Want to be a Marine?
Marine Corps Marching Cadence
Sittin’ at home and talkin’ to Joe.
Nothin’ to do no place to go.
Sittin’ at home and talkin’ to Joe.
Nothin’ to do no place to go.
Chorus (between each verse)
Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh
Whoa -oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Whoa-oh-oh-oh
Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Marine recruiter came to me.
He asked me what I wanted to be.
Marine recruiter came to me.
He asked me what I wanted to be.
Chorus
How’d ya like to be a Marine?
How’d ya like to be lean and Mean?
How’d ya like to be a Marine?
How’d ya like to be lean and mean?
Chorus
I said yes, he said when?
I said today I’d like to begin.
I said yes, he said when?
I said today I’d like to begin.
Chorus
And so he put me on a bus.
I gave no hassle I made no fuss.
And so he put me on a bus.
I gave no hassle I made no fuss.
Chorus
Then he put me on a jet.
My days were long my nights were wet.
Then he put me on a jet.
My days were long my nights were wet.
Chorus
Drill instructor said to me,
You got to work hard to be lean and mean.
Drill instructor said to me,
You got to work hard to be lean and mean.