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It was on September 14α΅Κ° 1814 that Francis Scott Key was inspired to write the poem "Defence of Fort McHenry". In 1931, part of the poem became the lyrics of "The Star-Spangled Banner", the US National Banner.
The anglicized name of Saint Ailbe of Emly, County of Tipperary, Republic of Ireland... is: ELVIS. He lived in the 6th Century. The Catholic Church celebrates him every year on September 12th.
Almost all media (dictionaries, AI engines, Wiki, etc. say "no connection" with Elvis Presley! However, digging in the Irish etymology of the name Ailbe (Ailbhe in Old Irish, Ailfiw in Old Welsh) gives the hidden keys :π,π:
— π"Ail" means ROCK
— π"bhe" and "fiw" both mean ALIVE
ELVIS = A LIVING ROCK ❣️
And that's very true:Rock N Roll forever!
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So, the connexion between them is definitely etimologic... Well well... not only!
I found, in a Christian hymm covered by Elvis in a non-commercial record, like a kind of evocation in its title :
ROCK OF AGES
(HIDE THOU ME)
Lyrics & Music
π: Rev. Augustus Montague Written in 1763 Published in 1775 (The Gospel Magazine) πΌThomas Hastings
LYRICS
Oh, Rock of ages, hide Thou me There is no other refuge Can save but thee Through this old world I've wandered so far, far from thee
Then I cry Ooh, rock of ages Hide thou me Hide thou me
My choreography
Title: Hide thou me
Dance on this music
π£π
BPM: + 64
16-count
1-wall
Level: AB
Weight on left goot
Start Section: Rocking chair step:
1 Rock right foot forward while raising arms
2 Recover on left foot, arms down
3 Rock right foot backward while raising arms
4 Recover on left foot, arms down
Core Sections: Kneeling rocking chair steps
1 ¼ turn right foot to the right while rocking it forward and benfing knees, arms up
2 Recover on bended left leg, arms down
3 Rock right foot backward bending back your back, arms up
25 years ago, during week 37 of year 2001, on the 11th of the month of September, the NYC Twin Towers, symbols of Freedom, Liberty and much more. were physically downed by terrorists. Week 37 of year 2026, the Paris Eiffel Tower, symbol of Liberty. Laicity, Equality, Fraternity of the Republic of France, was virtually downed by the over-exagerated request of a gang of religious extremists visiting France! Although this Website and personal Blog is dedicated to my passions (writing lyrics, listening music, line dance and stepheets), I think it's important to wary about all the threats to our freedom! Let me finish this post with the song "Two Love Have I", i.e. Manhattan and Paris, covered by a crooner I love, Dean Martin... and don't forget its original version by Josephine Baker's "J'ai deux amours".
So here we are... end of summer and hollidays! We're gone for another journey both on the Web and on the roads. We'll have 3 stopover and many venues a little bit everywhere but all related to a central point which is:
Dolly Parton’s timeless voice will continue to shine forever across generations. This playlist gathers her 20 most iconic songs still resonating in today’s charts and streaming platforms. From the haunting echo of Jolene to the unstoppable energy of 9 to 5, these tracks form a journey through country, gospel, pop‑country crossover, and pure Dolly magic.
Photos ², lyrics & choreography: Jean Louis LeQUEUX (aka DJ Jack Hittheroad) Video effects: Photo Studio Musique & AI-Cover: Gemini, on my prompt
÷÷÷÷÷÷ LYRICS ÷÷÷÷÷
Ev'ry year Jne 24th is St John's Day Let's dance everywhere you may stay
On the beach or on the mountain Where ever you are don't be affrighten
Dance whatever the steps you want Please believe me: I'm adamant!
Turn, twinkle like a supernova On waltz, twist, jazz, bossa nova
÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷STEPSHEET÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷ Level: AB (Absolute Beginner) BPM: 112 Counts: 16 Wall: 1 Weight on left foot Start with the lyrics
Section 1 1,2,3,4 : Jazzbox ¼ turn right 5,6,7,8 : Rocking chair ¼ turn right
Section 2 1,2,3,4 : Toe strut right foot with a ¼ turn right, pose; Toe strut left foot, pose 5,6,7,8 Rumba box with ¼ turn right Back to the start until end of song.
================================= Note ¹ In memoriam:
Martin & Jacqueline ZANI, my godparents who met at a St John's Day dance party³ on June 24th, 1945 in Orleans, FR 45000. My godpa was 23, and a tank-destroyer ex-pilot re-assigned to logistic supports further to a bad wound. His was a Dean Martin's lookalike. His family came both from the region of Bergamo in Northern Italy. Godma was 21 years old girl from Orleans, FR.
