Still atleast we were not called Seamen 
Whats your favorite cadence?
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Most of the time, historical reference can be lost on those military members that are "in the moment." Sometimes a wave of emotion can wash over you, triggered by a stimulus.
I was ending my time in Army Airborne School (I was in the USAF). Actually, I was disappointed in the difficulty of the program, I found it quite easy but I was anxious to complete my first military jump. The morning air was sweetened by the rich smell of Jet exhaust as the C-130's groaned against a picture-perfect sunrise. Marching toward the flightline, I let myself imagine that I was preparing for a WW2 jump into Sicily or Normandy.
Black and white photos started flashing in my head of 82nd and 101st airborne troops. A sense of pride started to well within me just as the Army "Black Hat" started wailing away:
Around her neck she wore a yellow ribbon
She wore it in the springtime
And in the month of May
And if you ask me why the heck she wore it
She wore it for her soldier who was far far away
Far away, far away
She wore it for her soldier
Who was far, far away
and on and on.... man that felt good.... from cavalry to airborne
A proud military tradition… by horseback or C-130
I was ending my time in Army Airborne School (I was in the USAF). Actually, I was disappointed in the difficulty of the program, I found it quite easy but I was anxious to complete my first military jump. The morning air was sweetened by the rich smell of Jet exhaust as the C-130's groaned against a picture-perfect sunrise. Marching toward the flightline, I let myself imagine that I was preparing for a WW2 jump into Sicily or Normandy.
Black and white photos started flashing in my head of 82nd and 101st airborne troops. A sense of pride started to well within me just as the Army "Black Hat" started wailing away:
Around her neck she wore a yellow ribbon
She wore it in the springtime
And in the month of May
And if you ask me why the heck she wore it
She wore it for her soldier who was far far away
Far away, far away
She wore it for her soldier
Who was far, far away
and on and on.... man that felt good.... from cavalry to airborne
A proud military tradition… by horseback or C-130
lesofprimus
Brigadier General
Whats wrong with being called a Seaman??? A Seaman who Sails on the Sea is a Man indeed...
Now, if u call me Semen to my face, its on...
Semen
renrich
Chief Master Sergeant
"The Fort Knox Boogie"
ccheese
Member In Perpetuity
The only marchin' I ever did was in boot camp (1951, Great Lakes). Our
RCPO had a phonograph (read:Victrola) and he'd play "Star Stripes,
Forever", "Over Hill, Over Dale", and some other John Phillip Sousa stuff.
We didn't sing, just marched, marched, marched. The Navy was never known
to march from place to place.
Charles
RCPO had a phonograph (read:Victrola) and he'd play "Star Stripes,
Forever", "Over Hill, Over Dale", and some other John Phillip Sousa stuff.
We didn't sing, just marched, marched, marched. The Navy was never known
to march from place to place.
Charles
ToughOmbre
Senior Master Sergeant
The Prettiest Girl
The prettiest girl (The prettiest girl)
I ever saw (I ever saw)
was sipping bourbon (was sipping bourbon)
through a straw (Through a straw)
The prettiest girl (The prettiest girl
I ever saw (I ever saw)
was sipping bourbon .... through a straw.
(the next verses follow the above format)
I walked right up
I sat right down
I ordered up
another round.
I placed my hand
upon her knee
she said young man
your teasing me.
I placed my hand
upon her thigh
she said young man
that's way too high.
I picked her up
I laid her down
her long blond hair
lay all around.
The wedding was
a formal one
her daddy had
a white shotgun.
And now I've got
a mother-in-law
and 14 kids
who call me pa.
There's more, but I'll keep it clean.
TO
The prettiest girl (The prettiest girl)
I ever saw (I ever saw)
was sipping bourbon (was sipping bourbon)
through a straw (Through a straw)
The prettiest girl (The prettiest girl
I ever saw (I ever saw)
was sipping bourbon .... through a straw.
(the next verses follow the above format)
I walked right up
I sat right down
I ordered up
another round.
I placed my hand
upon her knee
she said young man
your teasing me.
I placed my hand
upon her thigh
she said young man
that's way too high.
I picked her up
I laid her down
her long blond hair
lay all around.
The wedding was
a formal one
her daddy had
a white shotgun.
And now I've got
a mother-in-law
and 14 kids
who call me pa.
There's more, but I'll keep it clean.
TO
I was in Ft. Benning Airborne school wearing an Air Force uniform with 2 stripes. In the AF it's just an E-2 (or E-3 i forget), In the Army, it's a corporal. Army NCO blackhats would always task me to march a squad to miscellaneous places cause they thought I was an NCO.
