Under the Double Eagle

{{Short description|Austrian military march}}

{{Infobox musical composition

| name = "Under the Double Eagle"

| image = Josef Franz Wagner Unter dem Doppel-Adler op 159.jpg

| type = March

| composer = Josef Wagner

| native_name = "Unter dem Doppeladler"

| native_name_lang = de

| key = E-flat major

| opus = 159

| form = Ternary

| written = {{Start date|1893}}

| publisher = Eclipse Publishing Co.

|misc=center

}}

"Under the Double Eagle" ({{Langx|de|Unter dem Doppeladler}}), Op. 159, is an 1893 march composed by Josef Wagner, an Austrian military music composer. The title is a reference to the two-headed eagle in the coat of arms of Austria-Hungary.{{cite book |last1=Reich |first1=Herb |title=Numberpedia: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know (and a Few Things You Didn't) About Numbers |date=2011 |publisher=Skyhorse Publishing |location=New York |isbn=978-1616080846 |pages=512}}

It was published in the United States in 1902 by Eclipse Publishing Co., a branch of Joseph Morris Music in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.{{cite web|title=Under the Double Eagle |url= http://www.pritzkermilitary.org/explore/library/online-catalog/view/oclc/179294978 |publisher= Pritzker Military Museum & Library|access-date=28 June 2016 |oclc=179294978}}

This piece is in E-flat major, though the Trio is in A-flat major. It is written in ternary form.

In 1935, Bill Boyd and His Cowboy Ramblers, with an arrangement by Mort Glickman{{Cite book|last=Library of Congress. Copyright Office.|url=http://archive.org/details/catalogofcopyrig303libr|title=Catalog of Copyright Entries 1935 Musical Compositions New Series Vol 30 Pt 3|date=1935|publisher=U.S. Govt. Print. Off.|others=United States Copyright Office|language=English}} on Bluebird Records,{{Cite web|title=Victor matrix BVE-87727. Under the double eagle / Bill Boyd; Cowboy Ramblers - Discography of American Historical Recordings|url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200019125/BVE-87727-Under_the_double_eagle|access-date=2022-01-08|website=adp.library.ucsb.edu}} was second only to the Carter Family in the top Hillbilly (Country) music hits of the year.{{Cite book|last=Wolff|first=Duane|title=Country Music:The Rough Guide|publisher=Rough Guides|year=2000|location=Orlando|pages=75|language=english}} It became a Western swing standard, and has been recorded by many Country and Bluegrass artists since.

The tune was parodied in the Benny Goodman recording "Benjie's Bubble" and was also used for the well-known Monty Python's Flying Circus animation segment "Conrad Poohs And His Dancing Teeth".