# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Sleel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Sleel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleel)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-outlawed-marching-cadences/318062/21 "2005-08-23T01:59:41Z")
> [@RandomLetters](#): > > From [213 Things Skippy Is No Longer Allowed To Do In The U.S. Army](http://www.skippyslist.com/skippylist.html) list: Jeebus Jumping Christ on a cracker! I would absolutely _hate_ to be this guy’s CO. This also makes me glad I never joined the military; I probably would have been Skippy’s enabler. Poor guy is smart and mischievous, which is probably a bad combination for the military. If he’s lucky, someone will get his butt transferred to someplace where his creativity is useful, but I have a feeling he’ll just get reprimanded often. “Sir, may I ask why Calvin Ball is not an acceptable PT activity?” ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-outlawed-marching-cadences/318062/22 "2005-08-23T03:36:02Z")
**Inigo** , there are some that get it, and some that don’t. I’d venture to say that those that don’t get it, don’t fully appreciate the macabre humor we military guys have. That being said, "My girl’s a vegetable, She lives in a hospital. I’d buy her anything, to keep her alive, yeah! One day, I pulled the joke, I pulled the plug and watched her choke, but I’d buy her anything to keep her alive, yeah!" -or- "Your left, your right, your left, your right, your left, your right to kill! Your left, your right, your left, your right, your left, your right to kill! I went to the pool, where all the kiddies swim. I plugged in a toaster, and then I kicked it in! Your left, your right, your left, your right, your left, your right to kill! Your left, your right, your left, your right, your left, your right to kill!" To those that think we’re sick for singing songs like that . . . the hell with you. We do have a morbid sense of humor. But we’ve earned it. Tripler I’ve learned dirty, and I’ve shared it. Happily. And it brought my flight together, thankyouverymuch. ---
**Author:** ![MadPansy64](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@MadPansy64](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadPansy64)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-outlawed-marching-cadences/318062/23 "2005-08-23T03:51:07Z")
Courtesy Mr. Pansy, USMC circa 1974, Naples: Navy, Navy, don’t feel blue The Army and the Air Force Are fucked up too Apparently, Navy Captains objected quite strongly. And some AF officer who was just wandering by, too. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-outlawed-marching-cadences/318062/24 "2005-08-23T05:34:25Z")
My dad was in the military (air force, who served a cross group tour in the army 82nd Airborne) and he used to sing the cadences for us kids (obviously, the clean ones): C130 goin down the strip Air Force Daddy going to take a little trip _(wait, he might have just sang Daddy for us? Ha, I don’t know!)_ Stand up sit down shuffle to the door Jump on out and count to four If that chute don’t open wide I’ve got another one by my side If that chute don’t open too Tell St. Peter I’m a comin’ thru Tell the sarge I’ve done my best And bury me in the leanin’ rest _(As a child, dad explained this was push up position, also don’t know if it’s true!)_ ---
**Author:** ![cabdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@cabdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cabdude)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-outlawed-marching-cadences/318062/25 "2005-08-23T13:06:25Z")
Some people need to chill out and be reminded that singing a song about something is not the same as doing it, or even agreeing with it. As unpleasant as it sounds, the armed forces are full of people trained to kill :eek: Someone else here might talk about the necessity of indoctrination. My favourite would be [Napalm Sticks to Kids](http://sniff.numachi.com/~rickheit/dtrad/pages/tiNAPALM.html). ---
