Army Blue
lyrics by George T. Olmsted, L.W. Becklaw, et al; music by George
R. Poulton [nb: although the origin of this song is unknown, an
1846 poem mentions it, then it was performed at the 1865
graduation, but its rendition is limited to special or
sentimental occasions; apparently adapted from the old melody of
"Aura Lea"]
We've not much longer here to stay,
For in a month or two
We'll bid farewell to Kaydet Gray,
And don the Army Blue.
Army Blue, Army Blue,
Hurrah for the Army Blue,
We'll bid farewell to Kaydet Gray,
And don the Army Blue.
With pipe and song we'll jog along,
Till this short time is through,
And all among our jovial throng
Have donned the Army Blue.
Army Blue, Army Blue,
Hurrah for the Army Blue,
We'll bid farewell to Kaydet Gray,
And don the Army Blue.
'Twas the song we sang in old plebe camp,
When first our Gray was new.
The song we sang on summer nights,
That song of Army Blue.
Army Blue, Army Blue,
Hurrah for the Army Blue,
We'll bid farewell to Kaydet Gray,
And don the Army Blue.
Now, fellows, we must say good-bye,
We've stuck our four years through,
Our future is a cloudless sky,
We'll don the Army Blue.
Army Blue, Army Blue,
Hurrah for the Army Blue,
We'll bid farewell to Kaydet Gray,
And don the Army Blue.
To the men and women of the Corps
Who've seen their four years thru
The work was hard, they did their part
and all for Army Blue.
Army Blue, Army Blue,
Hurrah for the Army Blue,
We'll bid farewell to Kaydet Gray,
And don the Army Blue.
Army Blue
1944 version
We've not much longer here to stay,
For in a month or two
We'll bid farewell to Kaydet Gray,
And don the Army Blue.
Army Blue, Army Blue,
Hurrah for the Army Blue,
We'll bid farewell to Kaydet Gray,
And don the Army Blue.
With pipe and song we'll jog along,
Till this short time is through,
And all among our jovial throng
Have donned the Army Blue.
Army Blue, Army Blue,
Hurrah for the Army Blue,
We'll bid farewell to Kaydet Gray,
And don the Army Blue.
To the ladies who come up in June,
We'll bid a fond adieu,
Here's hoping they'll be married soon,
And join the Army too.
Army Blue, Army Blue,
Hurrah for the Army Blue,
We'll bid farewell to Kaydet Gray,
And don the Army Blue.
Here's to the man who wins the cup,
May he be kind and true,
And may he bring our godson up
To don the Army Blue.
Army Blue, Army Blue,
Hurrah for the Army Blue,
We'll bid farewell to Kaydet Gray,
And don the Army Blue.
'Twas the song we sang in old plebe camp,
When first our Gray was new.
The song we sang on summer nights,
That song of Army Blue.
Army Blue, Army Blue,
Hurrah for the Army Blue,
We'll bid farewell to Kaydet Gray,
And don the Army Blue.
Now, fellows, we must say good-bye,
We've stuck our four years through,
Our future is a cloudless sky,
We'll don the Army Blue.
Army Blue, Army Blue,
Hurrah for the Army Blue,
We'll bid farewell to Kaydet Gray,
And don the Army Blue.
Army Blue
1921 version
We've not much longer here to stay,
For in a month or two
We'll bid farewell to Cadet Gray,
And don the Army Blue.
Army Blue, Army Blue,
Hurrah for the Army Blue,
We'll bid farewell to Cadet Gray,
And don the Army Blue.
With pipe and song we'll jog along,
Till this short time is through,
And all among our jovial throng
Have donned the Army Blue.
To Ethics, Mineralogy,
And Engineering, too,
We'll bid good-bye without a sigh,
And don the Army Blue.
To the ladies who come up in June,
We'll bid a fond adieu,
And hoping they'll be married soon,
And join the Army, too.
