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The Army Goes Rolling Along

adapted by H.W. Arberg [nb: after considering hundreds of submissions during an eight year search for a suitable song, this composition, adapted from "The Caisson Song" by a musical adviser in The Adjutant General's Office, was dedicated on Veterans' Day, 11 November 1956, and formally pronounced as the official U.S. Army song on 12 December 1957]


    March along, sing our song,
    With the Army of the free,
    Count the brave, count the true,
    Who have fought to victory,
    We're the Army and proud of our name,
    We're the Army and proudly proclaim –

    First to fight for the right,
    And to build the Nation's might,
    And The Army Goes Rolling Along.
    Proud of all we have done,
    Fighting till the battle's done,
    And The Army Goes Rolling Along.

    Then it's Hi! Hi! Hey!
    The Army's on its way.
    Count off the cadence loud and strong,
    For where e'er we go,
    You will always know
    That The Army Goes Rolling Along.

    Valley Forge, Custer's ranks,
    San Juan Hill and Patton's tanks,
    And the Army went rolling along.
    Minute men, from the start,
    Always fighting from the heart,
    And the Army keeps rolling along.

    Then it's Hi! Hi! Hey!
    The Army's on its way.
    Count off the cadence loud and strong,
    For where e'er we go,
    You will always know
    That The Army Goes Rolling Along.

    Men in rags, men who froze,
    Still that Army met its foes,
    And the Army went rolling along.
    Faith in God, then we're right,
    And we'll fight with all our might,
    As the Army keeps rolling along.

    Then it's Hi! Hi! Hey!
    The Army's on its way.
    Count off the cadence loud and strong,
    For where e'er we go,
    You will always know
    That The Army Goes Rolling Along.





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