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Running Cadences

C-130Rollin'DowntheStrip	Saw an Old Lady
Up in the Morning	Airborne Ranger
"A" is for Airborne	When I get to Heaven
No Sweat	Sittin' On a Mountaintop

 

C-130 Rollin' Down the Strip

C-130 rollin' down the strip
64 Rangers on a one-way trip
Mission Top Secret, destination unknown
They don't even know if they're ever coming home
When my plane gets up so high
Paratroopers take to the skies

Stand up, hook up, shuffle to the door
My knees got weak and I hit the floor
Jumpmaster picked me up with ease
Tossed my knees into the breeze

Count one-thousand, two-thousand, three-thousand, four
My main opened with a mighty roar
But if my main don't open wide
I got a reserve by my side
But if that one should fail me too
Look out below I'm a-comin' through

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

Well if I die on a Chinese hill
Take my watch or the commies will
But if I die in the Korean mud
Bury me with a case of Bud

Saw an Old Lady

Saw an old lady running down the street
Had a cute on her back, jump boots on her feet
Said, "Hey old lady where you goin' to?"
She said "US Army Airborne School"
"Whatcha gonno do when you get there?"
"Jump from a plane, float through the air"
I said "Hey old lady ain't you been told?
Airborne School's for the young and the bold"
She said "Hey young punk who you talkin' to?
I'm an instructor at the Airborne School"

Saw an old lady marching down the road
Had a knife in her hand and a 90lb load
Said, "Hey old lady where you goin' to?"
She said "US Army Ranger School"
"Whatcha gonna do when you get there?"
"Jump and swim and kill without care"
I said "Hey old lady ain't you been told?
Ranger School's for the young and the bold"
She said "Hey young punk who you talkin' to?
I'm an instructor at the Ranger School"

Saw on old lady running down the track
Had fins on her feet and a tank on her back
Said, "Hey old lady where you goin' to?"
She said "US Army scuba School"
"Whatcha gonno do when you get there?"
"Swim under water and never breathe air"
I said, "Hey old lady ain't you been told?
Scuba School's for the young and the bold"
She said "Hey young punk who you talkin' to?
I'm an instructor at the Scuba School"

Up in the Morning

Up in the morning 'fore dawn
I don't like it, no way
Eat my breakfast too damn soon
Hungry as a hound dog by noon

Went to the mess hall on my knees

"Mess Sergeant, Mess Sergeant feed me please!"
Mess Sergeant said witha big ol'grin
"If you wanna be Airborne you gotta be thin"

Up in the morning at the break of day
Working so hard we never play
Running through the jungle where the sun don't shine
All I do is double time

Airborne Ranger

Airborne Ranger raving mad
He's got a tab I wish I had
Black and gold and half moon shape
Airborne Ranger, he's gone ape

Jumpin' through windows, kickin' down walls
Airborne Ranger's havin' a ball
So if there's trouble in the world today
Call on the men in the Black Berets

"A" is for Airborne

A is for Airborne
I is for in the sky
R is for rough and tough
B is for born to fly
O is for on the go
R is ranger
N is for never quit
E is for every day

'Cause I'm Airborne
All the way
Super-duper Paratrooper

When I get to Heaven

When I get to heaven
Saint Peter's gonna say
"How'd you earn your livin' boy?
How'd you earn your pay?"
I'll reply with a whole lot of anger,
"I made my living as an Airborne Ranger!
Blood, guts, sex and danger
That's the life of an Airborne Ranger!"

When I get to hell
Satan's gonna say
"How'd you earn your livin' boy?
How'd you earn your pay?"
I'll reply with a boot to his face
"I made my living sending souls to this place!"

No Sweat

One mile - No Sweat
Two mile - Better yet
Three miles - Gotta run
Four miles - Just for fun
Come on - Let's go
We can go - Through the snow
We can run - To the sun
We train - In the rain
A-I
R-B
O-R
N-E
Can you be - Like me?
Airborne - Infantry

Sittin' On a Mountaintop

Sittin' on a mountaintop beatin' my drum
Beat it so hard that the MPs come
I said MP, MP don't arrest me
Arrest that leg behind that tree
He stole the whiskey, I stole the wine
But all I ever do is double-time

Marching Cadences

Here We Go Again	Used to live in a shack
No. Ft. Lewis, summer of ' 71	Killing the Baby Seals
Soldiers Trained and Ready	Whips and Chains
Josephine

 