Read the tribute to my godfather: click!
Note ² The Church of St Jean de Sixt in Savoy, FR 74480. π Click https://maps.app.goo.gl/8Ab9ZBtr4eceRKac7?g_st=ac Note ³
Dance parties are organized every year on St John's Day (June 24th) in all villages and cities of France bearing the name of Saint John the Baptist.
Although the French tradition of St John's Day public dance parties is rooted in Christianity, these parties are not religious celebrations. The only religious celebrations this day is the Saint John the Baptist Mass. However, I add this song in my Gospels & Hymns Playlist.
If you love Elvis Presley music, rockabilly vibes, original choreography, and creative musical tributes, click on following pixel and save link;
Click on image above for the playlist
Disclaimer: The above playlist is an independent, non-commercial fan tribute. It is not affilated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Elvis Presley Enterprises, Sony Music, or any associated rights holders.
I made this video after a short solitary hiking at dusk, in the Mounts Aravis in Savoy (see maps link below). The words I use in the lyrics are really what I felt when I saw the reddish chain of Mounts extending in the horizon... then at night, I and Agnès, my wife returned to the tiny chapel downhills.
THE CHAPEL DOWN MOUNTS ARAVIS
YT Video
Photos & Lyrics:
Jean Louis LEQUEUX (aka Jack, the DJ) Video effects: with Photo Studio Music: AI Cover (Gemini)
LYRICS ====== If you climb up Mount Aramis There's a chapel you cannot miss
Up there you may think of Moses But no possible agnoses
On your way down, the reddish light Gently leads you to Jesus Christ.
PROMPT TO GEMINI ================= "Compose a Christian hymn with - flamboyant sounds reminding a sword and sandal epic - 96 bpm - and fitting my lyrics and its rythmics!"
I wrote the following lyrics for the same music. However, the French lyrics is a sermon calling for conversion but my lyrics in English is a kind of short story about the life of a preacher in the wild west and the flock he's leaving for his New Life dedicated to the Word of God.
And some others attributes the composition to: Hubert Bourel et Marie-Louise Valentin
MY LYRICS FOR THE ENGLISH ADAPTATION
Chorus
I've gotta go and say you good bye I've gotta go under new blue sky I've gotta land on new beaches And proclaim all my preaches
Verse 1
What's the use of words if you don't hear me? What's the use of teach if you don't listen me? What's worth happiness when you share it not? What's worth life if lovin' your bro' there's not?
Chorus
I've gotta go and say you good bye I've gotta go under new blue sky I've gotta land on new beaches And proclaim all my preaches
Verse 2
Now let me go and pray with my God Now let me go and sing for you God Now let me go and follow my Lord Every day of life I could afford
Chorus
I've gotta go and say you good bye I've gotta go under new blue sky I've gotta land on new beaches And proclaim all my preaches
One day after Assomption Day 1977, i.e. on the 16th of the month of August Elvis Presley was declared dead at 3:30 pm Central Time Zone, at the Baptist Memorial Hospital of Memphis, TN.
I tried to imagin what would he had sung if he were still with us... and I wrote the following lyrics in his tribute... I also wrote carefully a prompt for Gemini specifying the tempo, the bpm, the instruments I wanted.
For the music:
GEMINI STRICTLY PRπMPTED BY ME
STILL WITH US
LYRICS: STILL WITH US
(AUTHOR: JEAN LW LeQUEUX, aka DJ Jack Hittheroad)
What if Elvis were still with us Abov' all on the abacus
Of the greatest hits of the years Still filling completely our ears
Would he sing N dance trap music? His voice would remain magnetic
Lifted to Heaven forever It was in Memphis, mid-summer
MUSIC: KING OF THE ABACUS - AI Cover: Gemini BPM: 128 RYTHM: ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸ INSTRUMENTS: πͺπ₯π·πΉππΏ
DANCE CHOREO: π·♂️πΊπ§ππ·♀️❣️ (I'll publish it as soon as I'll write it)
Hey all of you, folks of the world Sing sing sing... sing Halelujah!
Caus' God is Great, Halelujah! Dance in circle, let's be twirled!
Hallelujah, all earth is whirled The galaxy covered by squall
Halelujah, God loves you all! He loves you all, Hallelujah
π΅HEY ALL OV' YOU, PLAY HALLELUYAH!πΆ
MUSIC πΌ◇GEMINI COVER◇ My Prompt: πΉπ·πΈπ―π₯πͺ
HEY ALL OV' YOU, DANCE HALLELUYAH!
