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Thread #38231   Message #537027
Posted By: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
28-Aug-01 - 06:31 PM
Thread Name: Tune Req: garryowen
Subject: RE: Tune Req: garryowen
The 7th still uses the tune. Three versions are given in a history of the 1st Sq. 7th US Cavalry. The first is the set of verses by Thomas Moore, 1807 (see posting by Sorcha). The second is the version preferred by the top brass, written by Chief Musician J. O. Brockenshire in 1907 (one that I consider poor). The third is "Sgt Flynn" with the verse that mentions Montana (the most applicable to the 7th Cavalry). There are profane verses as well and those are the ones I would like to see. For the three main versions used by the 7th: www.geocities.com/Pentagon/3917/history.htm#song. The Garryowen Handbook- interesting reading- has the song on p. 26. www.hood.army.mil.