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Thread #10803 Message #2299230
Posted By: CET
27-Mar-08 - 08:36 PM
Thread Name: Cadence or Marching Songs
Subject: RE: Cadence or Marching Songs
Here's "Wey, hey, Rock and Roll" thanks to Google. I've changed a word here and there, to conform with the lyrics as I remember them. Also, the last verse below was not on the version I found through my Google search.
I liked to sing this with a different chorus that went like this:
Halo, halo infantry Queen of Battle, follow me Canadian life's the life for me But nothing in the world is free
That's how I heard it in 2004, but I'm sure that "Canadian life" was something else in the original. The tune was also different from the tune that is commonly sung to to "Way, hey, Rock and Roll".
Rock n' Roll - Call & Response
Chorus: Wahey Rock and Roll Wahey Rock and Roll A little bit of rhythm and soul Early in the morning
You've landed on the beach again Your orders are, you're diggin' in The rising sun's a beautiful thing Early in the morning
Chorus You stand-to when the sun goes down You're watching all the ground around You stand to watch it rise again Early in the morning
Chorus
From the bush a rustling sound Someone's moving on your ground The enemy's lying all around Early in the morning
Chorus
The enemy starts a creeping in Machine gun crews begin to grin The GPMG makes a terrible din - (Sung jimpy) Early in the morning
Chorus
You hear a bullet whistle by You see your buddies fall and cry Behind you there's a final sigh Early in the morning
Chorus
You see the Harrier over head And then you see a flash of red The rockets are gone, the enemy's dead Early in the morning
Chorus
You look back to the rear and then You see the choppers coming in The rising sun's a beautiful thing Early in the morning
Chorus
They're hovering just above your head And then they're down and someone said We'll take the wounded then the dead Early in the Morning
Chorus
Now look up to the front you men They'll come again, you know not when The rising sun's a beautiful thing Early in the morning
Chorus
The mortar bombs are raining down But you just want to hug the ground You hear your buddies calling round Early in the morning
Chorus
Your plane is flying far away You know you're homeward bound today It's sad so many had to pay Early in the morning
Chorus
You're on the street You're walking tall You turn to hear the people call You've made the grade, you've done it all Early in the morning