CADENCE SONGS

[crazyphil]

Did you sing cadence songs when marching in the military?
Do you remember a favorite or two?
For example: GI beans and GI gravy,
Gee I wish I'd joined the Navy.
Or: There's a place I want to go
and it's back in Idaho.
Or: Lift your hat and show your curls
we are marching by the girls.
Most of the ones I remember would probably violate a rule.

How about you?

 

[Jessie]

" Most of the ones I remember would probably violate a rule"

^^^^^ This

 

[THE PILGRIM]

I've got six pence,
Jolly, jolly sixpence ,
I've got sixpence ,
To last me all my life!
We got a lot of songs from the Brits, including a bunch not allowed here!

 

[Bill_inBouse]

Most of ours in 68 were about some guy named Jody and can't be repeated here for sure LOL

 

[old tanker]

 

[dusty3030]

I got nothing that wouldn't get me banned.

 

[the ringo kid]

Though I never got in due to bad heaLTH BUT, IVE BEEN TOLD THERE MUST BE A MILLION VERSIONS OF wHATEVER HAPPENED TO jODY. i REMEMBER THE VERSION SANG AT THE END OF THE GREAT MOVIE: bATTLEGROUND.

Sorry for caps.

 

[PALADIN85020]

I left my wife in New Orleans
with 24 kids and a can of beans -

SOUND OFF!

John

 

[OFT II]

I don't know but I hear tell
handejector is meaner than hell.

 

[wingriderz]

They say that in the army the chow is mighty fine , a chicken got off the table and started marching time. Re up your crazy, Re up your out your mind.

 

[Glashaus]

C130 rolling down the strip
Airborne daddy going to take a trip
Stand up, hook up, shuffle to the door
Jump on out and count to four
If my chute opens wide
I'll be landing by your side
If my chute don't open round
I'll be the first Ranger on the ground
Sound off

 

[jscheck]

C-130 Rollin' Down the Strip
Airborn Daddy Gonna Take a Little Trip
Time of Arrival Destination Unknown
Don't Even Know If I'm Comin' Back Home!
Etc.

 

[PALADIN85020]

Gory, gory, what a helluva way to die,
Gory, gory what a helluva way to die,
Gory, gory, what a helluva way to die,
and he ain't gonna jump no more...

(sung to the tune of the Battle Hymn of the Republic)

John

 

[M1A]

I've got a gal
she lives out west
she's got, forgot the rest

 

[vytoland]

left..right...left....


[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR5yhKQo3dc[/ame]

 

[richardw]

In boot camp.

Some guys want a BAR
I just want a candy bar
Never knew I could run so far
I still would rather go by car


My gals name is Cindy Lou
Cindy I am think of you
See you when I close my eyes
Too damn tired for it to rise

I like girls with blue eyes
Eyes as bright as blue skies
Not too many of them around
But if you look they can be found


Ok That is it for me. Any other I post will get the post deleted or merit an infraction.

 

[Double-O-Dave]

Oh, so many I remember, and like others have noted, they would get me in big trouble here.

One of my favorites was the 3rd chorus(?) of "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" - the Ft. Sam Houston, Basic Medic (91-B) school version:

Behind the door her daddy kept a shotgun
He kept it in the springtime in the merry month of May
and if you asked him why the heck he kept it
He kept it cause that Medic who was far, far away
Far away!
Far away!
He kept it cause that Medic who was far, far away.

Regards,

Dave

 

[ParadiseRoad]

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1-QMAE7UZY[/ame]

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDQvYE8sbc8[/ame]

 

[mrchuck]

STAND UP!
HOOK UP
RIGHT FACE
CHECK YOUR EQPT
CHECK YOUR BUDDY'S EQPT
SHUFFLE TO THE DOOR
STAND IN THE DOOR
GREEN LIGHT ON
GO! GO! GO!
I was a 1st Lt at Ft Benning in 1960, Airborne Infantry.
Then Viet-Nam for 2 tours.
Mustered out late 1964.

 

[Muley Gil]

I remember one about a corporeal , his canteen and then him turning green. Don't remember the rest though.

 

[Triggernosis]

Two old ladies lying in bed...
One rolled over to the other and said...
"I wanna be an Airborne Ranger!"...
"Live a life of guts and danger"...
"I'm gonna cut off all my hair"...
"So I can wrestle a grizzly bear"...
(I don't remember the rest of it)

 

[ParadiseRoad]

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wZ39aAhokQ[/ame]

 

[OLDNAVYMCPO]

Went to jump school at Benning in July 1969, the song was:

I want to be an Airborne Ranger
I want to live a life of danger
I want to go to Viet Nam
I want to get me a Charlie Cong
Here we go , here we go
All the way, all the way
Airborne, airborne
Everyday, everyday


The other one I remember was: C-130 going down the strip
Airborne Daddy gone take a little trip
Stand-up, hook-up, shuffle to the door
Jump right out and count to four

If that main don't open wide
I got another one by my side
If that one should fail me too
Look out below, I'm coming thru

If I die on the old drop zone
Box me up and ship me home
Pin my wings upon my chest
And bury me in the leaning rest

I was the only Navy in my class but there were about a dozen ANGLICO Marines. Caught the usual flack.

Just remembered another one which the jump master sang out whenever we passed a non-parachutist.

On the right, on the right
Dirty leg, dirty leg
Can't run, can't run
Can't fight, can't fight
No good, no good

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Since we did more drinking than we did marching,
We had a bunch of drinking songs.
Had a Squadron Commander who wanted all of them written down and put into a book.
So just The space ship guy - he said Make it so!

 

[Stevens]

I remember we had some pretty raunchy ones in ROTC high school. Counted off when no faculty officers nearby although one or two didn't mind.
Steve W

 

[Jessie]

Battleground (1949) Opening Scene - YouTube

BATTLEGROUND - 1949 clip 2 - YouTube

What? I never even saw anybody march like that, let alone do it myself.
Unless there was a different level of marching in the Airborne, and I mean really different, that's purely Hollywood.

 

[Alpo]

I heard the recruiting sergeant say
This Army life is sure okay
You better volunteer today
They're gonna draft you anyway

Sound off

 

[Krell1]

I don't know but I've been told
Eskimo.....you probably know the rest.

 

[orbruce]

I don't know but I've been told
Stinky cheese turns into mold

 

[shell627]

I don't know but I've been told
Eskimo.....you probably know the rest.

That's the one I remember from ROTC.Something about Eskimo kitty cats.