Here we go again

Come on Over

Come on over!
The war’s not over!
So put your weapon next to mine!
Aim right on down the line!

I killed insurgent one!
I killed insurgent one! (Later: Insurgent 2, 3, 4, 5 …)
I did that just for fun!
I did that just for fun! (Later: For me and you, to keep us free, to win the war, to stay alive…)
So put your weapon next to mine!
Aim right on down the line!
(repeat…)

They say that in the Army

They say that in the Army, that chow is mighty fine
A chicken jumped off the table and started marking time
Oh Lord I wanna go
But they won’t let me go home (stomp)

They say that in the Army, the coffee’s mighty fine
It looks like muddy water, and tastes like turpentine

They say that in the Army, the biscuits are mighty fine
One rolled off the table and killed a friend of mine

They say that in the Army, the shoes are mighty fine
You ask for size eleven, they give you size nine

They say that in the Army, the pancakes are mighty fine
You can try to chew them, but you’re only wasting time

They say that in the Army, the bed’s are mighty fine
But how the hell would I know, I’ve never slept in mine

They say the in the Army, the mail is so great
Today I got a letter dated 1948

They say that in the Army, the hours are just right
Start early in the morning and work on through the night

They say that in the army, the tents are waterproof
You wake up in the morning and you’re floating on the roof

Airborne Ranger

Their home is Fort Benning
The land that God forgot
The mud is very deep
The sun is blazing hot

Chorus:Airbooooooooorne Raaaaaaaangers Lead The Way

So walking down the street one day
I met a total stranger
He asked me what I wanted to be
I said an Airborne Ranger

Chorus:Airbooooooooorne Raaaaaaaangers Lead The Way

I’m sitting in my foxhole
Sharpinning my knife
Up jumped the enemy
I had to take his life

Chorus:Airbooooooooorne Raaaaaaaangers Lead The Way

I went to wake up the Sergeant
He was lying in his bed
I went to turn him over
I found out he was dead

Chorus:Airbooooooooorne Raaaaaaaangers Lead The Way

My buddies in a foxhole
With a bullet in his head
The medic said he’s wounded
But I know that he’s dead

Chorus:Airbooooooooorne Raaaaaaaangers Lead The Way

I hear the choppers coming
They’re flying over head
They come to get the wounded
But all they find is dead

Chorus:Airbooooooooorne Raaaaaaaangers Lead The Way

So out in the battle field covered in blood
There lies a ranger dying in the mud

Chorus:Airbooooooooorne Raaaaaaaangers Lead The Way

I Left My Home

Your mother was home when you left *your right!
Your father was home when you left *your right!
your sister was home when you left *your right!
your brother was home when you left *your right!

your mother, your father, your sister, your brother,
your dog, your cat, your fish, your rat, your aunt, your uncle, and both of your cousins, your papa, your granny, the maid, the nanny, they all were home when you left *your right!
And that’s the reason you left* your right!

I left my home
to join the army
that day I left
my momma cried
she thought that I
was gonna die

oowie oowiiieeeee
oowie oowiiie

I left my spouse
standing at the door
she thought that I
would die in war

oowie oowiiieeeee
oowie oowiiie

I left my son
playin in the yaard
to see his daddy leave
made him cry so hard

oowie oowiiieeeee
oowie oowiiie

that day I left
I shook my daddy’s hand
He said that I
would be coming home

oowie oowiiieeeee
oowie oowiiie

Yellow Ribbon

Around her hair she wore a yellow ribbon
She wore it in the spring time, in the early month of May
And if you asked her why the heck she wore it
She’d say she wore it for her soldier who was far, far away
Far away
Far away
She wore it for her soldier who was far, far away
Around the block she pushed a baby carriage
She pushed it in the spring time, in the early month of May
And if you asked her why the heck she pushed it
She’d say she pushed it for her soldier who was far, far away
Far away
Far away
She pushed it for her soldier who was far, far away
Behind the door, her father kept a shotgun
She kept it in the spring time, in the early month of May
And if you asked her why the heck she kept it
She’d say she kept it for her soldier who was far, far away
Far away
Far away
She kept it for her soldier who was far, far away
Around his grave she laid the pretty flowers
She laid them in the spring time, in the early month of May
And if you asked her why the heck she laid them
She’d say she laid them for her soldier who was far, far away
Far away
Far away
She laid them for her soldier who was far, far away

Army life is crazy!

O O Oh no!
O O Oh no!

O O O oh no!
O O O oh no!

The Army life is not my style!
The Army life is not my style!
I gotta leave I gotta go!
This Army life is crazy!
It got me,
it got me,
it got me missin’ my baby!

Mama mama can’t you see?
What this army’s done to me!
They sat me in a barber’s chair
Spun me ‘round I had no hair

The Army life is not my style!
They got me,
they got me,
they got me lookin’ like Gomer Pyle!
I used to drive a Cadillac
But now I’m humpin’ it on my back!

I used to date a beauty queen
But now I shoot my M16!

I used to wear my faded jeans
But now I’m wearin’ Army greens!

I used to drive a Chevrolet
But now I’m marchin’ everyday!

I used to eat at Micky-Ds
But now I’m eatin’ MREs!

Uh oh oh no!I gotta leave I gotta go!
The Army life is not mystyle!
But I guess I’ll stay a little while…

Note: The cadences on this page have been collected from various sources. I’m not the original author. Credit is due to the original creators.

If there’s a cadence that you would like me to add to this post, please post it in the comments.