Free 15-Minute Music Lesson for Veterans Day
On November 11 each year we celebrate Veterans Day in America. It’s a special day to remember all who have served in the Armed Forces. Enjoy today’s 15-Minute Music Lesson for Veterans Day and take some time to celebrate those who worked to allow us to be free!
Music Lesson for Veterans Day: Armed Forces Hymns
This first video goes through all 5 of the Armed Forces with their special song or hymn. Choose your favorite and sing along with it–the words are on the screen!
- Army “The Army Goes Rolling Along”
- Navy “Anchors Aweigh”
- Coast Guard “Semper Paratus”
- Air Force “Nothing’ll Stop the U.S. Air Force”
- Marines “The Marines’ Hymn”
Short Lesson about “The Army Song”
Here is a lesson about the Army Song from a 30-year retired veteran and Military Musician (trombone player and eventual Band First Sergeant) who is now a band director at a K-8 Christian School. She said that the above version of the Army Song has incorrect lyrics. Most non-military sites use a very old rendition from the original march “Caissons Go Rolling Along”, but the words were changed several decades ago, and it’s called “The Army Song” now. About 10 years ago they updated it to include the opening verse, but the Chorus and Refrain is what is sung to the original familiar tune. She said, “I’m just sharing with people who don’t know in effort for more people to learn the official and correct version we Army Soldiers know and love!”
“The Army Song”
Verse:
March along, sing our song, with the Army of the free.
Count the brave, count the true, who have fought to victory.
We’re the Army and proud of our name!
We’re the Army and proudly proclaim:
Chorus:
First to fight for the right,
And to build the Nation’s might,
And The Army Goes Rolling Along.
Proud of all we have done,
Fighting till the battle’s won,
And the Army Goes Rolling Along.
Refrain:
Then it’s hi! hi! hey!
The Army’s on its way.
Count off the cadence loud and strong;
For where’er we go,
You will always know
That The Army Goes Rolling Along.
The Fall Music for Holidays & Special Days online course contains 13 elementary music lessons for September through November.
Shadow Dance
In this next video, we watch a dance that tells the story of a veteran and his family.
(Caution: This is an absolutely beautiful and amazing performance, but it does tell a sad story. I cry every time I watch it. If this is a sensitive topic for your family, you may want to skip this one.)
Two More Videos
Our last two videos are songs sung by children which give tribute to the wonderful men and women we honor on Veterans Day.
Download a free 3-page Printable Pack to use with this 15-Minute Music Lesson for Veterans Day:
More Veterans Day Resources
If you would like some more resources to help you study Veterans Day, see the following links:
Veterans Day Book Ideas for Elementary, Middle School, and High School
Veterans Day Activity Guide, Lapbook, and Coloring Pages
If you enjoyed today’s 15-Minute Music Lesson for Veterans Day, you’ll LOVE the 15-Minute Music Lessons online course.
You might also like the Memorial Day Online Unit Study from Techie Homeschool Mom:
- Explore the branches of America’s Armed Forces
- Research America’s conflicts and casualties
- Create a digital image to honor our fallen soldiers
- This mini-course contains one module.
Hi! I want to thank you for your site and the wonderful Veterans Day resources you are sharing for our young Christian Americans who will become our future leaders and military servants! As a 30-year retired Veterans myself as a Military Musician (trombone player and eventual Band First Sergeant), and now a band director at a K-8 Christian School, I would like to humbly submit to you a correction in the words to the Army Song. Many non-military or Army Soldiers would know any different, but there is an official version of the Army Song that we have all been singing for years, and I have included the words below for you if you choose to update your page. Most non-military sites use a very old rendition from the original march “Caissons Go Rolling Along”, but the words have been changed several decades ago, and it’s called “The Army Song” now. About 10 years ago they updated it to include the opening verse, but the Chorus and Refrain is what is sung to the original familiar tune. I’m just sharing with people who don’t know in effort for more people to learn the official and correct version we Army Soldiers know and love!
Thank you for what you do – and for honoring our Nation’s Vets! There is also an official recording of the Army Song by an Army Band at this link: http://www.music.army.mil/music/armysong/
Verse:
March along, sing our song, with the Army of the free.
Count the brave, count the true, who have fought to victory.
We’re the Army and proud of our name!
We’re the Army and proudly proclaim:
Chorus:
First to fight for the right,
And to build the Nation’s might,
And The Army Goes Rolling Along.
Proud of all we have done,
Fighting till the battle’s won,
And the Army Goes Rolling Along.
Refrain:
Then it’s hi! hi! hey!
The Army’s on its way.
Count off the cadence loud and strong;
For where’er we go,
You will always know
That The Army Goes Rolling Along.
Thank you so much for sharing this with me! I will add it to the post above as soon as I can. 🙂
Blessings,
Gena