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Ah yes, "Jody calls," we've all heard them, marched to them, run to them, or called them out in a motivated tone; so, what are some of your all time favorites? As this is an inter-service thread, we want to hear from all of you--Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, Reserve of each of the above, and the National Guard--so what are your favorite service-specific cadences, and do you have an old standby or trusty go-to cadence? Perhaps it was one that was once popular but somehow fell out of use, or maybe an just an old standard or unique favorite. Please feel free to share any photos, videos, sound files, stories, associated memories, and/or anything else needed to help to tell your story. I'm sure that an old classic or two comes to mind, so "one, two, three, four-or... this is what we're here for-or..." So, pull up a keyboard and let's get this thing started, thank you for all that you do, and... see you all in the discussion threads!
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Well Sir since I was one of the first women in the group to be trained in 1978 to fight the front lines with men. I regret to tell you I did not care for singing the cadences they had us singing. Some were about women making money on their backs and more like that. But I did it loudly and proudly even tho it was not appropriate. But it was a mans army and I chose to be in it. I just didn't realize women would start training right then for front lines. A person tends to block out what they felt unapropriate as they got older. But I guess the left right oh left was the best. lol.....
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My grandaddy was a horse Marine
He was born wearing green
He ate steaks eight inches thick
Picked his teeth with a swaggert stick
Kicking and a fighting and running all day
Grandaddy knew no other way
Busting out windows, kicking out doors
Trying to get even with the squids on the shore
Lived everyday of his life in the Corps
So they sent him off to war
Went to the Pacific to fight the Japanese
Got some shrapnel in the knees
Went to the country called Vietnam
To fight some people called the Viet Cong
Found himself in a firefight
Come back home in a medivac flight
Now grandaddy is sitting there
Marking time in a rocking chair
Semper Fi Marines
He was born wearing green
He ate steaks eight inches thick
Picked his teeth with a swaggert stick
Kicking and a fighting and running all day
Grandaddy knew no other way
Busting out windows, kicking out doors
Trying to get even with the squids on the shore
Lived everyday of his life in the Corps
So they sent him off to war
Went to the Pacific to fight the Japanese
Got some shrapnel in the knees
Went to the country called Vietnam
To fight some people called the Viet Cong
Found himself in a firefight
Come back home in a medivac flight
Now grandaddy is sitting there
Marking time in a rocking chair
Semper Fi Marines
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Blood On the Risers(Gory Gory What a Helluva Way to Die)
Link to an Original Distribution Document: http://www.serviceofsupply.com/images/Keeper%20Pics/BloodonTheRisers.jpg Link to Paratroop Training Booklet circa ...
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Col (Join to see)
SSG Murphy, great choice, I've always liked this one... indeed a timeless military classic!
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C-130 Rolling down the strip
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Hey Hey Capt Jack Meet me down by the railroad track with your ......... in your hand, I'm going to be a ............ man.
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Another is:
If you ain't Cav, you ain't sh-t,
If your mama ain't Cav, you ain't sh-t.......... :-)
If you ain't Cav, you ain't sh-t,
If your mama ain't Cav, you ain't sh-t.......... :-)
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Old King Cole was my favorite marching cadence. And there was one about "Catalina Caroline, she's an ugly woman but she's mine all mine" that everyone in PLDC loved when I called during runs
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One of the first cadence every CPL or buck SGT learns is "My Old Granny." The downsize of this is that if it is the only one you know and the guy before you starts with that one, you are out of luck my friend!
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Sir
I respectfully decline to answer as this is a public forum and there could be children about.
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Always liked the "Yellow Bird" and variations/continuations thereof. Just warmed my heart to hear the troops chanting such gentle, kind words as we tromped through the woods. Had to chant it on the road and trails in the woods because we weren't allowed these kinds of cadences within earshot of housing or public areas on any of the posts.
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1SG Michael Blount
Yah, I always saved the "good cadences" for those situations where I wouldn't get in trouble using them.
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