20070826 Westminster Band plays Marine Hymm

This video clip portrays the Westminster Municipal Band playing a portion of the Marine Hymn, "From the Halls of Montezuma to the Shores of Tripoli" at this year's annual Belle Grove Square summer concert on August 26th, 2007 -- in Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland USA.

According to an article, "The Marines' Hymn," on the U.S.M.C. Band website, http://www.marineband.usmc.mil/: "The author of the words to the hymn is unknown."

"The music to the hymn is believed to have originated in the comic opera Geneviéve de Brabant composed by the French composer Jacques Offenbach. Originally written as a two-act opera in 1859, Offenbach revised the work, expanding it to three acts in 1867. This revised version included the song "Couplets des Deux Hommes d'Armes" and is the musical source of The Marines' Hymn."

"From the Halls of Montezuma" refers to the Battle of Chapultepec during the Mexican-American War.

"The Shores of Tripoli" refers to actions during the First Barbary War and the Battle of Derne.

More information can be found under the "Westminster Municipal Band" label at www.kevindayhoff.net. Kevin Dayhoff August 26, 2007


Lyrics:

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 Marines.
Our flag's unfurl'd to every breeze
From dawn to setting sun;
We have fought in every 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.

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• Carroll
• County
• Marines
• USMC
• Montezuma
• Tripoli
• Belle
• Grove
• Square

[devildawg1990]

Semper Fi

[kevindayhoff]

Semper Fi

[devildawg1990]

@lordhashi them idiotic marines as you refer to them as protect you're ass while you are sitting behind you're computer talking shit about em , Personally i think people like you should be forced into the military and sent directly to the front line to see first hand just what really happens, not what they let you hear about on American Tv , no censors . Oh and you calling marines stupid makes you the most ignorant fool of the year.

[DANCEADDICT01]

...admiration of the nation and determination shows OOOH OOOH... this is the crows tune! lol

[roomcleod2332]

in Australia the Adelaide Crows football club is the same tune as this.

[Carthrage]

I dont think they had recorders like they do at the BoS. Try taking a recorder and playing(whatever intrument you play) into it, then hear what it sounds like. This looks like it was filmed with a house-hold video recorder. Very well done in my opinion, its cool you get to hear the different chords though...to bad for the poor audio recording, it would have been a very rich piece of music , but I doubt they could afford the proper equipment, Have you listened to your school on a recording?

[DarthEon14]

Funny, but true.

[abercrombietennis]

This sounds horrible i am in 7 grade and we are playing this on BAND A Rama!! But our seems longer it is called Armed Forces March.

[jasw4ever]

WAit wat about the Air force : If the Army and the Navy

Ever look on Heaven's scenes. aha i feel shamed USAF

[sunshinehello]

Just need some Bagpipes and the band will be complete.