Army Marching Cadences – Top 5
Let ’em blow let ’em blow
Let the four winds blow
Let ’em blow from east to west
The US Army is the best
Standing tall and looking good
Ought to march in Hollywood
Hold your head and hold it high
___ Platoon is marching by
Close your eyes and hang your head
We are marching by the dead
Look to your right and whadta see?
A whole bunch of legs looking at me
Dress it right and cover down
Forty inches all around
Nine to the front, six to the rear
That’s the way we do it here
Tiny Bubbles (Army Marching Cadence)
Tiny bubbles
In my beer
Makes me happy
And full of cheer
Tiny bubbles
In my wine
Makes me happy
All the time
Party Hardy (Army Marching Cadence)
We are ____ platoon
and we like to party
party hardy
party hardy all night long
Your left, your left, your left, right, get on down
Your left, your left, your left, right, get on down
Now drop, and beat your face
___ platoon’s gonna rock this place
Boom, check it out, check it out
Boom, check it out, check it out
My rifle, my rucksack, my bayonet, now get on down
My rifle, my rucksack, my bayonet, now get on down
Say one, twwwoooo,
three, four,
Eleven Bravo, hey
Eleven Bravo, hey
Bravo on the GO (Army Marching Cadence)
Marching down in the valley I heard a loud roar
It was a bravo trooper treating alpha like a toy
So put your feet on the peddle step down on the gas
Move over awful alpha let the mighty bravo pass
BRAVO COMPANY IS ON THE GO
Way down in the valley I heard a loud roar
It was a smooth bravo trooper treating Charlie like a toy
So put your feet on the peddle step down on the gas
Move over chicken Charlie let the mighty bravo pass
BRAVO COMPANY IS ON THE GO
Way down in the valley I heard a loud roar
It was a cool bravo trooper treating delta like a toy
So put your feet on the peddle step down on the gas
Move over dizzy delta let the mighty bravo pass
BRAVOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
You get a line…. (Military Marching Cadence)
You get a line and I’ll get a pole
Honey, honey
You get a line and I’ll get a pole
Baby, baby
You get a line and I’ll get a pole
We’ll go down to the fishin’ hole
Refrain Honey, oh baby, be mine
ALL
Go to your left, your right, your left
ALL
Go to your left, your right, your left, hey!
ALL
I had a girl who lived on a creek
Honey, honey
I had a girl who lived on a creek
Baby, baby
I had a girl who lived on a creek
She was cute and she was sweet
I had a girl, looked good in blue
Honey, honey
I had a girl, looked good in blue
Baby, baby
I had a girl, looked good in blue
She could make a fool out of you
That is it for now folks, if we missed any please leave feedback below…
This songs and cadence’s bring back some good memories.
I had one of thr best drill sergeants by the name of Chisholm. We used to say he was tough as the Chisholm Trail. Way back in 1978. Delta 5-3. Better known as Delta Dragon’s. He was Airborne and treated us all with respect. Also taugh us comradery.
i love these cadences my daddy is a retired staff sergeant from the army and i always learned the cadences and would go do pt with the troop every morning and now i am in rotc.the pt is not the same but i guess it is ok.My favorite cadence has always been yellow ribbon but instead of saying soldier we always said tanker.I LOVE THE ARMY!
i cant remember them being so clean
I got a girl in New Orleans
Honey, Honey, Honey
I got a girl in New Orleans
Babe, Babe, Babe
I got a girl in New Orleans
She won’t let me in her jeans………
Honey oh Baby mine.
go to your left…………….
These were cool to read.
I was looking for the Old Cadences. My Best Friend was in the Army during Desert Storm, He was 11C with 4-67 Bandits. He loved the Infantry and always sang some great, funny, R Rated Cadences.
He told me that when he ETS’d that the Army had all but done away with the oldschool grown man humor cadences, that for a few years the Army had started using these clean ones instead.
What a Shame in my Opinion, When the Grunts themselves create a history and a language as they serve their Duty – Served to the Point of Medals and Ribbons Pinned On their Chests. SOME even Stayed to be the Charismatic D.I.’s that my Buddy looked up to and even emulated – 20+ YEARS later….
