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"Anchors Aweigh" is the fight song of the United States Naval Academy and unofficial march song of the United States Navy. It was composed in 1906 by Charles A. Zimmermann with lyrics by Alfred Hart Miles.
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 (third movement) of the larger work.
Note that it may still be copyrighted in jurisdictions that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works (depending on the date of the author's death), such as Canada (70 years p.m.a.), Mainland China (50 years p.m.a., not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 years p.m.a.), Mexico (100 years p.m.a.), Switzerland (70 years p.m.a.), and other countries with individual treaties.
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Our Choir Director taught us the original lyrics by Miles to sing during graduation as verse 2 without the bridge (with an added GO NAVY! at the end of each verse.) Verse 1 Anchors Aweigh, my boys Anchors Aweigh Farewell to college joys We sail at break of day -ay -ay -ay Through our last night ashore Drink to the foam Until we meet again
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Gene Kelly dances with Jerry of Tom and Jerry in Anchors Aweigh (1945), a performance which changed at least one critic's opinion of Kelly's skills. Selznick sold half of Kelly's contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for his first motion picture: For Me and My Gal (1942) starring Judy Garland. Kelly said he was "appalled at the sight of myself blown ...