THE CAISSONS GO ROLLING ALONG
(Major Edmund L. Gruber) (1907)

Recorded by:
Band of the Grenadier Guards; Bob Crosby & His Orch.;
André Kostelanetz; Gene Krupa & His Orch.; 
Regimental Band of the Coldstream Guards;
Washington Men's Camerata.


Over hill, over dale
As we hit the dusty trail,
And the Caissons go rolling along.
In and out, hear them shout,
Counter march and right about,
And the Caissons go rolling along.
 
Then it's hi! hi! hee!
In the field artillery,
Shout out your numbers loud and strong,
For where e'er you go,
You will always know
That the Caissons go rolling along.

In the storm, in the night,
Action left or action right
See those Caissons go rolling along
 
Limber front, limber rear,
Prepare to mount your cannoneer
And those Caissons go rolling along.

Then it's hi! hi! hee!
In the field artillery,
Shout out your numbers loud and strong,
For where e'er you go,
You will always know
That the Caissons go rolling along. 

Was it high, was it low,
Where the hell did that one go?
As those Caissons go rolling along
Was it left, was it right,
Now we won't get home tonight
And those Caissons go rolling along.

Then it's hi! hi! hee!
In the field artillery,
Shout out your numbers loud and strong,
For where e'er you go,
You will always know
That the Caissons go rolling along.
That the Caissons go rolling along.
That the Caissons go rolling along. 


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ALTERNATIVE VERSION
(H.W. Arberg)


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.

Refrain:
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.

Refrain:

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:


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