CADENCE SONGS

Don't know if it's the Chemo Brain or I'm just forgetful, but all I can recall are a few about Jody. And you already know we can't post most of those.

The one I can't figure out is the one posted by old tanker-about the bad ending for the bird.

If anyone knows that one, please post or, if it is one that would be inappropriate, please PM me with the lyrics.

Bob
 
Your left, your left, your left, your right your left.
I had a good home but I left,
You'll never get home on your left,
You had a good wife but she left.
Repeat above

That's one I remember my dad used on us kids when he used to have us practice fire drills at home. He also used a thunder whistle. We kids got tired of his thunder whistle--took it while he was at work one-time,and buried it somewhere down the alley never to be found again.
 
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Don't know if it's the Chemo Brain or I'm just forgetful, but all I can recall are a few about Jody. And you already know we can't post most of those.

The one I can't figure out is the one posted by old tanker-about the bad ending for the bird.

If anyone knows that one, please post or, if it is one that would be inappropriate, please PM me with the lyrics.

Bob

...this may be it...

A little bird with a yellow bill
Was sitting on my window sill
I lured him in with a piece of bread
And then i smashed his little head
 
In fourteen hundred and ninety two,

A Diego from Marsilli

Was walking thru the streets o' Spain, sellin' hot tamales.

He walked right up to the Queen o' Spain,

demanding ships & cargo.

He said he'd be a son of a ____ if he didn't bring back Chicago!

He said the world was round-o,
He said it could be found-o,

That hypothetical, _______ son of a _____ Columbo!


Somebody else can add the verses about Pegleg Morgan
and the cabin boy.
 
Our heads are down
Our stomachs in
We just got back
From chow again

Sound off

No wonder Army chow's a mess
They sent the cooks through OCS
And all they ever learned to brew
Is meat and beans and vegetable stew

Sound off

I left my wife in Tennessee
She promised she'd be true to me
Now I wonder who the heck
Is spending my allotment check

Sound off

The CO is a jerk
YOU'RE RIGHT
So's the Company Clerk
YOU'RE RIGHT
The Sergeant reads his comic books
While we do all the work
YOU'RE RIGHT

Sound off
 
I just remembered this one from basic training (Ft. Polk, LA) circa 1975 (sung to "When Johnny Comes Marching Home"):

They issued me an M-16 yo-ho, yo-ho
They issued me an M-16 yo-ho...yo-ho
They issued me an M-16, but forgot to give me a magazine
And we'll all be dead by the time they figure it out!

_____

BTW - my apologies to you quartermaster corps guys out there.

Regards,

Dave
 
An Army marching song from WWII:

I wouldn't give a bean
to be a fancy pants Marine
I'd rather be a dogface soldier like I am.

I wouldn't trade my old ODs
for all the Navy's dungarees
'cuz I'm the walkin' pride of Uncle Sam.

On all the posters that I read
it says the Army builds men -
so they're tearin' me down
to build me over again.

I'm just a dogface soldier
with a rifle on my shoulder
and I'm ready for whatever comes my way -

So feed me ammunition
keep me in my old condition
your dogface soldier boy's OK!

- from a guy who actually remembers WWII...

John
 
I don't know if they actually marched to this one. It is from WWI.
Hell, I wasn't there. But 2 of my uncles were there. Interesting
enough (at least to me) one of those uncle's dad (my grandpa)
had been a member of the kaiser's guard unit. I remember his
beautiful black helmet with the gold & silver trim and the spike on
top.

Kaiser Bill went up the hill
to take a look at France
Kaiser Bill came down the hill
with bullets in his pants
 
Walking down the avenue, 2 more months and we'll be through.

You had a good home but you left, your right.
 
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