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"The Army Goes Rolling Along" is the official song of the United States Army [1] and is typically called "The Army Song". It is adapted from an earlier work from 1908 entitled "The Caissons Go Rolling Along", which was in turn incorporated into John Philip Sousa's "U.S. Field Artillery March" in 1917.
The "U.S. Field Artillery March" is a patriotic military march of the United States Army written in 1917 by John Philip Sousa after an earlier work by Edmund L. Gruber. The refrain is the "Caissons Go Rolling Along". This song inspired the official song of the U.S. Army, "The Army Goes Rolling Along".
The song "The Caissons Go Rolling Along" refers to these; the version adopted as the U.S. Army's official song has, among other changes, replaced the word caissons with Army. Caissons are used for burials at Arlington National Cemetery and for state funerals for United States government dignitaries including the President of the United States ...
The United States Marine Drum and Bugle Corps performing the Armed Forces Medley at the Friends of the National World War II Memorial.. The Armed Forces Medley, also known as the Armed Forces Salute is today recognized as a collection of the official marchpasts/songs of the 6 services of the United States Armed Forces: Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, and Space Force. [1]
"Captain Jack" (Army cadence) [9] "Yellow Ribbon" (Army cadence) [9] As soon as 1952, the U.S. Army adopted "The Army Goes Rolling Along" as its service theme song, with the lyric "count off the cadence loud and strong" a reference to Duckworth's cadence. Its melody and lyrics derive from the traditional "When the Caissons Go Rolling Along".
The phrase, "let's roll" has been used as early as 1908 in the cadence song now called "The Army Goes Rolling Along", which likely extended into tank usage. "The Roads Must Roll", a science fiction story written in 1940 by Robert A. Heinlein, mentions a re-worded version of "The Roll of the Caissons" called "Road Songs of the Transport Cadets".
Song sheet crediting Gruber for "The Caissons Go Rolling Along." Edmund L. Gruber was one of the most popular artillerymen of his time and was a noted Army polo team champion, but he would make his enduring mark with music. In 1908 he wrote the 5th Artillery Regimental song, titled "The Caissons Go Rolling Along."
[5] Most reference works, including the Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, supply an origin date of 1940–1944, generally attributing it to the United States Army. [citation needed] Rick Atkinson ascribes the origin of SNAFU, FUBAR, and a bevy of other terms to cynical G.I.s ridiculing the Army's penchant for acronyms. [6]