Lyr Add: When the Ice is on the Rice

Subject: Lyr Add: When the Ice is on the Rice
From: and e
Date: 14 Mar 24 - 10:26 AM

The next song is parody on "The Moonlight's Fair Tonight Along the Walbash".
We called it "When the Ice is on the Rice" and that goes:

When the ice is on the rice along the Yalu,
And the Chinaman is looking down on you,
You can bet your ass I won't be there beside you
I'll be sitting on my bum in Uijeongbu.
In Uijeongbu.

Transcribed from the singing of John Frushour recording January 13, 2004.

Listen here:

https://archive.org/download/jack_horntip_collection_field_recordings/0259%20When%20The%20Ice%20Is%20On%20The%20Rice%20%5BTune_%20My%20Indiana%20Home%20%28_%29%5D.mp3

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: When the Ice is on the Rice
From: and e
Date: 14 Mar 24 - 10:27 AM

WHEN THE ICE IS ON THE RICE

When the ice is on the rice in Southern Honshu
And the Sake in the cellar starts to freeze
And you whisper "Sweet Ojosan, I adore you"
Then you're getting just a sukoshi Nipponese.

When you're dancing to the strains of "Tanko Bushi"
And you're speaking Arigato, 'stead of please.
And you answer telephone with "mushi-mushi"
I sink maybe you are going nipponese

As you sit upon tatami sipping sake
And the cold wind's whipping 'round your knees.
And you're munching on some gohan and osembi
Then you're surely getting takusan Nipponese

When you start spending yen like it was money,
'Stead of flinging it like paper in the breeze.
And you think everything in English sounds so funny
Then, my lad, you're truly Nipponese.

Posted by thedrifter [Eleanor Schallow (USMC 1970-1990)] on January 14, 2003 to the leatherneck.com forum. Retrieved 2024-03-11.

See here:

https://www.leatherneck.com/forums/showthread.php?3502-Songs-Of-World-War-II

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: When the Ice is on the Rice
From: and e
Date: 14 Mar 24 - 10:28 AM

As happy hour wound down, VMA-151 sang us a warning
about getting too comfortable with the ladies in Iwakuni.

When the ice is on the rice in Southern Honsu,
And the sake in the cellar starts to freeze,
If you whisper to your josan, I ador you,
Then you're getting just sukoshi [little bit] Nipponese.

When your skipper misses muster in the morning,
And the XO's got an undefined disease,
If the pilots are all medically restricted,
Then you're getting just sukoshi Nipponese.

When the benjos [sewers] start to thaw in Asian springtime,
If the smell from them seems pleasant on the breeze,
It's time to write and tell your gal in San Francisco,
She's been replaced by your sukoshi Nipponese.

Taming the Taildragger by Col R.L. Upchurch USMC. 2003.

See here:

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Taming_the_Taildragger/1g75o_PRATMC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22ice+is+on+the+rice+%22&pg=PA164&printsec=frontcover

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: When the Ice is on the Rice
From: and e
Date: 14 Mar 24 - 10:33 AM

When the Ice is on the Rice

When the ice is on the rice in southern honshu
And the saki in the cellar starts to freeze
when you whisper to your dosan I adore you
Then you're getting just a scochi nipponese

When the colonel misses muster in the morning
And the XO has the officer's disease
When the pilots are all medically restricted.
Then you're getting just a scochi nipponese

Transcribed from A Viet Nam Aviators Odyssey by Jim Hatch. 1996. CD. Track #16.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: When the Ice is on the Rice
From: and e
Date: 14 Mar 24 - 10:35 AM

To the tune of 'Galway Bay'

When the ices is on the rice upon the Yalu,
And the Chinaman is creeping up on you,
I'll send you a pretty little postcard
While I'm singing on my arse in Wi John Bhu.

For gawdsake, don't take me! by Marting Page. 1977.

