I wonder if 'catters can help here. I've got an M.A. candidate in folklore, writing on "jodies," semi-musical chants used to coordinate movement in training US troops. There are traditional ones, new ones being invented, some clean, some obscene-- violence, racism, sexism, what you'd expect. He's not interested in sanitizing the sample (but the services are). The student has already collected a lot of them, from WWII to the present, from various branches, and he's interested in variants of those he's already got, as well as new ones. He's especially interested in whether any such thing occurs outside the US -- so the call goes out especially to those in the UK, especially if you have military experience. If you offer a jody text, please give place and year you heard it. Just to prime the pump, I'll paste in a famous one.
C-130 Rolling down the strip.
Airborne daddy momma/ranger on a one-way trip/gonna take a little trip.
Mission unspoken, destination unknown.
They don't even know if they'll ever come home.
Stand up hook up, shuffle to the door.
Jump right out and count to four.
If my main don't open wide.
I've got a reserve right by my side.
If that one don't open too.
Look out ground, I'm a comin through
Pin my medals upon my chest,
and bury me in the front leaning rest.
If I die in a combat zone
Box me up and ship me home.
Adam
Thread #53735 Message #829195
Posted By: GUEST,adavis@truman.edu
18-Nov-02 - 02:58 PM
Thread Name: jodies/cadences, especially non-us cadence calls
Subject: non-us cadence calls
I'm helping a student with research on what are called "jodies" in the US military; they're used to maintain cadence in marching or physical training (the official term is "cadence" or "cadence call)." Several 'catters alerted to a previous thread where a lot of US material was shared, and suggested I start a new one specifying non-US material. Any non-US catters have experience with marching cadences in their own country's services? British Isles? Canada? Iceland? Vatican City?
Adam
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