Posted on Nov 27, 2013
Col Regional Director, Whem/Ssa And Congressional Liaison
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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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SGT Thomas Lucken
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That old Cavalry favorite:  "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon"......  :-)
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SSG (ret) William Martin
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Sir, I tend to take some cadences and change them up but in an appropriate manner that is.
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The Granny PT one.
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Edited 10 y ago

"Down by the river" was my 1SG's favorite cadence when we came back from Iraq the first time. He just to change the lyrics to "...down by the Tigris..." making it sound awesome!

 

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SPC Charles Brown
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All of the good ones that I can remember cannot be repeated in this politically correct era for fear of offending someone.
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My Favorite to sing:

 

 

Oh lawdy, lawdy lawdy

Oh lawdy, lawdy lye

 

Up in the morinig at a quarter to fi-ve

First Seargeant talkin all his Jive

 

Got all the NCOs all around his de-sk

Got the BC in the leaning rest

 

Thinking oh  lawdy, lawdy lawdy

Oh lawdy, lawdy lye

 

C130 rollin down the str-ip

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jump right out and ...

 

Praying Oh lawdy, lawdy lawdy

Oh lawdy, lawdy lye

 

If my shoot.......

........

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Look out below ......

 

Screaming Oh lawdy, lawdy lawdy

Oh lawdy, lawdy lye

 

 

 

(just a nice variation of C130) 

 

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SSG Robert Blum
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Both running

LITTLE RED WAGON (the cadence caller has to be extreemly motivated)

 

"You can't ride in my Little Red Wagon"

 

"Because the back seats broke and the axels dragin"

 

"Next Verse, Same as the First"

 

"Except a little bit louder(or quiter), and a whole lot worse"

 

Now the cadence caller brings ups the volume and motivation, sometimes I get to a point where it sounds almost like a goth singer is leading the formation, and you can repeat this over and over as long as you have the energy and voice for it. If i have the formation quiet down I will take it down to a wisper eventually.

 

LT LT DON'T BE BLUE

 

"LT LT don't be blue"

 

"My little private has two ribbions too"

 

"I pinned his medals upon his chest"

 

"Oh my god, what a mess"

 

"LT LT don't be blue"


"One day you can have a rack too"

 

"LT"

 

"Where ya at"

 

"Clothing and sales"

 

"Watcha Buying"

 

"Ribbons"

 

"Toy Soldier"

 

"Wanna be"

 

"Like me"

 

"Lean and mean"

 

"NCO"

 

"Leads the way"

 

"Every day"

 

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SGT Journeyman Plumber
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This isn't even remotely a hard choice for me. Baby Seal cadence is by far my favorite!
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I did that one when I was at AIT PSG school, I think I was the only one who enjoyed it. In fact, the instructors didn't find it amusing at all.
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I always liked Blood on the Risers.  I'm not Airborne or anything but it had a story to tell with some dark humor thrown in.  I used it mostly at AIT when we were doing the student leadership thing and had to learn to march formations and such.  It was refreshing to hear something other than the same half-dozen we sang every day and everyone seemed to like it.  Also, my schoolhouse was the farthest from the DFAC and our company area so there was plenty of time to call a longer cadence.
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I've always loved "I want to be an Airborne Ranger". I also enjoy the drunken private cadence and the Green Machine. Get up, up is a great choice as well. 
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