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Irving Berlin's anthem,
`God Bless America,'
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od Bless America, the patri-
otic American song often
sung as an alternative ro

The Star Spangled Banner,

was written by prolific Jewish song-
writer Irving Berlin — and lay dor-
mant in his trunk for 21 years because
it was "just a little sticky."
God Bless America was sung at many
synagogues across the country and in
our own community during High
Holiday services, and continues to be
performed at
patriotic rallies
and meetings
around the
nation in the
aftermath of the
Sept. 11 terrorist
attacks.
In 1918,
Berlin wrote sev-
eral songs for a
show called Yip!

Yip! Yaphank,

including "one
Irving Berlin
unashamedly
patriotic anthem,
which spoke of
prairies and mountains and oceans
white with foam." But then he realized
there were too many patriotic songs
being published at that rime. Also, he
couldn't visualize World War I soldiers
marching to the song..."it was just too
sticky," he said, so he laid it aside and
tried other tunes.
In 1939, with World War II under
way in Europe, Berlin wanted to write
a "peace song," hoping the United
States could avoid involvement in the
war. He dug out God Bless America
from his trunk, made some revisions
to the lyrics, and got popular radio
personality Kate Smith to sing it on
Armistice Day. The rest is musical his-
to n-.
Originally, one line read: "Stand
beside her and guide her ro the right
with a light from above." In 1918, "to
t he right" had no political significance,
but things were different in 1939,
hence the change to "through the
night with a light from above."
Berlin wrote 1,500 songs and died
ar age 101 in 1989. 7