….All this is brought and shared by the generation before, Yet some Non-Combat MOS Offficers are gonna just deny and replace HISTORY with these clean, playful, somewhat less meaningful chants.
In My Opinion, Sir
Hopefully there is an acknowledgement and revival of some of these old songs among the men today, somewhere within the Army. Otherwise we will lose a piece of history that belonged to the Infantry and Many Many Combat Veterans.
-OUT-
Hi,
My grandpa recently passed away and he was in the 154th infantry of WWII. He always used to sing his marching song, but I am having a lot of trouble finding the full chant online. The part he always sung was:
Left, Left,
I had a good job and I left
First I got hired, then I got fired
I had a good job and I left
But I think/remember there being more to it. Have you heard it before?
Thanks,
Jesse
Thanks for the comment,I have not heard the song, but will keep my eyes open.
Sergeant shouts: You had a good job when you left!
Platoon together: You’re Right!!!
Sergeant shouts: Jodie was home when you left!
Platoon together: You’re Right!!!
…and so on, of course you sang it in step!! 😉
I love the cadences. My mom says that my grandpa would sing these cadences as car songs. R rated words too☺☺
cadence calls have been cleaned up from what we sang in the late 1960s. “She wore a yellow ribbon” is the only one I recognize. We’d have been embarrassed to sing some of these. So much for PC. :p
Jesse Anne, that’s obvioulsy a version of a very old cadence call that we used to sing in basic combat training at Fort Ord in 1968.
I remember only part of it, but it shows the influence Private Willy Duckworth’s 1944 “Sound Off, the granddaddy of all cadence calls.
You had a good home, but you left.
You’re right!
You had a good home but you left.
You’re right!
Sound off.
Sound off!
Sound off.
Sound off!
1-2-3-4 Sound off.
Sound off!
Your mother was there when you left,
You’re right!
…
Your father was there when you left.
You’re right!
…
Your best gal was there when you left.
You’re right!
…
Old Jodie was there when you left.
You’re right!
…
Like walking to memory lane – Thank you for sharing these and the comments were great to read as well.
Having served in the 82nd when the ratio of gals to guys was far from equal I certainly heard a few other cadences – it was also during a time they were “cleaning” them up so a lot of the old school ones were already scarce.
A little bird, with a yellow bill, was sitting on my windoesill, I lured him in with a piecve of bread, and then I smashed his little head
A yellow bird.
With a Yellow bill.
Was sitting on my (stomp) windowsill.
I lured him in with a piece of bread
Then I smashed (stomp) his little head.
The moral of
the story is
To get some head you (stomp) need some bread.
One day you’ll be alone
All alone in the combat zone
Bullets flying all around
Keep your head low to the ground
Don’t you worry about dying alone
(1sg’s) going to bring you home.
(Interchangeable)
It’s alright it’s alright
It’s alright it’s okay
Do you remember JFK
He tried to lead the way
Hey ay ay ay
But he was shot one day
In the early mornin’
It’s alright it alright
It alright it’s okay
Do you remember MLK
He had a dream one day
Hey ay ay ay
But he got shot one day
In the early morning
It’s alright it’s alright
It’s alright it’s okay.
I love seeing all the cadence. I’m a Reservist and I just finished Bct and Ait on December 2014. I would just sing each cadence and it makes me laugh remembering the good times at Fort Benning and Fort Leonardwood. I had never had such a good time. It’s so hard to believe that only 1 or .05% out of 100% of Americans are in the Army. They are missing out in life. You would never ever and ever will have amazing good brothers and sisters who would go to hell with you. I went to Charlie Rock Company 2/47 at Fort Benning. The DS are tough ad hell, as in touuuuch as hell. They were the faces of standards and disciplines. They killed us but I didn’t give up. Not once, iy was all mental. I think I am saying too much out of cadences. That’s just how good it is to be in the Army. Oh did I mention, I recently became a citizen. I had served the country before being a citizen. Can’t beat that.
Before you say that you cant believe how its the 1% you should serve as an active duty its not just a summer camp for us to go through, your actual units will rip you apart more than Drill Sergeants are allowed to these days.
Some of us wanted to but could not. My weight stop me and the fact that I have asthma stop me. But I pray everyday for the protection of the friends and family members that are still serving our nation.
