# More outlawed marching cadences **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 22, 2005, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-outlawed-marching-cadences/318062 "2005-08-22T02:19:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-outlawed-marching-cadences/318062/1 "2005-08-22T02:19:10Z")
All day long I’va had this Army cadence running through my head. It makes me giggle spontaneously, but I will not explain myself–my friends would not understand. But I’ll share here. This is a cadence that works well for quick time or double time. But use it sparingly and NOT within earshot of the brass. To the tune of “The Candy Man Can” Who can take a puppy grab it by the ears smack it 'gainst the wall and count the little puppy tears? The S & M Man. The S & M Man because it takes a lot of love to make the hurting feel good. I am sooooo sorry. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-outlawed-marching-cadences/318062/2 "2005-08-22T02:21:37Z")
I think you’re a swell guy, **Inigo** , and I’ve enjoyed many of your posts, but I just don’t think this is funny. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-outlawed-marching-cadences/318062/3 "2005-08-22T02:35:38Z")
Yep, kinda makes me wanna puke. I’m sorry it makes you giggle. It’s just sick. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-outlawed-marching-cadences/318062/4 "2005-08-22T03:19:21Z")
When I went to basic, we had some pretty tame ones. The only one I can remember that could even remotely consider close is one about a little bird sitting on a window sill. That’s all I can remember, but it was lame though. And now the one you posted is stuck in my head. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-outlawed-marching-cadences/318062/5 "2005-08-22T04:31:46Z")
I remember several cadence calls that were very, _very_ bad. Somehow, I don’t think they’d go over at all well on the SDMB. (For starters, note above posts) Maybe you just had to be there; catch the ambiance and alla that. ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-outlawed-marching-cadences/318062/6 "2005-08-22T05:53:01Z")
During my last few months at NATTC Memphis in the spring of '80 all the students had to pass in review for the CO once a month. We joined the fucking navy so we wouldn’t have to do this marching around shit. Our barracks unit had a couple of hundred guys and someone started softly chanting and pretty soon everyone picked it up and it got louder and louder. “oh-wee-oh, wee-ohhhh-ohhhh.” The [guard’s](http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/pictures/tv.film/Wizard_of_Oz/Guards.1.jpg) chant from _The Wizard of Oz_. It made us feel a bit better about our task until the barracks chief came running back screaming that he was going to tear us all new assholes if we didn’t shut the fuck up. I don’t remember being in any serious trouble over it so we all felt pretty good about pissing everyone off so much. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-outlawed-marching-cadences/318062/7 "2005-08-22T06:10:50Z")
My friend told me one long time ago that had a haunting echo/refrain of “bodies, bodies, bodies.” Anyone here know what I’m talking about? ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-outlawed-marching-cadences/318062/8 "2005-08-22T07:32:49Z")
> [@Inigo Montoya](#): > > Who can take a puppy > grab it by the ears > smack it 'gainst the wall and count the little puppy tears? > The S & M Man. The S & M Man because it takes a lot of love to make the hurting feel good. Wow are there some prissy people in this thread. Your example reminds me of my childhood, in that we had all sorts of “bad” songs we used to sing. (In another thread I posted the Suffocation song lyrics, which others seemed to know as well.) The version of the S&M Man that my friends and I knew was: Who can take a bicycle? Take off the seat? And make a… You know what? I just realized I was in happy huggles land. Better not to finish the lyric, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-outlawed-marching-cadences/318062/9 "2005-08-22T10:58:24Z")
> [@Askia](#): > > My friend told me one long time ago that had a haunting echo/refrain of “bodies, bodies, bodies.” Anyone here know what I’m talking about? Maybe: Load another magazine, in my trusty M16. Cuz all I ever wanna see! Is bodies, bleeding bodies. Throw another hand grenade! Should have seen the mess I made. Cuz all I ever wanna see, Is bodies, broken bodies. Stab em with the bayonet! If he squirms you’re not done yet! Cuz all I ever wanna see, Is bodies, cut-up bodies. Call some more TACAIR. On that bunker over there. Cuz all I ever wanna see, Is bodies burnin bodies! ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-outlawed-marching-cadences/318062/10 "2005-08-22T11:10:21Z")
