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Anchors_Aweigh_(1907).pdf (450 × 600 pixels, file size: 4.13 MB, MIME type: application/pdf, 6 pages) This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons . Information from its description page there is shown below.
"Anchors aweigh" is often misspelled as "Anchor's away", leading to confusing the terms, and sometimes misunderstanding the order as meaning "to drop anchor". [ citation needed ] Confusion may also occur over two correct spellings typically encountered: that is, "anchor's" with an apostrophe, and without ("anchors").
Zimmermann composed his most famous march, "Anchors Aweigh", in 1906 when he was a lieutenant in the United States Navy. The lyrics were written by Alfred Hart Miles, a midshipman. The march was intended from the beginning to serve as a rousing tune for football games. The familiar strain is actually the trio of the larger work.
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Anchors_Aweigh_(1930),_by_Phil_Spitalny.oga (Ogg Vorbis sound file, length 2 min 33 s, 188 kbps, file size: 3.43 MB) This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons . Information from its description page there is shown below.
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A version of the Serenity prayer appearing on an Alcoholics Anonymous medallion (date unknown).. The Serenity Prayer is an invocation by the petitioner for wisdom to understand the difference between circumstances ("things") that can and cannot be changed, asking courage to take action in the case of the former, and serenity to accept in the case of the latter.
There already exists a version of "Anchors Aweigh" at FS (see File:AnchorsAweigh.ogg). However, we already have at least one song with multiple versions at FS (see File:Sousa's Band - Stars and Stripes Forever.ogg and File:USMC stars stripes forever.ogg).