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Wolfhound MarchHear it again or for the first time!
The 27th Infantry March
"Hallelula! The Monkeys have no tails in
Zamboanga!
I thought the music was lost forever." ...Philip File"YEAH WOOLLFHOUNDSZZZ & NEC ASPERA TERRENT.
There are hundreds of thousands of Wolfhounds out there who have
never heard their march... I'd like for [you] to know how much
I appreciate what you are doing to help keep
alive the memory of a Great Regiment."...John M. Cloninger "This is the official Regimental March. Although it went out of print in the early 1930's, there is a copy of sheet music in the archives.
The Regimental March of the 27th was written in 1907 by Mr. G. Savoca, Band Leader of the 27th while the regiment was in Cuba.
The first part is based on a Filipino melody which was popular among the regiment and men while in the Philippines.
The Regimental Song, Lanao, is also attributed to Mr. Savoca who was fatally injured in an accident during maneuvers in
Wisconsin in 1912. The march has since been held in high esteem as the 27th Regimental March and is well known
throughout the Army as the march of the 27th Infantry"...Jim Malachowski, Wolfhound historian Such is the power of music that those Wolfhounds who marched to its strains will find themselves immersed in nostalgia when they hear it again. Many Wolfhounds have not heard it since they marched in parades before the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Many more have never heard it. Here is your chance!
The first rendition was recorded at pre-Pearl Harbor Schofield Barracks and and the
second is a recording in high quality stereo by the US Military Academy. During World War II and the Korean War it was played often by the West Point Band. This is Grade A Nostalgia !! A 90 minute cassette with 27th Infantry Regiment March recorded in mono at Schofield in the late 30's and in stereo during the 70's. There is a vocal passage with lyrics titled "Mindanao". Early Wolfhounds tell us that there are other lyrics such as "The Monkeys have no tails in Zamboanga" and "We won't go back to Oahu anymore". These lyrics are from a 1926 Organization Day program found in the archives: Ever hear of La Laguna de Lanao,
In the sunny southern isle of Mindanao?
Where the Twenty-Seventh went with Baldwin, Peacefully intent and called on
All the Dattos up at Lake Lanao.
Oh! We got a warm reception at Lanao, It beat the seventeenth of Ireland for a row.
They fired lantacas filled with stones, But now the hogs root up their bones of those who
Once sat on their thrones at Lake Lanao.
Pandapatan was a fort at Lake Lanao, Famed for strength from Zamboanga to Davao,
But our bayonets downed their krises, While our Krags shot them to pieces, so that
"Peace", is now the watchword at Lanao.
We no longer care to linger at Lanao, For of scenery and climate we've enow;
And we would that we were back Where men and girls are not all black, and woman's
Love is not alack as at Lanao. Also on the C-90 tape is Occupation Era Japanese tunes such as Mushi Mushi Anonay, China Nights, Arrirang, Honey Bucket Swing, Gomnasai, and more. In 1947, safely between the "Big One" and Korea, I recall enjoying those tunes over a 50 yen litre of Kirin at the Kabuki and Pacific Star Cabarets in Osaka. Most of the material from the collection of the late "Gunner" Cloninger. (May this wonderful man rest in peace.) Hear a clip Wolfhound March
For your own 90 minute quality cassette send a check or money order for $7.50 postpaid. (It's a break-even) Payable to Jack Borden and mail it to: 111 Brickyard Rd.
2-C Athol, MA 01331 Yea Wolfhounds!
Jack Borden
(978) 249-4323
jjborden@webtv.net
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02 Jun 2008 |
