The Army Goes Rolling Along (1956, Current Official Version)
Typically only the first verse and refrain are sung (not including the intro).
Intro:
- 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
Verse:
- 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 won,
- And the Army Goes Rolling Along.
Refrain:
- Then it's Hi! Hi! Hey!
- The Army's on its way.
- Count off the cadence loud and strong (TWO! THREE!)
- For where e’er we go,
- You will always know
- That The Army Goes Rolling Along.
Verse:
- Valley Forge, Custer's ranks,
- San Juan Hill and Patton's tanks,
- And the Army went rolling along
- Minutemen, from the start,
- Always fighting from the heart,
- And the Army keeps rolling along.
- (Refrain)
Verse:
- 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.
- (Refrain)
Source: U.S. Army Bands information and recordings
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