See here:

https://archive.org/details/forgawdsakedontt0000unse/page/140/mode/2up?q=%22ice+is+on+the+rice%22

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: When the Ice is on the Rice
From: and e
Date: 14 Mar 24 - 10:42 AM

SONG OF R AND R
(Tune- Moonlight on the Wabash)

When the ice is on the rice in old Ohitose [?]
And the Saki is the cellar starts to freeze
I don't want to see my wife in San Francisco
I just want to see my little Nipponese

- - - - - -

ICE ON THE RICE

When he ice is on the rice in old Tsuiki
And the saki in the cellar starts to freeze
When you turn to her and say, "My darling dozo"
Then you're turning just a skoshi Nipponese

Both from an Untitled Songbook. [ca 1970]. Pgs. 9-a and 79


See online: https://archive.org/details/1970suntitledsongbookmarkthomasviadockery/page/n15/mode/2up?q=%22ice+is+on+the+rice%22

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: When the Ice is on the Rice
From: and e
Date: 14 Mar 24 - 10:43 AM

WHEN THE ICE IS ON THE RICE

When the ice is on the rice in old Chitose
And the saki in the cellar starts to freeze
I don't want to see my wife in San Francisco
I just want to see my little Nipponese

44th TFS Hymnal: Official Unexpurgated, Unabridged, Unbelievable 1970 Edition. song #72.

See online here: https://archive.org/details/197044thtfshymnallackssongs-34110and-111lydiafishcollection/page/n63/mode/2up?q=%22ice+is+on+the+rice%22

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: When the Ice is on the Rice
From: and e
Date: 14 Mar 24 - 10:44 AM

When the ice is on the rice in Southern Honshu
And the sake in the cellar starts to freeze
And you whisper "Sweet ojosan, I adore you"
Then you're getting just a skoshi Nipponese.

When you're dancing to the strains of "Tanko Bushi,"
And you're saying "Arigato," 'stead of please.
And you answer telephone with "moshi moshi"
I think maybe you are going Nipponese.

As you sit on the tatami sipping sake,
And the cold wind's whipping 'round your knees.
And you're munching on some gohan and osenbei,
Then you're surely getting taksan Nipponese

When you start spending yen like it was money,
'Stead of flinging it like paper in the breeze,
And think everything in English sounds so funny
Then, my lad, you're truly Nipponese.


VERSION II:

When the ice is on the rice in Southern Honshu
And the sake in the cellar starts to freeze
And you whisper to your josan, "I adore you"
Then you're getting just a skoshi Nipponese.

When your skipper [or "the colonel"] misses muster in the morning,
And the XO's got an undefined disease,
If the pilots are all medically restricted,
Then they're getting just a skoshi Nipponese.

When the benjos start to thaw in Asian springtime,
If the smell from them seems pleasant on the breeze,
It's time to write and tell your gal in San Francisco,
She's been replaced by your skoshi Nipponese.

Posted by Lighter on Oct 14, 2017 to the Hitler Has Only Got One Ball thread.


See here: https://mudcat.org/detail_pf.cfm?messages__Message_ID=3882219

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: When the Ice is on the Rice
From: and e
Date: 14 Mar 24 - 10:53 AM

SONG OF R AND R
(Tune - Moonlight on the Wabash)

When the ice is on the rice in old Chitoee
And the Saki in the cellar starts to freeze
I don't want to see my wife in San Francisco
I just want to see my little Nipponese

- - - - - - - -

ICE ON THE RICE

When the ice is on the rice in old Tsuiki
And the saki in the cellar starts to freeze
When you turn to her and say, "My darling dozo"
Then you're turning just a skoshi Nipponese

Fighter Pilots Songbook 421st TFS. 1963. pg 10 (song 26) and pg 82 (song 157).

https://archive.org/details/1963fighterpilotssongbook-421st-tfsgetzcollectionno-025/page/10/mode/2up?q=%22ice+is+on+the+rice%22

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: When the Ice is on the Rice
From: and e
Date: 14 Mar 24 - 10:54 AM

WHEN THE ICE IS ON THE RICE
(Moonlight on the Wabash)

When the ice is on the rice in the Southern Honshu,
And the saki in the celler starts to freeze,
When you whisper to you Jo-San "sweetheart dozo,"
Then You're getting just a sukoshi Nipponese

When the CO misses early morning muster,
And the XO has the officers' disease,
And the pilots are all medically restricted,
Then you're getting just a sukoshi Nipponese

Ye Ole Squadron Songbook Attack Squadron 196. 1960. pg 1.

