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08 Jan 02 - 03:29 PM (#623572) Subject: military cadence From: GUEST |
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08 Jan 02 - 03:40 PM (#623581) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: military cadence From: MMario And what might your question be? various cadence calls have been discussed in the forum before. some here try a search for "jody" in the supersearch box on the main forum page. Messages from multiple threads combined. Watch the message titles to tell which message comes from which thread. |
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08 Jan 02 - 04:56 PM (#623649) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: military cadence From: artbrooks Generally 60 steps per minute. |
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08 Jan 02 - 05:21 PM (#623668) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: military cadence From: Irish sergeant Guest: What cadence are you looking for? It varies depending on the step. For example a quick step would obviously be livelier than a funeral pace (But you don't call cadences at a funeral pace either.0 I might be able to help if I know what the question is. Kindest regards, Neil |
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09 Jan 02 - 11:28 AM (#624125) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: military cadence From: mack/misophist 60 beats per minute is the Danny Deever, used at funerals and executions. |
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09 Jan 02 - 07:25 PM (#624437) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: military cadence From: Snuffy IIRC 60 is a slow-march. We used to drill to 90 in the Artillery, but the infantry did 120 and the Light Infantry regiments were 150 (or was it 180?) |
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09 Jan 02 - 07:43 PM (#624451) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: military cadence From: artbrooks Yeah, you're right...my brain was obviously marching at half-time. |
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03 Feb 03 - 06:43 PM (#881836) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: military cadence From: GUEST,mark I just became a recruit at the Massachusetts Fire Fighting Academy and we were looking to make some cadence's. looking for any web pages to help in our search. we mostly need it for our tower climbs. any help or suggestions would be appreciated. thank you, mark |
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03 Feb 03 - 07:30 PM (#881873) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: military cadence From: Sorcha As MMario said; look for jodys or jodies......... |
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01 Feb 04 - 06:16 PM (#1106789) Subject: Counting Cadence... From: Mudlark I've heard some ribald army dittys along this line, but I'm trying to remember one my mother taught me...I think she said it came from WW1. I've reconstructed as much as I can remember but it bothers me that the left foot is shorter than the right one, so to speak. Does this ring a bell with anybody? Left....left.... LEFT my wife and FOURteen children OLD gray man in a PEANUT stand, i THINK I did Left....left.... aaaaannndddd... Right....right... RIGHT from the oountry HAY foot slew foot Right....right... |
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01 Feb 04 - 06:19 PM (#1106794) Subject: RE: Counting Cadence... From: Amos The version I learned, similar: LEFT I LEFT O hadda good home but I LEFT I LEFT my wife and seventeen children in starving condition with nothing but gingerbread LEFT I LEFT (repeat ad nauseam). :>) A |
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02 Feb 04 - 02:35 AM (#1107036) Subject: RE: Counting Cadence... From: Mudlark Hmmmm....I'd love to see a bunch of rubes marching to that! |
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02 Feb 04 - 03:14 AM (#1107048) Subject: RE: Counting Cadence... From: fat B****rd I seem to recall a Bob Hope film where he was in charge of Boy Scouts and called cadence Hip Hip I wouldn't be here if I was Hip.... |
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02 Feb 04 - 06:15 AM (#1107108) Subject: RE: Counting Cadence... From: GUEST,KB My Grandad always used "Left, Left, I had-a-good-job but I Left" - we used to march to it all the time as kids on the Sunday afternoon walks. He, on the other hand, marched to it for real in WW1. Kris |