This remind me the old Army when I served, and are great!
Reading all of these cadences bring back lots of great memories from high school JROTC. I miss those days so much. During class we would never use the original versions, but get us after school during drill, color guard, or rilfe practice my 1st stg and ltc would damn sure teach our the old school cadences. All of the after school teams were our instructors close knit pets lol. After high school I have a full ride to college through the JROTC course butttttt life happened and didn’t ever get to go. That or for full my family’s legacy of the air force. So reading all these make me miss those days so much. Thank you for all these brave soldiers who have fought for us. Hooah!
My sister and I are having such a wonderful time looking up all these songs that were sung by our father who was a WWII veteran of the first Marine invasion on Guadalcanal. He passed away three years ago and we are trying to make a list of his wonderful songs and their words. Example: I’ve Got a girl that
‘S Six Feet Tall sleeps in the kitchen with her feet in the hall; She wore a Yellow Ribbon; I got a dog that is skinny as a rail; Johnny Verbeck-Meat machine and we are trying to locate and remember so many more! Happy Veterans Day! Janet Scott and Jerianne Simon…God Bless you all!
My arms are swinging from left to right from left to right
My head is swinging from left to right from left to right
My balls are seining from left to right from left to right.
82nd Airbourne Gang.
I saw someone earlier post a jan towards a guy who said he was a reservist. National Gaurd, Army Reserves, or Big Army…. Everyone is still a member of the 1%, and a member of the greatest brotherhood on earth. I got out in 2007, and still talk to my buddies everyday…. Weather you were in uniform everyday, or one weekend a month. You still wore it with the same pride! Keep up the motivation brother!
I’m part of the 305th MI Battalion, and we have one that goes:
Platoon Guide: Your momma was there when you left!
Platoon: You’re right!
PG: Your daddy was there when you left!
Platoon: You’re right!
PG: The cats, the dogs, the chickens, the hogs, they ALL were there when you left!
Platoon: You’re right!
PG: And that is why you left!
Platoon: You’re right!
We have another one that’s a little sadistic and partly sung like a children’s song, but hey, I’ll post it. This is just a call and refrain, nothing fancy.
Little bunny Fru-Fru hoppin’ through the forest.
Scoopin’ up the field mice and boppin’ ’em on the head.
BOOM
OH MY GOD
WHAT WAS THAT???
AT4!!!!
BUNNY BITS
EVERYWHERE
Little bunny Fru-Fru hoppin’ through the forest.
Scoopin’ up the field mice and boppin’ ’em on the head.
BOOM
WHAT WAS THAT???
CLAYMORE
AT4
BUNNY BITS
EVERYWHERE
Little bunny Fru-Fru hoppin’ through the forest.
Scoopin’ up the field mice and boppin’ on the head.
BOOM
WHAT WAS THAT???
HAND GRENADE
CLAYMORE
AT4
BUNNY BITS
EVERYWHERE
(a little slower) Little bunny Fru-Fru hoppin’ through the forest.
Scoopin’ up the field mice and boppin’ ’em on the head.
I was in the army in the transition is suppose- 1960-63 the cadences I remember were ALL sexist! or foul – I loved em!
sargent sargent don’t be blue, frankenstien was ugly too
I don’t know but I been told, eskimo —–‘s mighty cold!
We used to have one at ft Benning and it goes
1,2,3,4
You can’t count to five
1,2,3,4
Cause your brain in fried
From crack and coke and all that shit you smoked
Crack baby
Lol
See the girl from Kansas City?
She serves whiskey from her t___ies
See the lady wearing black?
She makes her living on her back
…
I was in the infantry from 6/53 to 6/56. Our cadences were not especially PC, but humor was a big part of them. We made profanity an art form.
1) steam roller
2) 47 hell raisers
3) Remember MLK
4) I hear you calling
5) Captain jack
(I finished basic and AIT a little over a year ago at Sill and Sam )
My 2 -ALL TIME favorites were
Hard Work ( I get up around a quarter to five- hard work, …)
and
Count Cadence (Count cadence delay cadence count cadence aaaaaaaaaa 1- little soldier 2- you better do your best 3- before you find yourself 4- in the lean in rest, 1 hit it 2- hit it 3- hit it 4- break it down….