Mamma told Johnny not to go downtown,
Heard the Marine recruiter was hangin around.
Johnny went downtown anyways,
wanted
to hear what recruiter had to say.
Recruiter asked Johnny what he wanted to be,
Johnny said, "I am wanna be infantry".
Johnny
caught a plane to Vietnam,
there he fought the Viet-Cong.
Many he killed by knife and blade,
God only knows how
many lives he saved.
Well Johnny was bold and Johnny was brave,
Johnny jumped on a hand grenade.
Saved the
lives of the men he lead,
but before he died, this is what he said.
"Mamma O mamma please dont you cry,
The Marine
Corps motto is Semper Fi!"
On the Throne
It started in the year around 52,
the communist koreans were after you.
It started at the 38th parellel,
the south
koreans were catching hell.
They picked up the phone and began to dial,
the President answered in a little while,
He
said who do you want to clean this mess,
they said Mr. President send the best.
The Corps got going and took the call,
in
24 hours we were on the ball.
The water was cold and the snow was deep,
the Corps spread blood all over the street.
The
Corps packed up and we left for home,
for two hundred years we've been on the throne.
A Terrible Jam in Viet Nam
Come on all of you big strong men
Uncle Sam needs ya' help again.
Got himself in a terrible jam.
Way down yonder
in Viet Nam.
So put down your books and pick up a gun
We're all gonna have a whole lotta' fun.
Come on Wall Street
don't be slow.
Man this is war so go go go.
There's a lot a good money to be made.
Supplin' the army with the tools
of the trade.
Just hope and pray that if we drop the bomb.
We go and drop it on Viet Nam.
Come on generals let move
fast.
Your big chance is here at last.
Now we can go out and get those reds.
Cause' the only good Commie is one thats
dead.
Fat Boy
Fat Boy Fat Boy where've you been,
Downtown pizza hut eating again.
Had a pepperoni, sausage and extra cheese,
got
a big old' belly hanging to your knees.
Marine Corps
my mama can't you see?
what this corps has done for me
put me in a barber chair
snip-snap and I had no hair
and if I die in the 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 mama I did my best
my mama don't you cry
marine corp motto is " Do or Die!"
MY VERSION OF C-130
left, left, left, right, left
lo righty, left
a lefty righty, left
bo didly, bo didly have you heard
we're gonna jump from a big iron bird
C-130 rollin down the strip
recon marine gonna take a little trip
mission top secret destination unknown
we dont know if we're ever coming home
stand up buckle up and shuffle to the door
jump right out and shout MARINE CORPS!
and if my main dont bust up right
then i've got a reserve by my side
and if that reserve dont open wide
then ill be the first one to hit the ground
kick and slashin
killin and stabbin
and if I die in the ol' drop zone
then box me up and ship me home
pin my medals upon my chest
tell my momma ive done my best
GIVE ME THAT OLD MARINE CORPS SPIRIT
GIVE ME THAT OLD MARINE CORPS SPIRIT
GIVE ME THAT OLD MARINE CORPS SPIRIT
GIVE ME THAT OLD MARINE
CORPS SPIRIT
THEN ITS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME
IT WAS GOOD AT PEARL HARBOR
IT WAS GOOD AT IWO JIMA
IT WAS GOOD AT
OKINAWA
THEN ITS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME
IT WAS GOOD AT THE PUSAN PERIMETER
IT WAS GOOD AT THE FROZEN CHOSEN
IT
WAS GOOD AT KOREA
THEN ITS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME
IT WAS GOOD FOR THE TRI PROVIDENCE
IT WAS GOOD FOR THE BATTLE AT
KHE SAN
IT WAS GOOD AT VIETNAM
THEN ITS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME
IT WAS GOOD FOR KOTANG
IT WAS GOOD FOR THE EMBASY
AT IRAN
IT WAS GOOD WHEN WE LANDED IN BEREUT
THEN ITS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME
IT WAS GOOD FOR SMITTLY BUTTLER
IT
WAS GOOD FOR OL DAN DAILY
IT WAS GOOD FOR CHESTY PULLER
THEN ITS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME
IT WAS GOOD FOR JOHN BASOLONE
IT
WAS GOOD FOR GENERAL JONES
IT WAS GOOD FOR UNCLE JOE
THEN ITS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME
"Casualties many; Percentage of dead not known;
Combat efficiency: we are winning!"
COL. DAVID M. SHOUP, USMC
