Blood On the Risers(Gory Gory What a Helluva Way to Die)

AIRBORNE!

I always liked this one as well, but couldn't find a video of it. Then I wasn't sure if many younger vets would even have heard the song Beautiful Dreamer that it mimics. So if you don't know the song, you can listen to the video to get the tune, then listen again while reading the lyrics.


BEAUTIFUL STREAMER
Sung to the tune of "Beautiful Dreamer"
Beautiful streamer, open for me,
Blue skies above me and no canopy;
Counted nine thousand, waited too long,
Reached for my rip cord, the darn thing
was gone.

Beautiful streamer, why must it be?
White silk above me is what I should see
Just like my mother that looks over me;
To hell with the rip cord, 'twas not made
for me.

Beautiful streamer, follow me down,
Time is elapsing and here is the ground;
Six hundred feet and then I can tell
If I'll go to heaven or end up in hell.

Beautiful streamer, this is the end,
Gabriel is blowing, my body won't mend;
All you jump-happy sons of a gun,
Take this last warning as jumping's no fun.

AUTHOR UNKNOWN



https://youtu.be/wtgklHQ52WE

Mary thank you so much, what a great one. I found myself singing with it from the start.