America overall. This section also happens to be displayed *gasp* at time when it isn't *Memorial Day*, *4th Of July*, or *Veterans Day* holidays. The nerve, huh? So? If you are appalled, annoyed, and aggravated at our breaking of tradition, GET OVER IT!

In all honesty, sometimes when you're down, this is great music to make you feel better!!

Lyrics can found at these links:

Memorial Day and Other Patriotic Songs

My Country Tis Of Thee (America)	Lyrics
Background Info: (written by Samuel Francis Smith; the tune used for this song is "God Save the Queen", the British National Anthem)
The Caissons Go Rolling Along	Background Info
The Caissons Go Rolling Along Over hill, over dale As we hit the dusty trail, And the Caissons go rolling along. In and out, hear them shout, Counter march and right about, And those Caissons go rolling along. Then it's hi! hi! hee! In the field artillery, Shout out your numbers loud and strong, For where e'er you go, You will always know That those Caissons go rolling along. (Thanks to HiJinx for decoding the second verse) 1. Through the storms, through the night 2. (I don't know..I hear 'oversight' at the end) <--Anyone want to venture a guess? 3. While the caissons go rolling along 4. When it's zero we'll be there 5. Ans'ring every bomb and flare 6. While the caissons go rolling along Over hill, over dale As we hit the dusty trail, And the Caissons go rolling along. In and out, hear them shout, Counter march and right about, And the Caissons go rolling along. Then it's hi! hi! hee! In the field artillery, Shout out your numbers loud and strong, For where e'er you go, You will always know That those Caissons go rolling along. That those Caissons go rolling along. That those Caissons go rolling along.
Hail To The Chief	Lyrics
If you are like hotstreak (and MoJo hopes you aren't), you were probably surprised at some point to learn there are actual lyrics to this song. Now you can sing a long!
Yankee Doodle Boy	Lyrics below
Verse I'm the kid that's all the candy, I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy, I'm glad I am, (So's Uncle Sam.) I'm a real live Yankee Doodle, Made my name and fame and boodle, Just like Mister Doodle did, by riding on a pony. I love to listen to the Dixie strain, "I long to see the girl I left behind me;" And that ain't a josh, She's a Yankee, by gosh. (Oh, say can you see, Anything about a Yankee that's a phony?) Chorus I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy, A Yankee Doodle, do or die; A real live nephew of my Uncle Sam's, Born on the Fourth of July. I've got a Yankee Doodle sweetheart, She's my Yankee Doodle joy. Yankee Doodle came to London, Just to ride the ponies; I am the Yankee Doodle Boy. Interesting tidbits: For whatever reason, we never sing the 2nd verse of this song! This song also gets confused with Yankee Doodle* a lot. These are two seperate songs.
Stars and Stripes Forever	lyrics written by Charles Burr
John Philip Sousa came back to earth one day! He looked around at what he found here all the contradictions that abound here Good surviving, evil thriving, everything in disarray ... With frown and mouth turned upside down He said "This'll never do! dead level never do! Don't they know to show some pride in who they are! The pioneers of former years were not without their doubts and woes and fears but They know well the love of God would never let them go astray! But here today where there's no fear of dark in the wilderness some are in wilderness They must shift and lift their gaze to some new star! By a star in the east the least of men once were succored in time of needing For the star promised peace to those in pain and from Galilee was Westwardly proceeding. With the star of the West the best of men now are siding in their endeavor To restore as of yore their country's pride in the glory of the stars and stripes forever. Three cheers for the red, white and blue, for the red is the blood of our brothers. The white is the light of the star that has led us to where we are. The blue is the hue of the sky where on high the Almighty falters never. Our banner for two hundred years! Oh pioneers! Here's to the stars and stripes forever! For John Philip Sousa's lyrics, click here. Which is another example of lyrics that never get used anymore for whatever reason.
This is the Army, Mister Jones This is the Army, Mister Jones (Ver. 2)	lyrics written by Irving Berlin
This is the Army, Mister Jones No private rooms or telephones You had your breakfast in bed before But you won't have it there any more This is the Army, Mister Green We like the barracks nice and clean You had a housemaid to clean your floor But she won't help you out any more Do what the buglers command They're in the Army and not in a band This is the Army, Mister Brown You and your baby went to town She had you worried but this is war And she won't worry you anymore A bunch of frightened rookies were list'ning filled with awe They listened while a sergeant was laying down the law They stood there at attention, their faces turning red The sergeant looked them over and this is what he said:
When Johnny Comes Marching Home	There are varying lyrics for this song!
WHEN JOHNNY COMES MARCHING HOME (Mitch Miller) When Johnny comes marching home again, Hurrah! Hurrah! We'll give him a hearty welcome then, Hurrah! Hurrah! Oh, the men will cheer the boys will shout The ladies they will all turn out, And we'll all feel gay When Johnny comes marching home. And we'll all feel gay When Johnny comes marching home. Get ready for the Jubilee, Hurrah! Hurrah! We'll give the hero three times three, Hurrah! Hurrah! Well, the laurel wreath is ready now To place upon his loyal brow, And we'll all feel gay When Johnny comes marching home. And we'll all feel gay When Johnny comes marching home. In eighteen hundred and sixty-one Hurrah! Hurrah! That was when the war begun, Hurrah! Hurrah! In eighteen hundred and sixty-two, Both sides were falling to, And we'll all drink stone wine, When Johnny comes marching home. And we'll all drink stone wine, When Johnny comes marching home. In eighteen hundred and sixty-three, Hurrah! Hurrah! Old Abe, he ended slavery Hurrah! Hurrah! In eighteen hundred and sixty-three Old Abe, he ended slavery And we'll all drink stone wine, When Johnny comes marching home. And we'll all drink stone wine, When Johnny comes marching home. In eighteen hundred and sixty-four, Hurrah! Hurrah! Abe called for five hundred thousand more, Hurrah! Hurrah! In eighteen hundred and sixty-five, They talked rebellion--strife; And we'll all drink stone wine When Johnny comes marching home. And we'll all drink stone wine When Johnny comes marching home.
God Bless America	Lyrics below
God bless America, land that I love Stand beside her and guide her Through the night with the light from above From the mountains To the prairies, To the ocean white with foam God bless America, My home sweet home.

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