Quote:
Originally posted by hoosier
Song-wise, the Marines have the best song ("From the halls of Montezuma ...), with the Air Force #2 ("Off we go into the wild blue yonder ..."). Navy's "Anchors away" is pretty good too. Navy also earns credit for the theme from Victory at Sea.
Is the Army song heard much anymore ("Over hill, over dale, we will hit the dusty trail ...)?
|
It still is, only with different lyrics as the official Army song:
VERSE
March along, sing our song
With the Army of the free,
We’re the Army and proud of our name!
Count the brave, count the true
Who have fought to victory,
We’re the Army and proudly proclaim:
FIRST CHORUS
First to fight for the right
And to build the nation’s might,
And the Army goes rolling along.
Proud of all we have done,
Fighting till the battle’s won,
And the Army goes rolling along.
REFRAIN
Then it’s hi! hi! hey!
The Army’s on its way
Count off your cadence loud and strong
For where’er we go, you will always know
That the Army goes rolling along.
SECOND CHORUS
Valley Forge, Custer’s ranks
San Juan Hill and Patton’s tanks
And the Army went rolling along.
Minutemen from the start,
Always fighting from the heart,
And the Army keeps rolling along.
REFRAIN
Then it’s hi! hi! hey!
The Army’s on its way
Count off your cadence loud and strong
For where’er we go, you will always know
That the Army goes rolling along.
THIRD CHORUS
Men in rags, men who froze,
Still that Army met its foes,
And the Army went rolling along.
Faith in God, then we’re right
And we’ll fight for all our might
As the Army keeps rolling along.
FINAL REFRAIN
Then it’s hi! hi! hey!
The Army’s on its way
Count off your cadence loud and strong
(two, three!)
For where’er we go, you will always know
That the Army goes rolling along.
(Keep it rolling!)
And the Army goes rolling along!