The Army Goes Rolling Along

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The Army Goes Rolling Along ( dt . "The army rolled forward") is the title of the official anthem of the United States Army and is unofficially known as the Army song known.

history

The origins of the hymn go back to April 1908, when first lieutenant and later Brigadier General Edmund L. Gruber, together with lieutenants William Bryden and Robert M. Danford and three other officers, wrote a forerunner song called The Caisson Song (" Protzenlied ") for his Unit, which quickly gained popularity among artillerymen . In 1917, Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels and Army Lieutenant George Friedlander, who served in the 306th Artillery Battalion, asked John Philip Sousa to compose a march based on Caisson Song . Sousa was already a well-known military composer by then and had composed the official march of the US Marine Corps in 1888 . The sousaphone is named after him. Since the song was distributed informally, its origins were traced back to the Civil War and its creator was believed to be dead. Sousa changed the key , harmony and rhythm , added his own text blocks, and republished the song as US Field Artillery . The recording sold over 750,000 copies in a very short time. After this success, Gruber got in touch with Sousa, who immediately agreed to pay royalties to Gruber. He was able to credibly prove his authorship through his former comrades. Gruber was delighted with the success of his composition, so he approved its distribution in song collections such as the West Point collection. Of the royalties for the first publication of the US Field Artillery , the level of awareness of the song within the troupe was in the foreground for Gruber, so that he did not take action against various commercial third-party publications.

Due to the fact that, unlike the other branches of the armed forces, the army did not yet have its own official anthem after the Second World War, the army felt that it was increasingly under pressure, so that Army State Secretary Frank Pace announced a public competition in 1952 to evaluate the proposals set up a civil commission. The songwriter Sam H. Stept, author of the song Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree , won the tender, but had to agree to two lines being defused. The proposal was called The Army goes Rolling Along . Stept was inspired by a visit to Fort Benning , Georgia . On January 20, 1953, the Inauguration March was played by President Dwight D. Eisenhower . Due to copyright concerns about the similarity to a song called I've Got A Lovely Bunch Of Coconuts , the army canceled the official march and asked one of their musicians, the retired Major Harold Arberg, to find an adequate replacement. Paces' successor, Wilbur Brucker , gave him the requirement to rewrite the US Field Artillery so that it would be representative of all troops. Arberg's version became the official march of the Army in 1956 under the title The Army Goes Rolling Along .

In today's usage every soldier is expected to be familiar with the song and expected that every member of the United States Army will sing along to the march while standing.

text

English text Analogous translation
March along, sing our song March along, sing our song
with the Army of the free With the army of the free
Count the brave, Count the brave
count the true, Count the truthful
who have fought to victory. Who fought to victory
We're the Army and proud of our name; We are the Army and proud of our name
We're the Army and proudly proclaim: We are the Army and proudly announce:
 
First to fight for the right, and to build the Nation's might, The first in the struggle for justice and to build our nation's power
And the Army Goes Rolling Along The Army is rolling forward
Proud of all we have done, Proud of all that we did
Fighting till the battle's won, We fought until the battle was won
And the Army Goes Rolling Along And the army is marching ahead
Refrain:
Then it's hi, hi, hey! The Army's on its way Then it says hi, hi, hey , the army is on its way
Count off the cadence loud and strong (two, three) Scream the tune out loud (two, three)
For wher-e'er we go, you will always know Because wherever we go, you should know
that the Army Goes Rolling Along That the army is always marching
 
Valley Forge, Custer's ranks, San Juan hill and Patton's tanks, Valley Forge , Custer's Positions, the San Juan Hills and Patton's tanks
And the Army went rolling along. The Army rolled forward there too .
Minutemen from the start, Minutemen from the beginning
Always fighting from the heart, Always fighting from the heart
And the Army keeps rolling along. The Army rolled ahead.
Refrain:
Men in rags, men who froze, still that Army met its foes, Men in rags, men who were (freezing) cold, the Army still faced their enemies
And the Army went rolling along. The Army rolled forward there too
Faith in God, then we're right, Believe in God, then we are on the right path
And we'll fight with all our might, Then we can fight with all our might
As the Army keeps rolling along. So that the army can roll forward

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  1. "The official song of the United States Army is" The Army Goes Rolling Along "(see FM 1-19, app A, fig A-9, and A-10), known informally as the Army Song." Army Regulation 220 –90 (PDF; 104 kB), Section 2–5 (f) Headquarters, Department of the Army , Washington, DC, December 14, 2007, page 16.
  2. a b c Description at bragg.army.mil
  3. ^ The First-Ever Gruber Award for the Outstanding FA Professional , in: Field Artillery , November / December 2002, after: General Order No. 17 , Fort Leavenworth, Kansas Headquarters, June 2, 1941.
  4. ^ "During Sousa's brief wartime service in the navy, he was invited to a luncheon meeting in New York with Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels and Army Lieutenant George Friedlander. Friedlander, of the 306th Field Artillery, asked Sousa to compose a march for that regiment, suggesting that the march be built around an artillery song then known by such names as' The Caisson Song ',' The Caissons Go Rolling Along ', and' The Field Artillery Song '. The song was believed to be quite old, perhaps of Civil War origin, and had not been published; the composer was believed dead. ” ( Memento of February 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), quoted from: Bierley, Paul: The Works of John Philip Sousa , Integrity Press 1984, pp. 93f.
  5. ^ "The complete composition was then published as the 'US Field Artillery' march.", Quoted from Bierley.
  6. ^ "[...] but he did permit its incorporation into a volume of West Point songs in 1921", quoted from Bierley
  7. "It glorified the US Army Field Artillery, so it mattered little to him that many users of his melody made money while he received nothing.", Quoted in Bierley
  8. above: A Song of Its Own , in: TIME , January 19, 1953.
  9. Jump up ↑ Song Origins - The Official Army Song . Westchester Cordsmen , Volume 4, Issue 11, December 2004, page 4, quoted in Dorr, Robert: Duty, Honor, Country - A Five Minute History Lesson. It took 3 tries to come up with an official Army song .
  10. The "Army Goes Rolling Along" is played at the conclusion of every US Army ceremony and all soldiers are expected to stand and sing. US Army Symbols and Insignia . Accessed April 6, 2008.