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Friedlander suggested it be built around a song already known as The Caisson Song (alternatively The Field Artillery Song or The Caissons Go Rolling Along). The song was thought to perhaps be of Civil War origin, and was unpublished, and its composer believed to be dead. Sousa agreed, changed the harmonic structure, set it in a different key ...
Robert A. Heinlein used the 1908 Caisson Song as the basis for "The Road Song of the Transport Cadets", the official song of the fictional United States Academy of Transport in his 1940 short story "The Roads Must Roll". However, characters in the story refer to the origin as both the "Song of the Caissons" and the "field artillery song." [11]
The phrase, "let's roll" has been used as early as 1908 in the cadence song now called "The Army Goes Rolling Along", which likely extended into tank usage. " The Roads Must Roll ", a science fiction story written in 1940 by Robert A. Heinlein , mentions a re-worded version of "The Roll of the Caissons" called "Road Songs of the Transport Cadets".
The way I learned the song it was caskets that go rolling along66.189.9.198 19:22, 13 April 2007 (UTC) My father, a WWII AAC vet taught me another version, reflecting the modernization of the military: Over hill, over dale, We have hit the dusty trail, With those caissons and hosses all gone.
Red Dirt Road (song) Road Rage (song) The Road to Hell (song) ... Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; ...
The song is one of the best-known works of the composer, having been popularised by both ensembles carrying the name of the Red Army Choir, namely the Alexandrov Ensemble and MVD Ensemble. Novikov and Oshanin were members of a military troupe at the front and the song was composed under artillery fire at Zhizdra. [1]
Scott's song for high soprano, "The Wind's in the South", is considered a "good teaching piece for young coloratura [sopranos]". [9] His songs are typical of their time: dramatic, harmonically rich, and with full accompaniments. They often feature contrasting sections and a return to earlier musical material.
A full song, Roads, was written for the film; it can be heard on the soundtrack and story LP. The same melody was used in Rankin/Bass's 1980 animated version of The Return of the King. [7] The song can be heard in the 1981 BBC radio version, sung by Bilbo (John Le Mesurier) to a tune by Stephen Oliver. [8]