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U.S. Field Artillery March - NIU Wind Ensemble

U.S. Field Artillery March by John Philip Sousa Sousa served in the United States Marine Corps, and was a member of the U.S. Navy during World War I. He was asked by Army Lieutenant George Friedlander, of the 306th Field Artillery, to compose a march for his regiment. 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 The song was thought to perhaps be of Civil War origin, and was unpublished, and its composer believed to be dead.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, refined the melody, made the rhythm more snappy, and added further new material. Sousa and Lieutenant Friedlander were surprised to later learn that the composer of The Caisson Song was still living and that the song had been written in 1908 by artillery First Lieutenant (later Brigadier General) Edmund L. Gruber, with some help on the lyrics from Lieutenant William Bryden, and Lieutenant (later Major General) Robert M. Danford, while stationed at Fort Stotsenburg in the Philippines.Reportedly, Gruber may have been influenced by music composed by Alfred C. Montin at Fort Sheridan in Illinois, shortly before his unit was transferred to Fort Sill in Oklahoma. The lyrics as of 1918 are as follows: Over hill, over dale, We will hit the dusty trail, And those Caissons go rolling along. In and out, hear them shout! Counter marching all about, And those Caissons go rolling along, For it’s high high he, In the Field Artillery, Shout out your “No” [numbers] loud and strong, For wher-e’er we go, You will always know, That those Caissons go rolling along. Notes from the Wind Repertory Project