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The song was written by Richard Creagh Saunders (1809–1886), who enlisted in the navy as a Schoolmaster on the 11th of July, 1839. [1] It was recorded in Charles Harding Firth's Naval Songs and Ballads (1908) in a slightly different form from the one popularized in cinema, where its opening verse has been omitted, and with quatrain stanzas instead of couplets.
As of 2018, a majority of its 23 members held university degrees in music and are selected to the ensemble through a process of competitive audition. [5] In addition to its repertoire of sea chanteys and traditional naval songs and ballads, the Sea Chanters also perform patriotic, operatic, and contemporary music. [6] [7]
Roll, Alabama, Roll" is an American-British sea shanty of the nineteenth century. It is based on the exploits of the CSS Alabama , a sloop-of-war of the Confederate States Navy which enjoyed success as a commerce raider against Union shipping during the American Civil War .
"Spanish Ladies" (Roud 687) is a traditional British naval song, typically describing a voyage from Spain to the Downs from the viewpoint of ratings of the Royal Navy. [1] Other prominent variants include an American variant called "Yankee Whalermen", an Australian variant called " Brisbane Ladies ", and a Newfoundland variant called " The ...
"Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean" used as an interval signal during a 1962 Voice of America broadcast from Tangier, Morocco. According to William Studwell, "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean" is the "oldest well-known song of entirely American origin which could, by style or content, qualify as a national anthem". [10]
In an influential early article about shanties, New York journalist William L. Alden drew a comparison between shanties and both authentic African-American songs and the quasi-African-American minstrel songs: The old sailor songs had a peculiar individuality. They were barbaric in their wild melody.
Navy won the game 10–0 before a crowd in excess of 30,000, their first win in the matchup since 1900. [citation needed] The song was gradually adopted as the song of the U.S. Navy; although there is a pending proposal to make it the official song, and to incorporate protocol into Navy regulations for its performance, its status remains ...
Navy Blue and Gold" is the alma mater of the United States Naval Academy. It is traditionally sung at the end of gatherings of midshipmen and alumni, including Naval Academy pep rallies and sporting events at which a band is present.