Here's to the man who wins the cup,
May he be kind and true,
And may he bring our godson up
To don the Army Blue.
Now, fellows, we must say good-bye,
We've stuck our four years through,
Our future is a cloudless sky,
We'll don the Army Blue.
'Twas the song we sang in old plebe camp,
When first our gray was new.
The song we sang on summer nights,
That song of Army Blue.
O'er camp and highland watched the stars
That watched our far homes too,
And lonely voices joined full bold
In singing Army Blue.
Those summer days have long gone by
And years have vanished too,
Oh, long ago we doffed the gray
And donned the Army Blue.
But still I hear that olden song
I feel the evening dew,
And mellow strings and voices join
Again in Army Blue.
Army Blue
1908 version
We've not much longer here to stay,
For in a month or two
We'll bid farewell to Cadet Gray,
And don the Army Blue.
Army Blue, Army Blue,
Hurrah for the Army Blue,
We'll bid farewell to Cadet Gray,
And don the Army Blue.
With pipe and song we'll jog along,
Till this short time is through,
And all among our jovial throng
Have donned the Army Blue.
To the ladies who come up in June,
We'll bid a fond adieu,
And hoping they'll be married soon,
And join the Army, too.
Now here's to the man who wins the cup,
May he be kind and true,
And may he bring our godson up
To don the Army Blue.
Army Blue
1865 version
We've not much longer here to stay,
For in a week or two
We'll bid farewell to Cadet grey,
And don the Army Blue.
Army Blue, Army Blue,
We'll don the Army Blue,
We'll bid farewell to Cadet grey,
And don the Army Blue.
With pipe and song we'll jog along,
Till this short time is through,
And all among our jovial throng
Have donned the Army Blue.
To Ethics, Mineralogy,
And Engineering, too,
We'll bid good-bye without a sigh,
And don the Army Blue.
To the ladies who come up in June,
We'll bid a fond adieu,
And hoping they'll be married soon,
We'll don the Army Blue.
Now here's to the man who wins the cup,
May he be kind and true,
And may he bring our godson up
To don the Army Blue.
Now, fellows, we must say good-bye,
We've stuck our four years through,
Our future is a cloudless sky,
We'll don the Army Blue.
Rip, slap, bang, hurrah!!
Army Blue, Army Blue,
We'll don the Army Blue,
We'll bid farewell to Cadet grey,
And don the Army Blue.
Army Blue
1859 version
A few days more, a few days more
To toilsome study given,
A few more days more –
We'll reach that shore
For which we long have striven.
With pipe and song, we'll jog along,
Till these few days are through,
And all among our jovial throng
Have donned the Army Blue.
A few days more, a few days more
To bone, parade, and drill,
And then we'll go our winding way,
Our duties to fulfil.
When Mordecai we've laid on high,
Wayland, Mahan, Theroux,
We'll turn our eyes to brighter skies,
And don the Army Blue.
A few days more, a few days more
And Jordan will be passed,
We'll get o'er on another shore,
By striving hard and fast.
Then leaving here without a fear
Arising to our view,
We'll give a cheer! 'twere good to hear!
And don the Army Blue.
Army Blue
1848 version
This world we may find an awful tough grind,
As we wander its mazes through,
But with right stout hearts we'll play our parts,
When we change the Grey for the Blue.
Hurrah for the merry, bright, manly fame,
That opens a life so new,
When we doff the Cadet and don the Brevet
And change the Grey for the Blue.
To the struggles of youth, to its pleasures forsooth,
To our sports and our follies, adieu,
We are now for the strife, for the battle of life,
As we change the Grey for the Blue.
As the grey of the morn is changed by the sun,
To the azure of heaven's bright hue,
So the morn of our time ripens fast to its prime,
When we change the Grey for the Blue.
Some clouds may arise and o'ershadow our skies,
But the sunbeams will surely break through,
With crimson and gold thro' each silver fold,
When we change the Grey for the Blue.
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