{"id":116,"date":"2021-05-10T01:50:34","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T01:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=116"},"modified":"2026-01-04T16:41:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T16:41:37","slug":"the-band-played-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/the-band-played-on\/","title":{"rendered":"The Band Played On"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">by Palmer and Ward &#8211; Key of A<\/span> 1895<\/p>\n<input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='69ea48a32a9f10003908019' value='69ea48a32a9f10003908019'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-69ea48a32a9f10003908019' value='Show More'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-69ea48a32a9f10003908019' value='Show Less'><button id='bg-showmore-action-69ea48a32a9f10003908019' class='bg-showmore-plg-button bg-orange-button  '   style=\" color:#4a4949;\">Show More<\/button><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-69ea48a32a9f10003908019' ><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">The Band Played On, also known (by its refrain) as Casey Would Waltz with a Strawberry Blonde, was a popular song written in 1895 with lyrics by John F. Palmer and music by Charles B. Ward (1865-1917).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Unusually, as originally published the verses are in 2\/4 time, while the chorus is in 3\/4 (waltz) time. The chorus is much better known than the verses to later generations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<pre style=\"font-size: 13px;\" class=\"xNWlr hjutX PBFx0\">The Band Played On\r\n \r\n<span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>\r\nCasey would waltz with a strawberry blonde\r\n          <span data-name=\"D\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">D<\/span>\r\nAnd the band played on\r\n \r\nHe'd glide cross the floor with the girl he adored\r\n        <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>\r\nAnd the band played on\r\n                      <span data-name=\"D\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">D<\/span>          <span data-name=\"G7\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G7<\/span>       <span data-name=\"C\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>\r\nBut his brain was so loaded it nearly exploded\r\n      <span data-name=\"Am\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">Am<\/span>\r\nThe poor girl would shake in alarm\r\n       <span data-name=\"C\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>                           <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>         <span data-name=\"Em\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">Em<\/span>\r\nHe'd never leave the girl with the strawberry curls\r\n         <span data-name=\"A7\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">A7<\/span>   <span data-name=\"D7\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">D7<\/span>     <span data-name=\"G\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G<\/span>\r\nAnd the band played on\r\n\r\n<div class=\"vxv2A\">X<\/div><\/pre>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/robertandrews.net\/songpics\/A-B\/band-played-on.jpg\">SHEET MUSIC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>12<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Palmer and Ward &#8211; Key of A 1895 &nbsp; The Band Played On G Casey would waltz with a strawberry blonde D And the band played on He&#8217;d glide cross the floor with the girl he adored G And the band played on D G7 C But his brain &hellip; <span class=\"more-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/the-band-played-on\/\" class=\"more-link\">CLICK TO VIEW SONG<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Band Played On<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,116,117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-x-bill-chase","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28226,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116\/revisions\/28226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}