Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-11-25
NAVY SSONGS AND YELLS
Hurled Across Franklin Field To
day In Philadelphia AT The
Army Team In Friendly
Defiance.
GUSSIE WILBUR CHEER LEADER
Anchors Aweigh" Still Popular With
The Midshipmen-The "Siren"
Yell And A Few Others.

When the Midshipmen Brigade files
into the gates of Franklin Field, Phila-
delphia, to-day, and resumes seats
in the central section of the north
stand, it will be armed to the teeth with
songs and yells, which it will hurl across
the green sward in friendly defiance of
the rival cadets OF the West Point Mill
tary Academy. and, incidentally, in en-
enlargement TO its team for victory
over the Soldiers in the annual football
battle.
Atop of all the songs is the famous
Anchors Aweigh, a march, the music
ofwhich was written by Lieutenant Zim-
norman. leader of the Naval Academy
Band, and dedicated TO the class "f 1907.
This piece has swing to 1t that makes
it peculiarly appropriate as football
song, and it was adopted as 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, Iah, rah;
Get under way.
And when our backfield goes through
you
You won't forget, rah, rah, rah!
Wen get you yet,
You Army Mule. Rah!
Still another one that is familiar to
all the Midshipmen is Sbat to the tune
of Bring Me Rose" (Arcadians), the
words of which were written by Mid
shipman Field. 1t goes as follows:
Fight, you team to blue and goldl
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!
Well fight to begin and Wen fight to
the end.
Fight, Navy team! FIGHT
A new one this year that has proved
n 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 Nays name-fght, fight,
fight?
Every inch you gain
Will bring the Navy fame.
| SO get down, and fight-FIGHT!
Underway, every play.
Navy, it'su 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, as 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.
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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 eye.
He's noted for grit
And he'll fight to the-end?
Whoa, Mule! 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, FIGHT!
TWO NEW WELLS.
The Navy yells are pretty familiar tC
| thousands of PERSONS who have attended
| athletic contests at Annapolis at on,
II l.