See here:

https://archive.org/details/1960yeolesquadronsongbookattacksquadron-196theyellowdevils/page/2/mode/2up?q=%22ice+is+on+the+rice%22

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: When the Ice is on the Rice
From: and e
Date: 14 Mar 24 - 10:58 AM

MAYBE TIME YOU SPEAK SAYONARA
(ON THE BANKS OF THE WABASH)

WHEN THE ICE IS ON THE RICE IN SOUTHERN HONSHU,
AND THE SAKI IN THE CELLAR STARTS TO FREEZE,
AND YOU WHISPER ‘SWEET OH JOSAN I ADORE YOU.’
THEN YOU’ RE GETTING JUST A SUKOSHI NIPPONESE.

WHEN YOU’RE DANCING TO THE STRAINS OF ‘TANKO BUSHI’ ,
AND YOU’RE ALWAYS SAYING ‘DOZO’ ‘STEAD OF ‘PLEASE’,
AND YOU ANSWER TELEPHONES WITH ‘MOSHI-MOSHI’,
I ‘SINK’ MAYBE YOU’ RE GOING NIPPONESE.

AS YOU SIT UPON THE GRASS MAT SIPPING SAKI,
AND THE COLD WINDS A- WHIPPING ROUND YOUR KNEES,
AND YOU’ RE MUNCHING ON SOME GOCHAN MIXED WITH SAKI,
THEN YOU’ RE SURELY GETTING TAKUSAN NIPPONESE.

WHEN YOU START DISPENSING YEN LIKE IT WAS MONEY,
‘STEAD OF FLINGING IT LIKE PAPER IN THE BREEZE.
AND YOU THINK THAT EVERYTHING YOU SAY IS FUNNY,
THEN, MY LAD, I KNOW YOU’RE TRULY NIPPONESE

Fighting One Twenty-Two Songbook. 1955. [pg 11]

https://archive.org/details/1955fightingonetwentytwosongbook/page/11/mode/2up?q=%22ice+is+on+the+rice%22

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: When the Ice is on the Rice
From: and e
Date: 14 Mar 24 - 11:04 AM

R & R BLUES
(Sung to “Banks of the Wabash”)

When the ice is on the rice in southern Honshu
And the Saki in the cellar starts to freeze
And you whisper to your Josan, I adore you
then you’re getting just a skoshi Nipponese

When the Colonel misses muster in the morning
And the Major gets the officers disease
And the pilots are all medically restricted
then you’re getting just a skoshi Nipponese.

Melodies from VMA 251 K-6 Korea. PDF reissue [1950s].

See online:
https://archive.org/details/2004wwwvmfa-251orgpdffilesmarinesongbk/page/13/mode/2up?q=rice

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: When the Ice is on the Rice
From: and e
Date: 14 Mar 24 - 11:05 AM

When The Ice Is On The Rice

When the ice is on the rice in Southern Honshu
And the ske in the cellar starts to freeze
And you whisper "Sweet Ojonsan, I adore you"
Then you're getting just a sukoshi Nipponese.

When you're dancing to the strains of "Tano Bushi"
And you're speaking arigato 'stead of please
And you answer telephone wiht mushi mushi
I sink [sic] maybe you are going Nipponese.

As you sit upon the grass mat sipping sake
And the cold wind is whipping 'round your knees
And you're unching on some gohan mixed with kaki
Then you're surely getting tokusan Nipponese.

