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  • A sudden screech of feedback that made Morrison wince erupted from the amplifier of the lead guitarist in the band that heralded his arrival with a spirited—and a little grating to the ears of a traditionalist—interpretation of “The Caissons Go Rolling Along.”

    O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011

  • A sudden screech of feedback that made Morrison wince erupted from the amplifier of the lead guitarist in the band that heralded his arrival with a spirited—and a little grating to the ears of a traditionalist—interpretation of “The Caissons Go Rolling Along.”

    O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011

  • A sudden screech of feedback that made Morrison wince erupted from the amplifier of the lead guitarist in the band that heralded his arrival with a spirited—and a little grating to the ears of a traditionalist—interpretation of “The Caissons Go Rolling Along.”

    O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011

  • A sudden screech of feedback that made Morrison wince erupted from the amplifier of the lead guitarist in the band that heralded his arrival with a spirited—and a little grating to the ears of a traditionalist—interpretation of “The Caissons Go Rolling Along.”

    O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011

  • A sudden screech of feedback that made Morrison wince erupted from the amplifier of the lead guitarist in the band that heralded his arrival with a spirited—and a little grating to the ears of a traditionalist—interpretation of “The Caissons Go Rolling Along.”

    O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011

  • A sudden screech of feedback that made Morrison wince erupted from the amplifier of the lead guitarist in the band that heralded his arrival with a spirited—and a little grating to the ears of a traditionalist—interpretation of “The Caissons Go Rolling Along.”

    O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011

  • Our elementary and high school's civics classes kept us up on the progress of the European war and at our graduation from P.S. 225, we sang the songs of the American military ( "Here We Go Into The Wild Blue Yonder," "Anchors Aweigh," "The Caissons Go Rolling Along," along with the British, French, Soviet and Chinese national anthems.)

    Saul Friedman: A Veteran Newsman Reflects On Friends Who Become Enemies And Vice Versa 2010

  • Our elementary and high schools 'civic classes, kept us up on the progress of the European war and at our graduation from P.S. 225, we sang the songs of the American military ( "Here We Go Into The Wild Blue Yonder," "Anchors Aweigh," "The Caissons Go Rolling Along," along with the British, French, Soviet and Chinese national anthems.)

    Saul Friedman: A Veteran Newsman Reflects--On Friends Who Become Enemies And Vice Versa 2010

  • The attractive side of war was portrayed on our television screens last night -- the stirring "Hail to the Chief," the lively sound of "The Caissons go rolling along," which sounds so merry that one cannot help but want to hum along.

    Madeleine M. Kunin: Giving Obama the Benefit of the Doubt 2009

  • Caissons once used to carry fallen soldiers from the battlefield.

    CNN Transcript Jun 9, 2004 2004

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