Here We Go Again

Here we go again
Same old stuff again
Marching down the avenue
Six more weeks and we'll be through
I'll be glad and so will you

No. Ft. Lewis, summer of ' 71

to the tune of "Johnny Comes Marching Home Again"

They issued me an M-16, hurrah,
hurrah.They issued me an M-16, hurrah, hurrah.
They issued me an M-16 and turned me into a killing machine,
and we'll all be dead by December of ' 71.
Hup, two, tree, fo.
They issued me an American flag, hurrah, hurrah.
They issued me an American flag, hurrah, hurrah.
They issued me an American flag and shipped me home in a plastic bag,
and we'll all be dead by December of ' 71.
Hup, two, tree, fo.

new rhyme: Hey, hey Captain Brady,
I wanna kill a Viet Cong baby.
Watch him burn and bleed and die
as the company marches bye.
Hup, two, tree, fo.

Hey, hey Captain Tyree,
Charlie's got me up a tree.
Were in the Hell
is the artillary.
Hup, two, tree, fo

Soldiers Trained and Ready

Let me hear your Battle Cry
We’re Soldiers Trained and Ready, Ready for war
From down low to way up high
We’re Soldiers Trained and Ready, Ready for war
Let……me here your Battle Cry
We’re Soldiers Trained and Ready, Ready for war
For this country I’ll give my life
We’re Soldiers Trained and Ready, Ready for war

Now we get up, so early in the morning…….
Ahh...uhhh...Ahh…Ahh….Ahhh
Ahh...uhhh...Ahh…Ahh….
We lace up our boots, while you are still snoring…..
Ahh...uhhh...Ahh…Ahh….Ahhh
Ahh...uhhh...Ahh…Ahh….
C-130….rolling down the flight line…..
Ahh...uhhh...Ahh…Ahh….Ahhh
Ahh...uhhh...Ahh…Ahh….
I got a pack on my back, and I’m listening for the call sign
Ahh...uhhh...Ahh…Ahh….Ahhh
Ahh...uhhh...Ahh…Ahh….
The green light glows and I dash into the midnight
Ahh...uhhh...Ahh…Ahh….Ahhh
Ahh...uhhh...Ahh…Ahh….
I hit the ground running, looking for a fire fight
Ahh...uhhh...Ahh…Ahh….Ahhh
Ahh...uhhh...Ahh…Ahh….
My Battles and I are fighting with the enemy
Ahh...uhhh...Ahh…Ahh….Ahhh
Ahh...uhhh...Ahh…Ahh….
We’re trained and ready to fight for the victory
Ahh...uhhh...Ahh…Ahh….Ahhh
Ahh...uhhh...Ahh…Ahh….

So let me hear your Battle Cry
We’re Soldiers Trained and Ready, Ready for war
From down low to way up high
We’re Soldiers Trained and Ready, Ready for war
Let……me here your Battle Cry
We’re Soldiers Trained and Ready, Ready for war
For this country I’ll give my life
We’re Soldiers Trained and Ready, Ready for war

Josephine

<chorus>

Hey Hey Josephine
How do you do
Do you remember me girl
Like I remember you

We used to go to school
My favorite subject was you
The only “A” I every made
Was on the homework you gave

I used to walk you home
I used to carry your books
Whoa ho Josephine
You used to give me those looks

Used to live in a shack

Down by the railroad track
And every time it ever rained
You’d be calling my name
And here’s to you Sweet Sue

I remember you too
And I’m a-comin home
So you won’t be all alone

Killing the Baby Seals

Way up north where the air gets cold
We're running out of money and we're running out of gold
So now I earn my living
Killing the baby seals

You can hit `em with a bat you can hit `em with a brick
You can poke `em in th eye with your eye pokin stick
That's how I earn my living
Killing the baby seals

You can slash `em in the head you can slash `em in the throat
Then throw `em in the back of your fishing boat
That's how I earn my living
Killing the baby seals.

Whips and Chains

(to the tune of “Yellow Ribbon”)

Around her neck she wore a studded collar
She wore it in the springtime in the merry month of May
And if you ask her why the heck she wore it
She wore it for that soldier who was into whips and chains

<chorus>

Whips and chains
(whips and chains)
Whips and chains
(whips and chains, she wore it for that soldier who was into whips and chains)

Around the block, she rode a purple Harley
She rode it in the springtime in the merry month of May
And if you ask her why the heck she rode it
She rode it for that soldier who was into whips and chains

<chorus>

 

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