When you start spending yen like it was money
Instead of flinging it like paper in the breeze
And you think that everything you say is very funny
Then my lad I think you're truly Nipponese

TSgt. Robert M. Baker

Leatherneck. August, 1954. pg 80

https://archive.org/details/sim_leatherneck_1954-08_37_8/page/80/mode/2up?q=%22ice+is+on+the+rice%22

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: When the Ice is on the Rice
From: and e
Date: 14 Mar 24 - 11:07 AM

WHEN THE ICE IS ON THE RICE
(On the Wabash Far Away)

When the ices is on the rice in O'Misawa,
And the saki in the cellar starts to freeze.
Then I'll speak "Dozo" to my little darling,
As I cuddle to my S'Koshi Nipponese.

When the ice in on the in Furamaki, [sic]
I'll get taksan dingy-dingy, hit the sack.
And I'll stagger from her bed back to the barracks,
Singin' Sayanora, chesei baby, I'll be back.

When the ice is on the rice up on Hokkaido,
And the Ainu's in their huts hibernate.
I'll say gomenasie to the local josans,
And huddle with my Fura-maki mate.

When the ice is on the rice in Asamuchi,
And the water in the hot baths starts to steam.
I'll say Arigato as she jumps in beside me,
And helps to fill my Japanese dream.

When the ice is on the rice in Urmagawa,
And the saki in the cellars starts to freeze.
I don't want to go back to sunny California,
I just want to stay here with my Nipponese.

339th Fighter Interceptor Squadron. 1954.

See online: https://archive.org/details/1954threehundredthirtyninthfighterinterceptorsquadrongetzno-7/page/71/mode/2up?q=%22ice+is+on+the+rice%22

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: When the Ice is on the Rice
From: and e
Date: 14 Mar 24 - 11:08 AM

"When the ice is on the rice along the Yalu,
And the sake in the cellar starts to freee,
We'll have ore than just a little round of hibachi,
As we drink a toast to those still on the seas."

Port to Port: USS Wasp, 1953-54. Lisa Linder, editor. 1954.

Snippet view:

https://books.google.com/books?id=Ishle2-rihsC&q=%22ice+is+on+the+rice+%22&dq=%22ice+is+on+the+rice+%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=1&printsec=frontcover&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjyr6PMmvCEAxWSM1kFHY3UB1EQ6AF6BAgFEAI

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: When the Ice is on the Rice
From: and e
Date: 14 Mar 24 - 11:08 AM

"When the ice is on the rice across the Yalu,
And the Chinese come a-creepin' through the snow,
Don't look around for me to come and stop them,
I'll be sitting on the ass in Yongdungp'o."

May 4, 1954 letter in Letters Home by Gene Wolfe. 1991. Pg 178.

See online here:

https://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/luminist/EB/W/Wolfe%20-%20Letters%20Home.pdf

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: When the Ice is on the Rice
From: and e
Date: 14 Mar 24 - 11:09 AM

FRALEY, Raymond Dennis.
When the ice is on the rice in all Korea.
[Lyrics] Sheet. (C) Raymond
Dennis Fraley; 2 Jun 53;
A96092.

Copyright entry card.

See here:
https://archive.org/details/CopyrightCards1946-1954/19461954FOY-FRANCE_K/page/n731/mode/2up?q=%22ice+is+on+the+rice%22

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: When the Ice is on the Rice
From: and e
Date: 14 Mar 24 - 11:10 AM

The name Yung Dung Po reminds me of a little ditty I learned over there.
It is to the tune of "On the Banks of the Wabash" It goes like this:

"When the ices is on the rice beyond the Yalu,
And the Chinese come a-creeping 'cross the snow.
Don't you look for me GI to be there to help you;
I'll be sitting on my ass in Yung Dong Po..."

Love Letters to Pete, a Korean War Memoir: January 1, 1953 to October 10 1953.

See here:

https://archive.org/details/loveletterstopet0000rona/page/18/mode/2up?q=%22ice+is+on+the+rice%22

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: When the Ice is on the Rice
From: Lighter
Date: 14 Mar 24 - 12:54 PM

"Ohitose" is a typo for Chitose on the Japanese island of Hokkaido, site of a post-World War II USAF base.

During the Korean War it was used mainly for support, maintenance, and logistics.