Southern Marseillaise

Composer Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle
Lyricist Armand Blackmar
Year Published 1792
Type Patriotic
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Comments Likening "Maryland! My Maryland" to the French "Marseillaise" stemmed not only from its patriotic and martial spirit, but also because Southerners saw many similarities between their own and the French Revolution.  The story of the "Marseillaise" also appealed to Southerners.

Singing in the Nation, p. 76