**Author:** ![RyJae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@RyJae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RyJae)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-outlawed-marching-cadences/318062/26 "2005-08-23T13:44:59Z")
> [@Glory](#): > > My dad was in the military (air force, who served a cross group tour in the army 82nd Airborne) and he used to sing the cadences for us kids (obviously, the clean ones): > > C130 goin down the strip > Air Force Daddy going to take a little trip _(wait, he might have just sang Daddy for us? Ha, I don’t know!)_ > Stand up sit down shuffle to the door > Jump on out and count to four > > If that chute don’t open wide > I’ve got another one by my side > If that chute don’t open too > Tell St. Peter I’m a comin’ thru > > Tell the sarge I’ve done my best > And bury me in the leanin’ rest _(As a child, dad explained this was push up position, also don’t know if it’s true!)_ C130 heading down the strip Airborne soldier on a top secret trip Mission top secret destination unknown We don’t know if where coming home Stand up hook up and shuffle to the door Jump on out and count to four If my first chute don’t open wide I’ve got a reserve by my side If that one should fail me too Look out below I am coming through Pin my medals upon my chest Bury me in the front lean and rest * * * ## Little bird with a yellow bill was perching on my window sill Lured him in with crumbs of bread Then I crushed his little head (More to this one I forget most of it) They say that in the Army the chow is mighty fine A chicken jumped off the table and killed a friend of mine O lord I wanna go home but the drills won’t let me goooooo hey They say that in the army the pay is mighty fine they pay me 100 dollars and take back 99 O lord I wanna go home but the drills won’t let me goooooo hey they say that in the army the women are mighty fine they look like phylis diller and march like Frankenstien. O lord I wanna go home but the drills won’t let me goooooo hey ## Lots more to this one as well See that lady dressed in black She made her living on her back See that lady dressed in blue She made her living that way too See that lady dressed in red She made her living giving head See that commie dressed in black I knifed him in his fuckinh back See that commie dressed in blue I needed to kill that one too See that commie dressed in red I shot him in his fucking head. * * * Ahh the glory of cadence, we had some foul ones in my day, I went to a graduation from bootcamp a few years ago in Ft. Knox and couldn’t believe the “clean” cadence they seem to do now. Of course I cannot remember many of my cadence songs from my youth but I recall a real dirty one with a woman in the tub, coming home and shooting someone oh heck the mind fades fast. ---
**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 23, 2005, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-outlawed-marching-cadences/318062/27 "2005-08-23T13:54:53Z")
That C130 one…we MI types knew we had it good… 747 rolling down the strip MI daddy on a TDY trip Sit down buckle in order up a drink Say "Hey stewardess what do you think!? What do you think about you and I Joining a club they call Mile High? Mile High is a club renowned For rockin’ and rollin’ above the ground! We had a female drill sergent. She hardly ever spoke (she was quite an effective visual communicator) so it wasn’t until maybe 2 weeks into Basic that she let us hear her for the first time: Roll me over, in the clover, Put your belly next to mine drive it on down the line When he gave me inch one, I said Boy this is fun When he gave me inches two, he said this one’s for you etc…on up to 12! She had a sweet voice. She owned us for the next 6 weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-outlawed-marching-cadences/318062/28 "2005-08-23T14:03:38Z")
> [@LostGoals](#): > > Little bird with a yellow bill was perching on my window sill > Lured him in with crumbs of bread > Then I crushed his little head > (More to this one I forget most of it) Little bird with a yellow bill Perching on my window sill Lured him in with crumbs of bread. They I crushed his little head. The moral of the story told, one I learned at six years old; if you want a little head you’ve got to have a little bread. ---
**Author:** ![RyJae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@RyJae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RyJae)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-outlawed-marching-cadences/318062/29 "2005-08-23T14:17:05Z")
Thank you! Rather then hijack this thread I outta start another one with all my one/two liners so people can help me remember the rest. And thanks **Inigo Montoya** now I am sitting here working while singing all these old forgotten songs in my head, if they escape my lips some co-workers will get quite offended. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-outlawed-marching-cadences/318062/30 "2005-08-23T15:57:20Z")