That’s it! ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-outlawed-marching-cadences/318062/11 "2005-08-22T11:28:49Z")
> [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > Yep, kinda makes me wanna puke. I’m sorry it makes you giggle. It’s just sick. > [@pinkfreud](#): > > but I just don’t think this is funny. Y’know, I recognize that they’re bad (I didn’t put the other verses in there for a reason!). But one thing that has always facinated me about the military is the grisly morgue humor that runs pretty much throughout the working-class ranks. Most of it does fall under the heading, “You had to be there,” and I can see how it would be difficult not to judge someone who thinks the words are funny. I think the humor just lies in the “wrongness” of it all, especially considering most of the folks you work with day to day are decent puppy-owning people who clearly would not enjoy acting out the cadences they snicker at when they’re at work. That, and humor is probably your best enemy against the psychological horror (horror? well, at least it’s a lot different from happy huggles land I recall from 3rd grade) that is the warzone and the job of the government-sponsored killer. That “bad” humor crosses all kinds of lines (homophobia, misogyny, cannibalism…) and is perpetrated by some of the kindest and best people I’ve ever met. The contrast is interesting. True, there are some real buttheads, both in and out of the military, who actually do get off on torture and mutilation but they are universally regarded as psychopaths. I’m nuts, but I’m not one of those. Caller: “My son got hit by a mortar round” Formation: “Dooh dah, Dooh dah” Caller: “There’s bits of him that’ll never be found” Formation: “Oh, Dooh dah day, Momma don’t you stress, your son’s a bloody mess, we’ll send him home in a body bag, oh, Dooh dah day” ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-outlawed-marching-cadences/318062/12 "2005-08-22T11:59:10Z")
I got in serious trouble at work discussing antipersonnel boobietraps with another military brat/military spouse. We had both just seen the remake of night of the dead and were discussing finding outselves barracaded into a lonely farmhouse. Some stupid twat not in our private office was apparently evesdropping outside and got her panties in a bunch. I think the ‘hardest’ boobytrap we discussed was that swinging paintcan thing from the home alone movies. We were discussing using it to slow down the zombies to make it easier to blow their heads off. The shrink was exmarine, and thought it was distressing that someone would be so twitchy that discussing a movie beng treated as a what-if situation upset her. We had a lovely discussion about boobie traps and home made explosive and antipersonnel devices. He didnt know about recuring fiberglass with sulfuric acid to make a nice concertina substitute. I got some nice tips on setting up enfillade situations=) ---
**Author:** ![Booker57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Booker57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Booker57)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-outlawed-marching-cadences/318062/13 "2005-08-22T12:34:27Z")
Parris Island Summer 1975 I’ve got a girl with a 40 inch bust . love to see her bend and thrust. I know a girl who lives on a hill. She won’t do it but her sisiter will. I know a girl all dressed in pink. She’s the one who made my finger stink. These were double time cadences. I dont remember standard marching ones. ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-outlawed-marching-cadences/318062/14 "2005-08-22T13:04:59Z")
Her momma said, “baby, don’t you go into town, there’s too many paratroopers hangin’ around.” She didn’t listen and she went anyway Didn’t come home ‘til the very next day Three months later all was well Six months later she began to swell Nine months later out he came Ass-kickin’ paratrooper swingin’ a chain ---
**Author:** ![RandomLetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8edcca/32.png) [@RandomLetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandomLetters)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-outlawed-marching-cadences/318062/15 "2005-08-22T13:30:51Z")
From [213 Things Skippy Is No Longer Allowed To Do In The U.S. Army](http://www.skippyslist.com/skippylist.html) list: > [@](#): > > 1. The following words and phrases may not be used in a cadence- Budding sexuality, necrophilia, I hate everyone in this formation and wish they were dead, sexual lubrication, black earth mother, all Marines are latent homosexuals, Tantric yoga, Gotterdammerung, Korean hooker, Eskimo Nell, we’ve all got jackboots now, slut puppy, or any references to squid. ---
