• Grade: Fifth
• Origin: England/USA – music: Edmond L. Gruber – words: Sam Stept, adapted by: John Philip Sousa (1917)
• Key: C Major
• Time: 2/2 – cut time
• Form: AB
• Rhythm: advanced: | ta ti ti | ti/ ri ti ti | ti ta ti | syncopation, | ta/a_|_/ (ti) ti ti | ti ti ti ti | ta/a_|_a ti ti | (_=tie)
• Pitches: intermediate: do re mi fa so la ti do re
• Intervals: intermediate: so\mi/so (7 times, m3), fa\re (m3), re/so (P4), so/do (P4), do\so (P4), do\la (m3),la/re (P4), re8\so (P5)
• Musical Elements: notes: whole, half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; rest: quarter; pickup beat, tied notes, two double barlines, syncopation, reading cut time
• Key Words: USA Army, USA military song, patriotic song, fight for the right, build, nation, might, proud, battle, won, hi hi hay, count, cadence, loud, strong, always; contraction: it’s (it is), where’er (where ever),

The official song of the United States Army; also known as “The Army Song.” (chorus/refrain) Tune originates from World War One: “The Caissons Go Rolling Along.”

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