I am interested in what you were taught for pace. Did any of you use special/cool lyrics?
We used Tequilla for practice but don’t remember doo wah diddying or that’s a fact jacking.
Anyway any real or made up cadence will work.
I remember “Rockin’ Robin” during Basic.
Not in the military but as kids we’d say:
LEFT LEFT I had a good wife and I LEFT
I LEFT my wife, my forty-nine kids
The old gray mare and the peanut stand
Did I do RIGHT?
Left and right came with the appropriate foot.
We had:
I don’t know
But I been told
A witches tittiy is mighty cold
Check out this clip from Full Metal Jacket.
Probably not safe for work-language.
My dad taught this to me when I was in a color guard: Left, left, left, right, left. My back aches, my bra’s to tight, my titties shake from left to right, and continue with the first line. He claims he heard it when the WAMS were training.
Jody’s got your girl and gone.
(JODY’S GOT YOUR GIRL AND GONE.)
Am I RIGHT or am I wrong?
(AM I RIGHT OR AM I WRONG?)
Am I RIGHT or wrong? YOU’RE RIGHT!
Am I RIGHT or wrong? YOU’RE RIGHT!
Now sound off!
HUT TWOP THREEP FOUR!
HUT TWOP . . . TREEEFOUR!
I’m gonna take a three day pass.
(I’M GONNA TAKE A THREE DAY PASS.)
I’m gonna kick old Jody’s ass.
(I’M GONNA KICK OLD JODY’S ASS.)
Now sound off!
HUT TWOP THREEP FOUR!
HUT TWOP . . . TREEEFOUR!
The old classic
C-130 rollin’ down the strip
Airborne daddy on a one-way trip
Mission Top Secret, destination unknown
We don’t know if we’re coming home
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
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
Paging Bear_Nenno.
Do not call
If you like your pussy nice and tight
Stomp your left and drag your right
within earshot of a female superior.
You know La Macarena? If you’ve been able to avoid it, congratulations. It’s a cadence.
We used a ton of cadence songs, and not a single one is suitable for family listening. We even wrote one of our own, since the seven women in my troop felt that the songs were too sexist. You can probably google the lyrics:
Three German Soldiers
She’s My Lady in Red
I Put My Hand Upon Her Leg
The Flying Fortress
We also sang Do WAH Diddy and IKO IKO but only when we were marching in town. I will say after our 13km ruck march, the Commandant from the school took my officer aside and said, “Nice to see your soldiers know how to swear.”
Gimme your left foot, your left foot, your left foot. (repeat)
And you would stomp your left foot on the beat.
Amazing I remember that after 45 years!
I took a tour of the Naval Academy once, and some plebes were marching by and they were singing something like “…With a b-ball in my hand/I’m gonna be a ball playing man!”
Sounds like the basketball team with a variation of Captain Jack
Hey, hey Captain Jack
Meet me down by the railroad track
With that rifle in my hand
I’m gonna be a shootin’ man
A shootin’ man
The best I can
For Uncle Sam
Hey, hey Captain Jack
Meet me down by the railroad track
With that knife in my hand
I’m gonna be a cuttin’ man
A cuttin’ man
A shootin’ man
The best I can
For Uncle Sam
Hey, hey Captain Jack
Meet me down by the railroad track
With that grenade in my hand
I’m gonna be a killin’ man
A killin’ man
A cuttin’ man
A shootin’ man
The best I can
For Uncle Sam
Hey, hey Captain Jack
Meet me down by the railroad track
With that bottle in my hand
I’m gonna be a drinkin’ man
A drinkin’ man
A killin’ man
A cuttin’ man
A shootin’ man
The best I can
For Uncle Sam
Eskimo pussy is forbidden by Allah.
From the Boy Scouts, 1960s, maybe picked up from some WW2 chant:
The seargent rides in a jeep!
YOUR RIGHT!
The lieutenant rides in a truck!
YOUR RIGHT!
The general rides in a limosine, but we’re just out of luck!
YOUR RIGHT!
GI jeeps and GI trucks
GI l think the army’s great
I don’t know but I’ve been told Eskimo pussy is mighty cold
I got a gal at the top of the hill
If won’t do it her sister will
What you doin looking down
Ain’t no discharge on the ground
Don’t be thinkin bout goin home
Jody’s got your girl and gone
All followed with
Your left your left your right left right
We did do wa diddy and
TI: “You had a good but you Left!”
Us: “You’re right!”
TI: “Now you wanna go home but you can’t.”
Us: “You’re right!”
TI: “Sound off”
Us: “One two.”
TI: “Sound off”
Us: “Three four”
All: “One two thre four, three four!”