The Marines' Hymn

[thedrifter]

The Marines' Hymn

Monday, April 27, 2009
“The Marines’ Hymn” is the oldest official song of the U.S. Armed Forces and the most recognizable military hymn. Every Marine can recite it by heart.

Though the history behind it is uncertain, it is said that the music for it originated from French composer Jacques Offenbach’s 19th century comic opera, “Geneviéve de Brabant,” which included the song “Couplets des Deux Hommes d’Armes” in its revised version; this song is the musical source of “The Marines’ Hymn.”

The author of the words is unknown, though the first two lines in the first verse were taken from words inscribed on the Colors of the Corps. The words “To the Shores of Tripoli” were inscribed following the 1805 war with the Barbary pirates. On April 27 of that year, the Marines captured the city of Derma on the shores of Tripoli. In 1847, the inscribed words read, “From the shores of Tripoli to the Halls of Montezuma” after the capture of Mexico City and the Castle of Chapultepec (or the Halls of Montezuma). The author of “The Marines’ Hymn” reversed these lines in the verse.

The Commandant of the Marine Corps authorized the official version of the verses in 1929; the Commandant on Nov. 21, 1942 changed the fourth line of the first verse from “On the land as on the sea” to how it reads below:

From the Halls of Montezuma

To the Shores of Tripoli;

We fight our country’s battles

In the air, on land and sea;

First to fight for right and freedom

And to keep our honor clean;

We are proud to claim the title

Of United States Marine.

Our flag’s unfurled to every breeze

From dawn to setting sun;

We have fought in ev’ry clime and place

Where we could take a gun;

In the snow of far-off Northern lands

And in sunny tropic scenes;

You will find us always on the job —

The United States Marines.

Here’s health to you and to our Corps

Which we are proud to serve

In many a strife we’ve fought for life

And never lost our nerve;

If the Army and the Navy

Ever look on Heaven’s scenes;

They will find the streets are guarded

By United States Marines.

Ellie

[Marine1955]

The Marines' Hymn

Monday, April 27, 2009
“The Marines’ Hymn” is the oldest official song of the U.S. Armed Forces and the most recognizable military hymn. Every Marine can recite it by heart.

Though the history behind it is uncertain, it is said that the music for it originated from French composer Jacques Offenbach’s 19th century comic opera, “Geneviéve de Brabant,” which included the song “Couplets des Deux Hommes d’Armes” in its revised version; this song is the musical source of “The Marines’ Hymn.”

The author of the words is unknown, though the first two lines in the first verse were taken from words inscribed on the Colors of the Corps. The words “To the Shores of Tripoli” were inscribed following the 1805 war with the Barbary pirates. On April 27 of that year, the Marines captured the city of Derma on the shores of Tripoli. In 1847, the inscribed words read, “From the shores of Tripoli to the Halls of Montezuma” after the capture of Mexico City and the Castle of Chapultepec (or the Halls of Montezuma). The author of “The Marines’ Hymn” reversed these lines in the verse.

The Commandant of the Marine Corps authorized the official version of the verses in 1929; the Commandant on Nov. 21, 1942 changed the fourth line of the first verse from “On the land as on the sea” to how it reads below:

From the Halls of Montezuma

To the Shores of Tripoli;

We fight our country’s battles

In the air, on land and sea;

First to fight for right and freedom

And to keep our honor clean;

We are proud to claim the title

Of United States Marine.

Our flag’s unfurled to every breeze

From dawn to setting sun;

We have fought in ev’ry clime and place

Where we could take a gun;

In the snow of far-off Northern lands

And in sunny tropic scenes;

You will find us always on the job —

The United States Marines.

Here’s health to you and to our Corps

Which we are proud to serve

In many a strife we’ve fought for life

And never lost our nerve;

If the Army and the Navy

Ever look on Heaven’s scenes;

They will find the streets are guarded

By United States Marines.

Ellie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh-WT_hGztU

this goes with it pretty well

[Bruce59]

Lets try this one. I put it up just over two months ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS40nr3Jmic