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mama can't you see

mama cant you see
what this corps has done too me
put me in a barbers chair
zip-zap and I had no hair
and if I die in a combat zone
box me up and ship me home
put me in a set of dress blues
comb my hair and shine my shoes
pin my medals upon my chest
tell my momma I did my best
but ma mama don't you cry!
marine corps motto is do or die!


- kyle



Boots


These boots were made for walking'
And that's just what they'll do
If all you're doing is marking' time
They'll walk all over you

These guns were made for shooting'
And that's just what they'll do
And if we get a mission
We'll drill a hole in you

This Army's trained for fighting'
And that's just what we'll do
If you pick a fight with us
We'll walk all over you!


- Glacier Clipper



Double Time

If I die,
Bury me deep,
Two M-16's,
Beneath my feet,
My grille I'll wear,
But don't you forget now,
Bout my PT gear,
Cuz early one morning,
At zero-five,
The earth is gonna shake,
Be lightning in the sky,
Now don't you worry,
Don't you come undone,
It's just me and Chesty Puller,
On a PT run,
Singing...I want to be a drill instructor,
I wanna shave off all of my hair,
I wanna be a drill instructor,
I wanna earn that smokey bear.


- Kilburn



If I Die

If I die in a combat zone
box me up and ship me home
pin my medals on my chest
tell my momma I did my best
tell her when she goes down to sleep
remember me but don't you weep
in my coffin I will lie
grounded to inspection side
sound off,1,2
sound off,3,4
bring it on down,1,2,3,4,1,2pause3,4


- David Potter



sound off !!!

Sound off, one,two,sound off three, four, cadence count,one,two three four, one two ,three four . You had a good home, but you left your right, right by the telephone, your right, but you don't give a damn, your right, you work for Uncle Sam, your right, sound off, one,two,three four, one two, three four!


- Edward G.Ventura



GI GRITS

GI grits & GI gravy
Gee I wish I had joined the Navy

GI beans & GI greens
Gee I'm glad I joined the MARINES!


- Angie Addison



The prettiest girl I ever saw

The prettiest girl
I ever saw
Was sipping Bourbon
through a straw
The prettiest girl
I ever saw
Was sipping bourbon... Through a straw
I walked right up
I sat right down
I ordered up
another round
I walked right up
I sat right down
and ordered up a... nother round
I took her home
I laid her down
her long blonde hair
laid all around
I took her home
I laid her down
Her long blonde hair laid... all around
And now I've got
a mother-in-law
and forty kids
They call me pa
And now I've got
A mother-in-law
and forty kids they... call me pa
the moral of
the story is clear
instead of bourbon
stick to beer
The moral of
the story is clear
instead of bourbon... stick to beer !


- Brad Nichols



I was born in Parris Island

I was born in Parris Island
the land that GOD forgot
the sand is 18 inches deep or more
we get up in the morning way before the sun
we run 100 miles or more before the sun is gone
Marines Marines Marines

so listen to me girl to what I have to say
you find yourself a good Marine for each and every day
he'll love you and he'll kiss you he'll never be untrue
you get yourself a good Marine for each and every day
Marine Marine Marine
so when I get to Heaven to St. Peters I will say
another Marine reporting Sir I'll spend my time in hell

Marine Marine Marine

But when I look around me oh what I see?
One hundred thousand more Marines standing next to me
Marines Marines Marines


- tony



C-130

C-130 rolling' down the strip
Airborne Ranger on a one way trip

Stand up, hook up, shuffle to the door
Jump right out and count to four

If my main don't open wide
I got a reserve by my side

If that other should fail me too
Bury me in my Dress Blues

Pin my wings upon my chest
Tell my girl I did my best

I want to be an Airborne Ranger !


- J.R. Johansen



Yellow Ribbon

Around her hair she wore a yellow ribbon
she wore it in the spring time and in the month of may

and if you asked her why the hell she wore it
she wore it for that young marine far far away

far away
far away
she wore it for that young marine far far away

around the block she pushed a baby carriage
she pushed it in the spring time and in the month of may

and if you asked her why the hell she pushed it
she pushed it for that marine far far away far away
far away
she pushed it for that young marine far far away



behind her door her daddy kept a shot gun
he kept it in the spring time and in the month of may

and if you asked him why the hell he kept it
he kept it to blow that marine far far away, far away
far away
he kept it to blow that marine far far away


around his grave she layed some pretty flowers
she layed them in the spring time and in the month of may

and if you asked her you the hell she layed them
she layed them for that young marines who died far far away far away far away
far away
she layed them for that young marine who died far away.


- Civil Air Patrol Cadet Palumbo



Airborne Tanker

C130 rolling down the strip
Airborne Tankers gonna take a little trip

Stand up, hook up, shuffle to the door
Jump right out and count to four

If my chute don't open wide
I gotta another one by my side

If that one should fail me too
Look out, ground, I'm a coming through

If I die in a combat zone
Box me up and ship me home

Pin my medals upon my chest
Tell my mama I done my best



- TJ



2 Old Ladies

Two old ladies laying' in bed,
One rolled over to the other & said:

Gotta go,
All the way.
Can't stop.
Won't stop.
Gotta be
Airborne!
All the way!


- CPT Paul C Arroyo



Tiny Bubbles

Tiny bubbles
in my beer
makes me happy
makes me full of cheer
tiny bubbles in my wine
makes me happy
all the time
oh your left, your left. your left, right, left. your left, your left, your military left !


- jenny



Here Comes the Army

osama bin laden hiding in a cave,
here comes the army better make it his grave,
cause we hit em with a left hook up high,
we hit em so hard the went sky high,
saddam hussein hiding in a hole,
4th id is freedom they stole
after the left hook came the right,
we took turn till the morning light!


- josh



Sally

Chant: Mama told Sally not to go down town
Repeat:

Chant: She said, too many Jar-heads hanging around.
Repeat:

Chant: Sally didn't listen and she went anyway...
Repeat:

Chant: She didn't get back til the very next day..
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Chant: Two weeks later and all was well
Repeat:

Chant: Four months later she began to swell...
Repeat:

Chant: Nine months later and out it came...
Repeat:

Chant: A motivated Jar-Head swinging from a chain....
Repeat:


- Dirty



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