Navy Blue and Gold is the alma mater

Alma mater

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 of the United States Naval Academy

United States Naval Academy

The United States Naval Academy is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located in Annapolis, Maryland, United States...

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History

• Written in 1923 by CDR Roy DeS. Horn, USN (Ret) and music composed by J.W. Crosley.

• Changed to gender-neutral lyrics in May 2004 without permission of the author by Vice Adm. Rodney P. Rempt
  Rodney P. Rempt
  Rodney Paul Rempt is a retired Vice Admiral of the United States Navy who served as the 58th Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy from 2003 to 2007.-Biography:...
  
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Lyrics

Original First Verse:

Now college men from sea to sea

May sing of colors true,

But who has better right than we

To hoist a symbol hue?

For sailor men in battle fair

Since fighting days of old,

Have proved a sailor's right to wear

The Navy Blue and Gold.

BEAT ARMY!!

Revised First Verse:

Now colleges from sea to sea

May sing of colors true,

But who has better right than we

To hoist a symbol hue?

For sailors brave in battle fair

Since fighting days of old,

Have proved a sailor's right to wear

The Navy Blue and Gold.

BEAT ARMY!!
Second Verse:

So hoist our colors, hoist them high,

And vow allegiance true,

So long as sunset gilds the sky

Above the ocean blue,

Unlowered shall those colors be

Whatever fate they meet,

So glorious in victory,

Triumphant in defeat.



Third Verse:
Four years together by the Bay 

Where Severn

Severn River (Maryland)

The Severn River runs through Anne Arundel County in the U.S. state of Maryland. It is located south of the Magothy River, and north of the South River.-Geography:...

joins the tide,

Then by the Service called away,

We've scattered far and wide;

But still when two or three shall meet,

And old tales be retold,

From low to highest in the Fleet

Will pledge the Blue and Gold.

External links

• U.S. Naval Academy Band Official Site