CHOREOGRAPHY Level: Absolute Beginner Option 1: Circle Option 2: Double facing circles 1-wall, 16-count No tag, no restart BPM: 128 Genre: Hip Hop Rythm: ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸ No tag, no restart Weight on left foot
Start with lyrics
Hold hands
Section 1 ¹ Right foot to the right ² Assemble. ³ Right foot to the right ⁴ Hitch left leg
⁵ Left foot to the left ⁶ Assemble ⁷ Left foot to the left ⁸ Right foot touches left foot Raise hands
Section 2
Hold hands
¹ March forward right ² March forward left ³ March forward right ⁴ LF touches RF while, if in double circle: clap hands with counter partner.
⁵ March backward left foot ⁶ March backward right foot ⁷ March backward left foot ⁸ LF touches RF Raise hands
"Rock me in Heaven" is both a love song and a gospel. It's also a dance. As a love song, the lyrics cover all love feelings any human has from his birth to his death. As a gospel, it conveys my Christian creed that "God is good!"
LYRICS by Jean Louis LEQUEUX 3 verses, 1 finale I wrote the lyrics of the song, fitting the versification and rhymes for the following beat: ¹&² ³ ⁴ ⁵&⁶ ⁷ ⁸ (insert) V I When I was baby, my mama rock'd me Then I was a kid, dad rock'd my horsey V II In my teen years I lived in Littl' Rock I grew-up lonely listening Bill Haley V III Later on with my... sweet sweetheart let's rock Until I'll get on a rocking chairey
Finale And one day. Oh Lord! Rock me in Heaven
SONG A CAPELLA
[A CAPELLA]
MUSIC The prompt for Gemini included the lyrics followed by the following specs: Rythm: Country Rock and Roll BPM: 112 bpm Tempo: ¹&² ³ ⁴ ⁵&⁶ ⁷ ⁸ Musical instruments: battery, piano, saxo, washhoard, guitar, banjo
Rythm: Country Rock and Roll BPM: 112 bpm Tempo: ¹&² ³ ⁴ ⁵&⁶ ⁷ ⁸ Level: Improver 16-count dance with a finale (8 counts)
Weight on right foot Start with vocals
➡️ You're facing π SECTION 1
¹&² ³ ⁴ : Step left foot forward, lock, step; rock right foot forward with a ¼ turn right, recover on left foot 1 Step LF forward & Lock RF behind LF 2 Step LF forward 3 Rock RF forward making a ¼ turn to the right 4 Recover on LF with LF parallel to RF ➡️ Now. facing π with weight on left foot
⁵&⁶ ⁷ ⁸: Step Right foot backward, lock left foot in front of right foot, rock right back with a ¼ turn to the right, recover on left foot
5 Step RF back & Lock LF in front of RF 6 Step RF back 7 Rock LF backward making a ¼ turn to the right 8. Recover on RF with RF parallel with LF ➡️ Now. facing π with weight on RF
SECTION 2
¹&² ³ ⁴ : Shuffle left. Rock. Recover
1. LF to the left & RF near to LF 2. LF to the left 3 Rock RF forward 4. Recover on LF
⁵&⁶ ⁷ ⁸: Shuffle right. Rock, Recover
5 RF to the right & LF near RF 6 RF to the right 7 Rock LF backward 8 Recover on RF
Restart the dance after walls 1 and 2.
After Wall 3, dance the finale
FINALE: 8 counts, 2 walls
¹&² ³ ⁴ : Shuffle left with a ¼ turn left, rock forward, recover
1 LF to the left with a ¼ turn left & RF close to LF 2. LF to the left 3 Rock RF forward 4 Recover on LF
⁵&⁶ ⁷ ⁸: Shuffle left with a ¼ turn left, rock backward, recover
5 ¼ turn your RF to the left in front of LF & LF close to RF, both ¼ turned to 6 RF to the right 7 Rock LF backward 8 Recover on RF
I wrote the lyrics of this song which is a poem, having in my mind the kind of musical background I would like to use while reciting it... After that I wrote the main description of the music: blues, what tempo, how many bpm, etc. Then, I realized I could have a real virtual quintet in requesting ~ in my prompt ~ the instruments I wanted for my song. Finally, I "recruited" 5 "guAIs" — pronounce "guys or gals" — which are now the official members of my "QuAIntet — pronounce"quintet" π
Well, but what dances were practiced in this newly born country? The answer is:
1] Mostly Longways...
Like those three below:
LA BAGATELLE LONGWAYS
PLUCKEMIN LONGWAYS
AURETTI'S DUTCH SKIPPER
Stepsheets were not necessary, because there was always a caller who told the step. Longways are dance in different manner: in line, in square, in couples, etc. These dances crossed the Atlantic with the settlers. Their origins were various: England, Scotland, France, Holland, etc
