Gee, I must be the very Jody they all sing about.
Anyway, the only one I remember that had my name in it was from basic training at Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Tex in the winter of 1947-48, and it went.....

You had a good home and you left...YOU'RE RIGHT
You want to go home but you can't.....YOU'RE RIGHT
JODY was there when you left.....YOU'RE RIGHT
JODY was there when you left.....YOU'RE RIGHT
Aint no sense in goin' home, JODY's got you're gal and gone
Hip oh hop oh wring out the mop
Oh left oh right oh left.

Joe Offer: I have the sheet music for Vaughn Monroe's version of "Sound off", do you want it?

The Armed Forces were still segregated in 1947 Integration by executive order of (God Bless Him) Harry Truman came later. I suppose that what I'm going to relate now went with segregation. (I'll still take integration anyday)

Whenever we were drilling in the same general area as the Black troops were, our drill instructor would give us a break so we could watch learn and listen. I don't suppose this is "Politcally correct" to relate this, but it is nevertheless true that the Black troops were one hell of a lot better at close order drill than the rest of us were, and the 4 part harmonies they sang were,to say the least, beautiful to the ear. One song sticks in my mind, and I guess there were hundreds of verses to this thing. It is basically, the song, "Raise a Ruckus Tonight" with verses that you won't find in any published version of this song. Here're two examples

The lines that are typed like this were sung solo by the drill instructor and the lines ALL IN CAPS WERE SUNG IN 4 PART HARMONY BY THE ENTIRE FLIGHT.

I got a gal in San Antone RAISE A RUCKUS TONIGHT
She don't like to sleep alone RAISE A RUCKUS TONIGHT
Oh won't you COME ALONG, LITTLE CHILLUN COME ALONG
(Bass solo) Oh, Lordy, WHILE THE MOON IS SHININ' BRIGHT
(Bass solo)Shinin' bri i i ight GET ON BOARD DOWN THAT RIVER ROAD
(Bass solo) we're gonna RAISE A RUCKUS TONIGHT

(D.I. solo) I got a gal in do-wa-diddy. RAISE A RUCKUS TONIGHT
She's got freckles on her tittyRAISE A RUCKUS TONIGHT. ETC. ETC. ETC.

a fond memory, but a very small price to pay for integration.

Jody Gibson