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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.
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.
Anchors_Aweigh_(1944),_by_the_Boston_Pops.oga (Ogg Vorbis sound file, length 27 s, 280 kbps, file size: 936 KB) This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons . Information from its description page there is shown below.
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.
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).
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