I only knew how to run to cadence, I couldn't march at all so I always had my squad run everywhere. The blackhats all thought I was "highspeed and airborne ready"... I just didn't know how to march!
start of Airborne School.. 500 army and 9 Air force
end of Airborne School.. 350 Army and 9 Air Force
.
I only knew how to run to cadence, I couldn't march at all so I always had my squad run everywhere. The blackhats all thought I was "highspeed and airborne ready"... I just didn't know how to march!
start of Airborne School.. 500 army and 9 Air force
end of Airborne School.. 350 Army and 9 Air Force
.
Rook58
Airman
Jim the Greek
From out of the west came Jim the Greek,
With forty pounds of swinging meat.
But mother nature played him one mean trick,
he was the only man with a corkscrew d**k.
From dawn to dusk Jim continued his hunt,
Looking for a woman with a corkscrew c***.
At last he found her and he got her in bed -
I'll be a s** of a b**** - she had a left-hand thread.
From out of the west came Jim the Greek,
With forty pounds of swinging meat.
But mother nature played him one mean trick,
he was the only man with a corkscrew d**k.
From dawn to dusk Jim continued his hunt,
Looking for a woman with a corkscrew c***.
At last he found her and he got her in bed -
I'll be a s** of a b**** - she had a left-hand thread.
pbfoot
1st Lieutenant
no sunglasses and no singing up here the only way to keep the DI happy was everyones foot hitting the ground at the same time
ccheese
Member In Perpetuity
Whatever happened to "Blood on the Risers" ?
Charles
Charles
A4K
Brigadier General
The only time we sang cadence was in the 'wop-wops' (the bush, ie, marching in the mountains) to keep us awake.
I don't know about the Army, but in the airforce atleast it wasn't allowed (or considered necessary - in the words of my boot camp Corporal :'only the yanks sing when they march, because they can't count!' )
What we sang in the bush was:
Bee-bop-a-reeba (bee-bop-a-reeba)
Bee-bop-a-ro-o (repeated..)
I wish that all the ladies (...)
Were potholes in the road
And if I was a dump truck
I'd fill them with my load
A bee-bop-a-reeba ( repeat..)
A-bee-bop-a-ro-o (...)
I wish that all the ladies
were waves on the ocean
And if I was a surfer
I'd ride 'em with my motion (etc,etc..)
Unfortunately don't remember the other verses, but you get the idea...
I don't know about the Army, but in the airforce atleast it wasn't allowed (or considered necessary - in the words of my boot camp Corporal :'only the yanks sing when they march, because they can't count!' )
What we sang in the bush was:
Bee-bop-a-reeba (bee-bop-a-reeba)
Bee-bop-a-ro-o (repeated..)
I wish that all the ladies (...)
Were potholes in the road
And if I was a dump truck
I'd fill them with my load
A bee-bop-a-reeba ( repeat..)
A-bee-bop-a-ro-o (...)
I wish that all the ladies
were waves on the ocean
And if I was a surfer
I'd ride 'em with my motion (etc,etc..)
Unfortunately don't remember the other verses, but you get the idea...
mikewint
Captain
not a jody call, but if any of you ever jumped out of a perfectly good airplane at benning, we had to learn "blood on the risers"
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
My two favorites:
"My girls a vegitable
she lives in a hospital
and I will do anything to keep her alive.
My girls has a new tv.
Its called an ekg,
and I will do anything
to keep her alive.
I like to play a joke,
pull the cord and watch her choke,
but I will do anything
to keep her alive."
and
"Around her hair she wore a yellow ribbon
She wore it in the springtime in the merry month of May
And if you asked her why the heck she wore it
She said I'm the Queen of S&M so hurt me beat me please
Beat me please
Beat me please....."
"My girls a vegitable
she lives in a hospital
and I will do anything to keep her alive.
My girls has a new tv.
Its called an ekg,
and I will do anything
to keep her alive.
I like to play a joke,
pull the cord and watch her choke,
but I will do anything
to keep her alive."
and
"Around her hair she wore a yellow ribbon
She wore it in the springtime in the merry month of May
And if you asked her why the heck she wore it
She said I'm the Queen of S&M so hurt me beat me please
Beat me please
Beat me please....."
Night Fighter Nut
Master Sergeant
We had one about Columbus or Columbo. I still remember it word for word but not something I think I could put here. Also had another one about Napalm sticks to skin. Reading some of these posts reminds me of my days in the service.
