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"Taps" is a bugle call—a signal, not a song. As such, there is no associated lyric. Many bugle calls had words associated with them as a mnemonic device but these are not lyrics.
15 kwi 2016 · The origins of “Taps,” the distinctive bugle melody played at U.S. military funerals and memorials and as a lights-out signal to soldiers at night, date back to the American Civil War.
30 maj 2011 · The languid, melancholy sound of a bugle call is a fixture at military funerals. But it wasn't always that way. The song taps used to signal 'lights out' for soldiers to go to sleep.
2 sie 2021 · The lyrics to “Taps” were added after the original composition by Butterfield. While little is known on how they were written, they are often attributed to Horace Lorenzo Trim, although his...
27 maj 2021 · The powerful sound of a bugler playing “Taps” is a call to remember those who gave their lives in the service of the United States. Born of a French bugle call, the melody we know as “Taps” was rearranged and used during the Civil War as a call for lights out.
9 sty 2020 · This more emotive and powerful Tap was soon adopted throughout the military. The U.S. Army officially recognized it in 1874, and it became standard at military funeral ceremonies in 1891. There's something singularly beautiful, mournful, and appropriate in the music of this wonderful call.
28 paź 2008 · An old rumor tells of how the "Taps" military bugle song supposedly originated from a composition found in a dead soldier's pocket.
