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1 Every countless sries of heroism are ld about the men omen ho serve in the United States Armed orces Their contributions play a vital role in maintaining peace, safety, freedom throughout the orld To honor these remarkable individuals, this collection gathers in one volume the official songs of the Armed orces To make them accessible pianists at various levels, arrangements are available in three separate editions: early intermediate intermediate intermediate late intermediate early advanced The United States Armed orces consist of five branches: the () Army, () Marine Corps, () Navy, () Air orce, () Coast Guard Each branch has a unique hisry official song This collection contains intermediate late intermediate solo piano arrangements of the five songs, as ell as a special concert-orthy medley that combines them The arrangements are ritten in singable keys contain lyrics, hich makes them perfect for sing-alongs They can also be performed for school talent shos, community celebrations, homecomings, pageants When played officially, the songs are be performed in the order they are presented in this book The Caissons Go Rolling Along (aka The Army Goes Rolling Along ) as originally ritten by field artillery irst Lieutenant Edmund L Gruber, hile he as stationed in the Philippines in 08 It as transformed in a march by John Philip Sousa in 7, in 6 it as adopted as the official song of the Army The Marines Hymn is the oldest official song in the United States military The author of the lyrics is unknon, but the music is from a duet in the 8 opera Geneviève de Brabant by Jacques Offenbach Anchors Aeigh as ritten by Lieutenant Charles A Zimmermann, bmaster of the Naval Academy B, Midshipman irst Class Alfred Hart Miles in 06 It as subsequently dedicated the Naval Academy Class of 07 adopted as the official song of the US Navy The ord eigh comes from the archaic ord meaning heave, hoist, or raise Aeigh means that the action has been completed The anchor is aeigh hen it is pulled from the botm The US Air orce (originally titled Army Air Corps ) as ritten by Robert MacArthur Craford in 8 It as one of hundreds of submissions a song competition created by the Air Corps sponsored by Liberty magazine Captain rancis Saltus Van Boskerck rote the ords Semper Paratus in the cabin of the cutter Yamacra in Savannah, Georgia, in He rote the music five years later on a beat-up old piano in Unalaska, Alaska The phrase Semper Paratus dates back ancient times means alays ready or ever ready Contents Branch Song Title Page The Army The Caissons Go Rolling Along (aka The Army Goes Rolling Along ) The Marine Corps The Marines Hymn (aka rom the Halls of Montezuma ) The Navy Anchors Aeigh6 The Air orce The US Air orce (aka The Wild Blue Yonder ) 8 The Coast Guard Semper Paratus (Alays Ready) 0 Songs of the Armed orces (A Medley for Solo Piano) Produced by Alfred Music PO Box 000 Van Nuys, CA alfredcom No part of this book shall be reproduced, arranged, adapted, recorded, publicly performed, sred in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means ithout ritten permission from the publisher In order comply ith copyright las, please apply for such ritten permission /or license by contacting the publisher at alfredcom/permissions ISBN-0: ISBN-:

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4 6 Anchors Aeigh Brightly C C St An - Na - chors vy a - out eigh Music by Charles A Zimmerman Words by Alfred Hart Miles my sea, boys, fight an - bat - chors tle a - cry eigh We ll are - nev - ell er change coll - n ege b b cse, oys, so e n vi - sail n cious at n foe break n steer of - b shy - y - y - y day 0 ALRED MUSIC

5 Songs of the Armed orces (A Medley for Solo Piano) March tempo b f b b b b b b b b n n n # The Caissons Go Rolling Along P 7 LH detached # 0 # # This Arrangement 0 ALRED MUSIC, WB MUSIC CORP CARL ISCHER, LLC