Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-11-22
To Be Hurled Across Franklin
Field Saturday AT The Army
Game.
MIDDIES PRACTICE DAILY.
Enthusiastic Feature OF ArmY-Navy
Game In Philadelphia.

over the Soldiers in the annual football
battle.
The MiddieS have been busy each af-
ternoon for a week practicing the new
ditties and rehearsing the old ones, and
their singins and yelling is the feature
ofevery afternoon practice of the team.
Printed copies of all the songs and yells
have been distributed among the $50
midshipmen, and there was an open re-
hearsal during the Penn State battle
Saturday.
Atop of all the songs is The famous
Anchors Aweigh," march, the music
ofwhich was written by Lieutenant Zim-
norman. leader of the Naval Academy
Band, and dedicated to the class of 1907.
This piece has a swing to 1t that makes
1t peculiarly appropriate as a football
song, and it was adopted as a standard
the first time it was used, four years ago.
The words are as follows:
Stand Navy down the field.
Sails set to the sky.
Wen never change our course,
So Army you steer shy-y-y-y.
Roll up the score, Navy;
Anchors aweigh;
Sail Navy down the field
And sink the Army,
Sink the Army Grey.
CLASS TO SILVER BELLS.
silver Bells" is another favorite re-
vived from last years crop, and the
words run thus:
Rip up the Army,
Break through the Grey. rah, rah, rah!
You know the play, rah, Tah, rah;
Get under way.
And when our backfield goes through
you
You won't forget, rah, rah. rahl
Wen get you yet,
You Army Mule. Rah!
Still another one that is familiar TO
all the Midshipmen is that to the tune
of Bring Me n Rose (Arcadians), the
words of which were written by Mid
shipman Field. 1t goes as follows:
Fight, you team to blue and gold.
Fight to win the game!
Fight your way through the Army
grey,
Fight with might and main!
Fight, you men who wear the y:
Fight for Navy's name
Wen fight to begin and Wen fight to
the end.
Fight, Navy team! FIGHT!
a new one this year that has proved
winner with the brigade is sung to
the tune of "All Alone" the composition
being by John Wilbur, this years cheer
leader, and Wick and Dodd. The words
of it are:
Navy team! Navy team!
Fight for the Navy's name-ight, fight,
fight?
Every inch you gain
viii bring the Navy fame
So get down, and fight-FIGHT!
Underway, every play.
Navy, it's up to you!
So fight to win today
And make the Army gray
Go down before the good old Navy
blue.
The Pride of the Navy" is another
OF the new songs. 1t contains three
stanzas, rs follows:
We're all for the Navy.
She's got the right team:
She's got the right spirit;
She's got the right steam;
She's got the right coaches:
She's got the right men;
She's GOT to make good
For the Navy again.
CHORUS.
So rip up the Army team!
Tear up the Army team!
Smash up the Army team!
Fight, Navy, FIGHT!
The poor Army mule,
He will never say die;
But look out for the goat
With the blood in his eve.
He's noted for grit
And he'll fight to the-eAd9
Whoa, Mulei Step aside
or he'll get you again,
[cHoRUs.l
The Army knows all
About war on the land,
But seagoing tactics
They can't understand.
So into it, Navy,
And do them up right.
We're up here to lick them!
So fight, Navy, FIGHTi