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Origins of the OA Song
Wednesday, 28 December 2011 12:00

The following article by Lodge member Evan Skandalis appeared in the December 2011-February 2012 issue of the OA National Bulletin.   

On March 15, 1917 Tsar Nicholas II of Russia was forced to resign from the throne in favor of his younger brother, Michael, passing over his own son Alexie, 13 years old. By 1917 Russia had been at war with Germany for over three years and was facing signs of distress in its military and discontent among its people.

The Russian-Tsarist national anthem, “God Save the Tsar” had as its theme an old Russian folktune that has been used by several composers over the years, most famously in Tschaikovsky’s Marche Slav and 1812 Overture.

The Tsar’s family and retainers were moved by the provisional government under Kerensky from Petrograd to safe-keeping at Tsarskoe-Selo, a royal palace with a military guard. Some weeks later they were moved by a guard of Red Russians to Yekaterinburg, deeper in Russia, where the royal family, servants and, guards were sent to the Ipatiev House. On July 17, 1918 the entire royal family including attending doctors and servants were assassinated by orders from Lenin, now in charge of the Red Russian government.

King George V of England, a cousin of the Tsar, requested that the battleship HMS Marlborough be sent to the loyalist held Crimea in the Black Sea to rescue over 2,000 remaining members of the Romanov family. The British prime minister granted the request and on April 8, 1919 the ship left the port while for the last time the band at the dock played the national anthem, “God Save The Tsar”.

Urner Goodman, reading about this in the local papers, realized he now had a tune that he could use for the Wimachtendienk. We believe he introduced the new words and music to the first meeting of the nine existing lodges in 1921 at the assembly of the Grand Lodge and since then it has been sung to close Ordeals, Conclaves and National Conferences.

Editor’s Note: Rarely do we have the opportunity to hear about history from the ones who experienced; it is a privilege when we do. This article featured Del Loder, most recent recipient of the OA’s Lifetime Achievement Award, who is one of the Arrowmen who experienced much of the history of the OA in the West and has spent his life studying the early history of the OA. Evan Skandalis of T’Kope Kwiskwis Lodge heard Del recount the history of the OA song. The National Bulletin encourages Arrowman to seek out those who experienced the history of the OA, whether locally or nationally, and capture that history. We also welcome submissions that would be of broad interest to Arrowmen.
 

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