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Thread #111679   Message #2359685
Posted By: GUEST,mg
06-Jun-08 - 06:18 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Cornish Miners' Alphabet
Subject: Lyr Add: VIETNAM ALPHABET SONG
Read up on Bal Maidens of Cornwall..very interesting. I think I might be descended from some..not sure..how and when did Cornish come to America?


VIETNAM ALPHABET SONG

A for the ambush that comes in the night
B is for Bravo the boys that could fight
C is for Charlie cruel and red
D is for dying and d is for dead

E for enlisted men sturdy and true
F for the fear we knew through and through
G for guerrila for grunt and granade
H for a hundred degrees in the shade

H furthermore is for straight out of hell
H for the horrors we never will tell
H for the Hueys flying around
H is for hover and H hit the ground

I is for incoming deadly and near
J is for Jesus Christ why are we hear
K is for kill our mission in short
K for K rations in case we abort

L is for lots of things that come to mind
L is for leaving our lovers behind
L for lieutenants the good and the bad
L for the limbs that we wish we still had

M is for memories munitions and mom
N is for napalm the nastiest bomb
O is for opium easy and cheap
P is for punji sticks plunging in deep

Q for the quiet that's worse than the noise
S for what separates men from the boys
T is for torture and t is for Tet
T is for try really hard to forget

U for our uncle who sent us away
U for our homeland the US of A
U is for really unless you were there
You can't understand and we're not sure you care

V is for Vietnam everyone knows
V is for vanquish our villianous foes
V for the victory we were denied
V for the very fine men who have died. mg