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Thread #6315   Message #3793832
Posted By: Lighter
04-Jun-16 - 05:15 PM
Thread Name: Origins: The Marines' Hymn / Halls of Montezuma
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Marines' Hymn / Halls of Montezuma
Here's an even earlier appearance of a variant of the first stanza:

San Francisco Chronicle (Aug. 7, 1898), p. 3:

From the halls of the Montezumas
To the shores of Tripoli,
We have fought our country's battles
On the land and on the sea.
For our duty ever ready,
We are the bravest ever seen,
And we glory in the title
Of United States Marine.