> [@LostGoals](#): > > Little bird with a yellow bill was perching on my window sill > Lured him in with crumbs of bread > Then I crushed his little head > (More to this one I forget most of it) [hijack]About 20 years ago, my family and I were attending a church dance/talent show. They needed a few impromptu performances (jokes, recitals, etc) while some of the acts got set up on stage. My then-five-year-old sister climbed the stage and began to sweetly recite: “Sweet little bird with the yellow bill Perched upon my windowsill” (The audience was smiling and saying "Awww!!! My mom was burying her face in her hands–she knew the poem!) “I lured him close with crumbs of bread” (And at this point, her whole demeanor changed and she gleefully mimed the actions along with this last line.) “Then I SLAMMED the window and SMASHED his head!!!” The stunned surpise of the audience quickly gave way to roars of laughter. 😃 In about three years, when her daughter is about that same age, and she is burying _her_ face in her hands, I’m going to remind her about this![/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![butler1850](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@butler1850](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butler1850)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-outlawed-marching-cadences/318062/31 "2005-08-23T20:55:54Z")
> [@Exgineer](#): > > 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 Funny, that’s a late night drunken fraternity song to me… slightly different lyrics though. Momma told Sally not to go down town, Too many \‘s hanging around, Sally got the itch so she went on down, Came back later with the pleasures found, Three months later all was well Six months later she began to swell Nine months later out he came Bad ass \ swingin’ a chain! The women present when we belt it out don’t find it quite as amusing though… don’t know why! 😃 -Butler (Fraternity name, rather than mine inserted as I’ve heard it sung by many different groups… and to protect the “innocent” 😃 ) ---
**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 23, 2005, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-outlawed-marching-cadences/318062/32 "2005-08-23T22:52:47Z")
I suppose that it makes me a horrible, bad person that the “Napalm Sticks To Kids” cadence made me giggle like a schoolgirl again 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-outlawed-marching-cadences/318062/33 "2005-08-24T00:33:24Z")
> [@RandomLetters](#): > > From [213 Things Skippy Is No Longer Allowed To Do In The U.S. Army](http://www.skippyslist.com/skippylist.html) list: Oh, _brilliant._ ---
**Author:** ![Kaotic\_Newtral](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@Kaotic\_Newtral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaotic_Newtral)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-outlawed-marching-cadences/318062/34 "2005-08-24T02:09:04Z")
I’m with the rest of the VETS here… (assuming the ones that I’m speaking of are vets also). Some of my best memories are the cadences that we sounded off to as we marched or ran. To the folks that are offended by them, remember that we (at that time ) were basically trained to kill, survive and … um, kill. It was/is a job that many people have done. They’re in jest, in humor and in the invincibility of the mind of the young soldier. We’re not talking about the dodgeball team here! 🙂 I’d love to hear more…I’ll start this easy one; “Mama, mama can’t you see…” -KN PS… I know there are a TON of variants. ---
**Author:** ![cabdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@cabdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cabdude)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-outlawed-marching-cadences/318062/35 "2005-08-24T12:22:29Z")
S > [@](#): > > trafe the Town and Kill the People > > Strafe the town and kill the people > Let’s declare a massacre. > Lay napalm in the square, > So you’ll know that Jake was there > > Drop the candy in the courtyard, > Let the kiddies gather 'round. > Crank your twenty-millimeter, > Gun the little bastards down. > > Come 'round early Sunday morning, > Catch the village unaware. > Drop a bunch of cluster bomblets, > Get 'em while they kneel in prayer. > > Tune: Wake the Town and Tell the People > From The Longest Day, Bowen and Fish > Note: Originated in Korea; widely circulated in Vietnam. > RG I’ve wondered about this one - can anyone tell me who or what Jake is? ---
