# "Off We Go'' (Air Force Theme) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 2, 2008, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/off-we-go-air-force-theme/443683 "2008-04-02T15:29:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/off-we-go-air-force-theme/443683/1 "2008-04-02T15:29:58Z")
Does anyone have this in a .wav format that you can send me? Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/off-we-go-air-force-theme/443683/2 "2008-04-02T16:55:23Z")
Will these two do ? [http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/lyrics/offwego.htm](http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/lyrics/offwego.htm) > **[USA Archives - Fifities Web](https://fiftiesweb.com/usa/)** ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/off-we-go-air-force-theme/443683/3 "2008-04-02T20:47:03Z")
My God, memories of basic training… ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/off-we-go-air-force-theme/443683/4 "2008-04-02T20:53:44Z")
Me, I just have memories of a bad joke. Did you know that the Air Force Theme was written in Upstate New York? singing “Oswego, . . .” ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/off-we-go-air-force-theme/443683/5 "2008-04-02T20:57:32Z")
No, that was General Sherman’s theme song: “Oswego Marching Through Georgia”. He was born there. Okay, not really. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2008, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/off-we-go-air-force-theme/443683/6 "2008-04-02T21:08:30Z")
[QUOTE=detop] Will these two do ? [http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/lyrics/offwego.htm](http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/lyrics/offwego.htm) > **[USA Archives - Fifities Web](https://fiftiesweb.com/usa/)** [/QUOTE] Well, I was hoping for full orchestra, and we DID find a :49 second version on the net, but my web-designer doesn’t have the proper software to convert back to .wav from MP3… But thanks! ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/off-we-go-air-force-theme/443683/7 "2008-04-03T03:03:19Z")
[http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-92/html/ndexpage.html](http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-92/html/ndexpage.html) [http://www.ilovewavs.com/Holidays/July4/july4.htm](http://www.ilovewavs.com/Holidays/July4/july4.htm) Dunno how to capture them… In the second link, I was able to right-click the song file and “save target as”. I am using Windows/Vista. ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/off-we-go-air-force-theme/443683/8 "2008-04-03T03:12:26Z")
The Air Force web site has an MP3. [http://www.af.mil/library/band/ceremonial.asp](http://www.af.mil/library/band/ceremonial.asp) Belay my last. Not downloadable… ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/off-we-go-air-force-theme/443683/9 "2008-04-03T03:23:08Z")
[QUOTE=Quasimodem] …my web-designer doesn’t have the proper software to convert back to .wav from MP3… [/QUOTE] He’s never heard of [Audacity](http://audacity.sourceforge.net/)?