Chester

"Chester" was a patriotic anthem composed by William Billings and sung during the American Revolutionary War. The title of the song reflects a common practice of Billings's day, in which tunes were labeled with (often arbitrarily chosen) place names. The idea behind this practice was that by labeling the tunes independently, one could sing them to different words without creating confusion. Years later, the text by Billings was replaced with religious words from Philip Doddridge's hymn Let the high heavens your songs invite.

Sometime during the Human-Covenant War, an Unggoy learned to sing the altered version of the song from a human prisoner who eventually perished in captivity. In 2558, he sang part of the tune to Fireteam Osiris at a Swords of Sanghelios base camp. Spartan Jameson Locke thought it was an interesting song.

Doddridge verse

Let the high heav'ns your songs invite,
These spacious fields of brilliant light,
Where sun and moon and planets roll,
And stars that glow from pole to pole.

List of appearances

• Halo 5: Guardians (First appearance)