...pre-eminence. Its well nigh universal nature is its most appalling feature. An enthusiast on one occasion said, "Let me write the songs of a people, and I care not who makes their laws" but in the twentieth century the saying needs modification to the extent of substituting...

...generally supplied. Popular Songs. DKXTER SMITH, of Boston, seems to have adopted Lamartine's famous motto, "Let me write the songs of a people, and I care not who makes the laws." Mr. Smith is the author of more than two hnndrcd songs, many of which are immensely...

...way, there has been some notable sentiment to inspire men's purposes and to fire their imaginations. "Let me write the songs of a people and I care not who makes the laws," is an old and wise saying. For the songs breathe the ideals and the sentiments that...

...Wheeler had the temerity to say it was. Evidently Mr. Simpson has much to learn about human nature. "Let me write the songs of a people and I care not who makes the laws " are the immortal words of one much better able to legislate than he who has no music...