[Magdalen] Fourth of July Fireworks.

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

I am a little late on this because for some reason several Maggie emails
did not come to me til today.
It's interesting how the US military has honored its traditional by taking
old music with lyrics tying it to one era and simply fitting the familiar
and revered music with new and relevant words.

http://www.music.army.mil/music/armysong/

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 11:11 PM, Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu> wrote:

> Wow, that long ago!  I learned it in elementary school, of course, and
> always sang it "caissons."  I guess it shows my age.  I know the lyrics
> included "field artillery..." but we just always learned it as the "Army
> Song;" we also learned the Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard songs.
>
>
> Ann
>
> The Rev. Ann Markle
> Buffalo, NY
> ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
>
> On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 10:07 PM, P. Dan Brittain <pdan.brittain at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > ​(June 1970 was my entry date - changed sometime before then), as David
> > said - to make it fit as the service song.​
> >
> >
>