#027- The Army Goes Rolling Along, Edmund L. Gruber, John Philip Sousa

The Army Goes Rolling Along"

The Official Song of The United States Army

The current lyrics tell the story of the past, the present, and the future.

The song was originally written in 1908 by field artillery First Lieutenant [later Brigadier General] Edmund L. Gruber, while stationed in the Philippines as the "Caisson Song”.

In 1917 The song was transformed into a march by John Philip Sousa and renamed "The Field Artillery Song." It was adopted in 1956 as the official song of the Army and retitled, "The Army Goes Rolling Along.

Lyrics

March along, sing our song, with the Army of the free.

Count the brave, count the true, who have fought to victory.

We’re the Army and proud of our name!

We’re the Army and proudly proclaim:

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.

Then it’s hi! hi! hey!

The Army’s on its way.

Count off the cadence loud and strong;

For wherever we go,

You will always know

That The Army Goes Rolling Along.

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