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Running Cadences

                           Baby Brigade

Talking to my daddy on his dying bed,
With a smile on his face, this is what he said
When i came out of my mothers womb,
I found myself in the delivery room,
All bloody and wet i rappelled to the floor,
Cut the umbillicord and crawled to the door
Camouflage diaper, black baby shoes,
Butter knife sword and baby dress blues
Humvee stroller, tricycle tank,
3 diaper pins on my collar for rank
went down the hall heard some crying like heck,
walked right in and called ATTENTION ON DECK!
Said "listen up wimps, i'm in command"
"all your crying and your sniveling i will not stand"
they said "aye aye sir" and i had it made.
I was commanding officer of the baby brigade

            C-130

C-130 rolling down the strip
Airborne daddy on a one way trip 
Mission uncertain, destination unknown
We don't know if we're ever coming home
Stand up, hook up, shuffle to the door
Jump right out and count to four 
If my main don't open wide
I got another one by my side
If that one should fail me too
Look out ground I'm coming through
Slip to the right and slip to the left
Slip on down, do a PLF
Hit the drop zone with my feet apart
Legs in my stomach and feet in my heart
If I die on the old drop zone
Box me up and ship me home
Pin my wings upon my chest
Bury me in the leaning rest
If I die in the Spanish Moors
Bury me deep with a case of Coors
If I die in Korean mud
Bury me deep with a case of Bud
If I die in a firefight
Bury me deep with a case of Lite
If I die in a German blitz
Bury me deep with a case of Schlitz
If I die, don't bring me back
Just bury me with a case of Jack

    Blue

Had an old dog whose name was Blue
Blue wants to go to Scuba School
Bought him a tank and four little fins
And took him down where he got the bends
Same old dog whose name was Blue
Blue wants to go to Ranger School
Took him to the field, took away his chow
Put a little motivation in his bow-wow
Still got the dog whos name was Blue
Blue wants to go to Airborne School
Got him a chute, strapped it to his back
Now old Blue stands tall, looks strac
That Airborne dog whose name was Blue
Got his orders for Jungle School
Took him on down to Panama
And that's the last of Blue I ever saw

 

      Chairborne Ranger

 

It's one thirty now on the strip
Chairborne daddy gonna take a little trip
Stand up, lock up, shuffle to the door
The club for lunch and home by four
If there's something to decide
Close your door and try to hide
Every time you get a call
You're out playing racquetball
First revise the SOP
Make a change in policy
Ours is not to wonder why
It's written down in the LOI
God forbid we should go to war
All that paperwork would be a bore
Let me stay behind my desk
Anything is better than the leaning rest
Chairborne Ranger, that's what I am
One of a kind, I'm a Chemical Corps man!!!

                        A is for Airborne

A- is for Airborne
I - is for in the sky
R - is for Ranger
B - is for bonafide
O - is for on the go
R - is for Rock-n-Roll
N - is for never quit
E - is for everyday 'Cause
I'm Airborne
All the way
Super-duper
Paratrooper

 

     Break of Day

 

Up in the morning at the break of day
Working so hard we never play
Running through the jungle where the sun don't shine
All I do is double time
Up in the morning and out of the rack
Grab my clothes and put them on my back
Running cross the desert in the shifting sand
Drill Sergeant, look, I'll give you a helping hand
Up in the morning with a whistle and a yell
I know that voice and I know it well
Drill Sergeant says you better hit the floor
And don't be walking going out the door
I like women and I like wine
But all I do is double time
Double time here and double time there
Man this life, it's the best anywhere

  

    Engineer

 

Engineer, engineer running down the road
Running so fast makes the others look old
We're running hard and we're running long
Still singing ‘nother stupid song
Build a road, or cut down a tree
Or dig some graves for the Infantry
Working hard and working all day
Knocking down anything that gets in the way

    My Granny

 

When my granny was 91,
She did PT just for fun
When my granny was 92,
She did PT better than you
When my granny was 93,
She did PT better than me
When my granny was 94,
She did PT more and more
When my granny was 95,
She did PT to stay alive
When my granny was 96,
She kept on doing flutter-kicks
When my granny was 97,
She up and died and went to heaven
She met St. Peter at the pearly gates
Said, "St. Peter, St. Peter, hope I'm not late
St. Peter said with a big ol' grin
"Get down granny, and knock out ten"
She replied with a big ol' smile
"Sorry, St. Peter, I'm on profile!"

  

    Eatin’

 

Up in the morning before the break of day
I don't like it, no way
Eat my breakfast too damn soon
Hungry as a hound dog, before noon
Went to the mess hall on my knee
I said, "Mess SGT., Mess SGT., feed me please!"
Mess SGT. said with a big ol' grin
"If you wanna be Airborne, you gotta be thin"

 

    Raving Mad

 

Airborne Ranger raving mad
He's got a tab I wish I had
Black and gold and half moon shape
Airborne Ranger, he's gone ape
Jumpin' through windows, kicking down the walls
Airborne Ranger's havin' a ball
So if there's a trouble in the world today
Call on the men in the Black Berets!

  

    Superman

Me and Superman got in a fight with some Kryptonite
I hit him so hard I busted his brain
And now I'm dating Lois Lane
Well, me and Batman, we had one, too
I hit him in the head with my left shoe
Right in the temple with my left heel
And now I'm driving the Batmobile

 

    Airborne PT

 

Early one morning in the pouring rain,
First Sergeant said it was time for pain,
grab your ruck and follow me!
Its time to do some PT.
We jogged nine miles and we ran three,
The First Sergeants yelling follow me!
Then we walked two miles and ran eight!
Airborne PT sure is great!

 

    Birdie Birdie

 

Birdie birdie in the sky
Dropped some whitewash in my eye
I won't fuss and I won't cry
I'm just glad that cows can't fly.