**Author:** ![velvetjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f9b8f/32.png) [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-outlawed-marching-cadences/318062/16 "2005-08-22T13:46:00Z")
I thought it was pretty funny. I don’t know that I’d want it running through my head all day but funny, damn funny. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-outlawed-marching-cadences/318062/17 "2005-08-22T16:58:20Z")
> [@Padeye](#): > > Our barracks unit had a couple of hundred guys and someone started softly chanting and pretty soon everyone picked it up and it got louder and louder. “oh-wee-oh, wee-ohhhh-ohhhh.” The [guard’s](http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/pictures/tv.film/Wizard_of_Oz/Guards.1.jpg) chant from _The Wizard of Oz_. For years as I was growing up, I thought they were chanting “OREO, NABISCO”. I was quite disillusioned to find otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-outlawed-marching-cadences/318062/18 "2005-08-22T22:46:31Z")
As an ex-airforce brat and ex-cadet, these all make me giggle. Even the puppy one. And I’m a hardcore puppy lover, to the extent that even talking about hurting a puppy (normally) will upset me. But that’s just funny in the context of a marching cadence. One of my favourites was always this one (apologies for length): Johnny joined the airforce coz he liked the uniform. Johnny joined the airforce coz he liked the uniform. Johnny joined the airforce coz he liked the uniform, And he ain’t gonna jump no mo-o-ore. \*Glory, glory what a helluva way to die. Glory, glory what a helluva way to die. Glory, glory what a helluva way to die, And he ain’t gonna jump no mo-o-ore. He bailed out of a tigermoth at 40,000 feet. _repeat x2_ And he ain’t gonna jump no mo-o-ore. He remembered to pack the parachute, but forgot to pack the strings. _Repeat x2_ And he ain’t gonna jump no mo-o-ore. - Repeat Chorus He landed on the tarmac like a blob of rasp’bry jam. _repeat x2_ And he ain’t gonna jump no mo-o-ore. They scraped him off the tarmac with a bread and butter knife. _repeat x2_ And he ain’t gonna jump no mo-o-ore. - Repeat Chorus They packed him in a jam jar and they sent him home to mum. _repeat x2_ And he ain’t gonna jump no mo-o-ore. She put him on the mantlepiece for all his friends to see. _repeat x2_ And he ain’t gonna jump no mo-o-ore. ---
**Author:** ![PoorYorick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@PoorYorick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoorYorick)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-outlawed-marching-cadences/318062/19 "2005-08-22T23:11:55Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > For years as I was growing up, I thought they were chanting “OREO, NABISCO”. > > I was quite disillusioned to find otherwise. And I always thought it was OLEO MARRRGERINE ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-outlawed-marching-cadences/318062/20 "2005-08-23T00:04:18Z")
> [@Padeye](#): > > During my last few months at NATTC Memphis in the spring of '80 all the students had to pass in review for the CO once a month. We joined the fucking navy so we wouldn’t have to do this marching around shit. Our barracks unit had a couple of hundred guys and someone started softly chanting and pretty soon everyone picked it up and it got louder and louder. “oh-wee-oh, wee-ohhhh-ohhhh.” The [guard’s](http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/pictures/tv.film/Wizard_of_Oz/Guards.1.jpg) chant from _The Wizard of Oz_. It made us feel a bit better about our task until the barracks chief came running back screaming that he was going to tear us all new assholes if we didn’t shut the fuck up. I don’t remember being in any serious trouble over it so we all felt pretty good about pissing everyone off so much. Scroll down & find info on this song. Also, they discuss many items **Cecil** has mentioned. > **[The Wizard of Oz (1939) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032138/trivia)** > > The Wizard of Oz (1939) Trivia on IMDb: Cameos, Mistakes, Spoilers and more... [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-outlawed-marching-cadences/318062.md?page=2)