**Author:** ![Davida8575](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@Davida8575](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davida8575)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-outlawed-marching-cadences/318062/36 "2016-04-29T20:34:12Z")
Caller: Ding dong, yo mama don’t wear no drawers. Platoon: Ding dong. Caller: I was there when she took em off. Platoon: Ding dong. Caller: Took em off and threw em in the air. Platoon: Ding dong. Caller: Now I can’t breath no more. Platoon: Ding dong. Caller: Took em off and threw em in the trees. Platoon: Ding dong. Caller: Now the little birdies don’t sing no more. Platoon: Ding dong. Caller: Took em off and threw em in my car. Platoon: Ding dong. Caller: Now the engine don’t run no more. Platoon: Ding dong. Caller: Took em off and threw em in the lake. Platoon: Ding dong. Caller: Now the little fishies don’t swim no more. Platoon: Ding dong. Caller: Took em off and threw em on my head. Platoon: Ding dong. Caller: Now my dann hair don’t grow no more. Platoon: Ding dong. Caller: Took em off and threw em at the wall. Platoon: Ding dong. Caller: Now the paint don’t stick no more. Platoon: Ding dong. Caller: Took em off and threw em on the ground. Platoon: Ding dong. Caller: Now the grass don’t grow no more. Platoon: Ding dong. Caller: Took em off and threw em at my balls. Platoon: Ding dong. Caller: Now I can’t get laid no more. Platoon: Ding dong. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-outlawed-marching-cadences/318062/37 "2016-04-30T18:21:27Z")
my favorite is the old "youre in the army now " one … ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-outlawed-marching-cadences/318062/38 "2016-04-30T18:24:11Z")
> [@Davida8575](#): > > Caller: Ding dong, yo mama don’t wear no drawers. > Platoon: Ding dong. > > Caller: I was there when she took em off. > Platoon: Ding dong. > > Caller: Took em off and threw em in the air. > Platoon: Ding dong. > > Caller: Now I can’t breath no more. > Platoon: Ding dong. > > Caller: Took em off and threw em in the trees. > Platoon: Ding dong. > > Caller: Now the little birdies don’t sing no more. > Platoon: Ding dong. > > Caller: Took em off and threw em in my car. > Platoon: Ding dong. > > Caller: Now the engine don’t run no more. > Platoon: Ding dong. > > Caller: Took em off and threw em in the lake. > Platoon: Ding dong. > > Caller: Now the little fishies don’t swim no more. > Platoon: Ding dong. > > Caller: Took em off and threw em on my head. > Platoon: Ding dong. > > Caller: Now my dann hair don’t grow no more. > Platoon: Ding dong. > > Caller: Took em off and threw em at the wall. > Platoon: Ding dong. > > Caller: Now the paint don’t stick no more. > Platoon: Ding dong. > > Caller: Took em off and threw em on the ground. > Platoon: Ding dong. > > Caller: Now the grass don’t grow no more. > Platoon: Ding dong. > > Caller: Took em off and threw em at my balls. > Platoon: Ding dong. > > Caller: Now I can’t get laid no more. > Platoon: Ding dong. You revived an eleven-year old thread for _that_? ---
**Author:** ![Dischord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@Dischord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dischord)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-outlawed-marching-cadences/318062/39 "2019-09-27T07:35:37Z")
So many good ones I retired 2018 and the good ones were all banned The government PC machine rolls along My personal favorite I learned in PLDC at Camp Jackson South Korea See the church see the steeple See the pews and all the people With a kick of the stock They drop like a rock Walking in a sniper wonderland See the man in the Kevlar I focus in on his butter bar I give the trigger a squeeze He drops to his knees Walking in a sniper wonderland 1-2-3-4 You can’t count to 5 1-2-3-4 Cause your brain is fried On crack and dope and all that shit you smoke Crack baby ---
**Author:** ![Dischord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@Dischord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dischord)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2019, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-outlawed-marching-cadences/318062/40 "2019-09-27T07:40:07Z")
Way up north where the air gets cold We’re running out of money and we’re running out of gold So now I earn my living Killing the baby seals You can roast em, toast em, roto till em Kick em in the head and make em squeal Thats how I earn a living Killing the baby seals Late at night I went out walkin Underneath the northern lights I saw a baby seal sleepin I violated his animal rights You can hit `em with a bat you can hit `em with a brick You can poke `em in th eye with your eye pokin stick That’s how I earn my living Killing the baby seals Late at night I went out fishin And that Polar Bear was wishin That he could have my baby seal Cause baby seal makes a real good meal You can slash `em in the head you can slash `em in the throat Then throw `em in the back of your fishing boat That’s how I earn my living Killing the baby seals. My wife and kids they hate me The Army they just won’t take me Just because I earn my living Killing the baby seals [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-outlawed-marching-cadences/318062.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-outlawed-marching-cadences/318062.md?page=3)