{"id":344,"date":"2013-07-03T15:31:33","date_gmt":"2013-07-03T19:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?page_id=344"},"modified":"2022-10-16T13:03:40","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T17:03:40","slug":"route-to-the-blues","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?page_id=344","title":{"rendered":"Rout to the Blues"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of those good warm-up songs Cliff will sing occasionally.\u00a0 Other sources call it “Rout Of The Blues” which is probably more correct.\u00a0 Mudcat.org <\/a>has some interesting data, as posted by a “Pete M”…<\/p>\n

“The Royal Horse Guards (the Blues) trace their origins to a force raised by Cromwell.\u00a0 The Regiment was especially favoured by King George IV and it is presumably from this period that the song originates.\u00a0 With the appointment of the Duke of Wellington as its Colonel, the regiment was elevated to the status of Household Cavalry in 1820.\u00a0 The Blues were merged with the Royal Dragoons (The Royals) in 1969 to form the Blues and Royals.<\/em><\/p>\n

Salisbury was, and is, one of the main Army training areas, particularly for mounted regiments.<\/em><\/p>\n

The title illustrates an interesting example of two English words which now have the same spelling but completely different meanings and origins. Rout meaning disorganised flight etc., comes from ME from OF route. Rout as in this song, meaning muster, or fetch out of hiding, derives from root from OE r\u00f5t.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Jos. Morneault<\/p>\n

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As I crossed over Salisbury Plain,
\n‘Twas a dainty fine sight I behold,
\nAll the lasses were crying and tearing their hair,
\nOh the rout has just come for the Blues.\u00a0 The rout has just come for the Blues.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Then each one home to their mothers do run,
\nSaying, \u201cMy heart is undone, it is true,
\nI’ll pack up my clothes without more delay
\nAnd boldly I’ll march with the Blues.\u201d\u00a0 And boldly I’ll march with the Blues.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The landlord and landlady walks hand in hand,
\nAnd so do they pretty girls too,
\nAnd each one pours out a bottle of gin
\nTo drink a good health to the Blues.\u00a0\u00a0 To drink a good health to the Blues.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Our ship she is rigged and we all set sail,
\nAnd sweetly the French horns play too
\nAnd each one sets up a loud huzzah,
\n\u201cSuccess to King George and his Blues.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Success to King George and his Blues.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

They’re as gallant young fellows as ever you’ll see,
\nThough you search bonny Britain all through.
\nWhen dressed in His Majesty’s suit you’ll agree
\nThere’s none can compare with the Blues.\u00a0\u00a0 There’s none can compare with the Blues.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

As I crossed over Salisbury Plain,
\n‘Twas a dainty fine sight I behold,
\nAll the lasses were crying and tearing their hair,
\nOh the rout has just come for the Blues.\u00a0 The rout has just come for the Blues.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of those good warm-up songs Cliff will sing occasionally.\u00a0 Other sources call it “Rout Of The Blues” which is probably more correct.\u00a0 Mudcat.org has some interesting data, as posted by a “Pete M”… “The Royal Horse Guards (the Blues) trace their origins to a force raised by Cromwell.\u00a0 The Regiment was especially favoured by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":21,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-344","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=344"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6012,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/344\/revisions\/6012"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}