And here's from the Marines (Camp Lejeune, NC, 1944):
      
"Ten thousand gobs laid down their swabs
Just to lick one sick Marine."

Tune: Marines Hymn, first two phrases.      

I never put the idea to the test, which may in part account for the fact that I'm still alive.

Posted by Sandy Ives to the Ballad-L email list on Aug 19, 2004