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02 Feb 04 - 08:51 AM (#1107202) Subject: RE: Counting Cadence... From: Rapparee One of several we marched to back in the '60s went You had a good home but you LEFT (You're RIGHT) You had a good home but you LEFT (You're RIGHT) Sound off 1, 2 Sound off 3, 4 Bring it on down 1, 2, 3, 4 (shouted) 1, 2 with the left foot hitting the ground on the odd numbers. Marching starts, of course, on the left foot. My GG Aunt said that her father used to sing "Hay foot, Straw foot, Any foot at all..." from his Civil War days. And THAT goes back to the Revolutionary War, when hay was tied to the left foot and straw to the right so that the soldiers could tell their right from their left -- or so the story goes. |
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02 Feb 04 - 08:57 AM (#1107210) Subject: RE: Counting Cadence... From: artbrooks One of the ones we marched to was similar to Rapaire's, but added these lines in the middle: You had a good wife And forty-nine kids But then by God You Left [pause] You Right! |
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02 Feb 04 - 09:04 AM (#1107219) Subject: RE: Counting Cadence... From: AllisonA(Animaterra) LEFT LEFT LEFT RIGHT LEFT I LEFT my wife and 49 children in starving conditions without any gingerbread Did I do RIGHT RIGHT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT |
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02 Feb 04 - 09:13 AM (#1107229) Subject: RE: Counting Cadence... From: Susan of DT Left, left, left my wife and 48 kids Right, right, right in the middle sof the kitchen floor look up jodies and jody |
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02 Feb 04 - 04:11 PM (#1107555) Subject: RE: Counting Cadence... From: GUEST,Charmion at work Now, this is a *really* American thread ... Canadian soldiers don't count cadence, which our army scornfully calls "jodying"; they sing loudly and far from any known key. Repertoire ranges from venerable traditional songs to silly novelty numbers from the 1940s. I'll never forget doubling along frozen roads gasping "The Red Red Robin Goes Bob, Bob Bobbin' Along" in the company of 29 fellow sufferers of basic training ... |
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02 Feb 04 - 06:07 PM (#1107657) Subject: RE: Counting Cadence... From: GUEST,Me Not the same one, not along the same lines, but this is one I have heard and like. In the field there was a Korean, He was standing there a peein' Lock and load one round, the Korean hits the ground. In the snow there was a Commie, He was crying for his mommy Lock and load one round, the Commie hits the ground. There is another verse but it is about killing a baby, I am leaving that out. |
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02 Feb 04 - 08:14 PM (#1107749) Subject: RE: Counting Cadence... From: PoppaGator Ain't no use in goin' home Jody* got your girl and gone Sound off 1 2 Sound off 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2....3-4! I was at Fort Dix NJ for basic training in Nov/Dec 1972. Each of our drill instructors had his own individual approach to counting cadence; the best of the bunch, SSGT Williams, used to sing his 4/4 reinterpretation of the Temptations' "Poppa Was A Rolling Stone." *Almost* made the whole exercise bearable! * "Jody" is the mythical civilian who is scoring with your girlfriend/wife while you're away in the service. I'm sure that this is explained and explored in detail in the "jody" threads mentioned above. I'm amazed and amused to learn that the Canadian military refers to the cadence chanting of their US couterparts as "jodying." |
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22 Aug 04 - 08:44 PM (#1253948) Subject: RE: Counting Cadence... From: GUEST,Sabourin I had a job but i LEFT, a LEFT RIGHT LEFT, I LEFT my fork, I LEFT my spoon, I LEFT the girl i use'ta (LEFT Foot bangs on the ground hard) I LEFT RIGHT LEFT |
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23 Aug 04 - 06:27 AM (#1254343) Subject: RE: Counting Cadence... From: Gervase We Brits aren't into cadence counting either, but singing can sometimes break out. Some time ago I came across a lovely tale of a company marching up to the line in WWI singing at the tops of their voices and with the captain in the front leading the singing. Unfortunately, just as they passed some red-tabbed staff officer he was launching into: "..and he had large balls, balls as heavy as lead, And with a dextrous twist of his muscular wrist, He could swing 'em right over his head". Needless to say, the captain got a right bollocking. |
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23 Aug 04 - 03:47 PM (#1254696) Subject: RE: Counting Cadence... From: Irish sergeant The hay foot strw foot does date to before the Civil War and was used to teach farm boys left from right if they didn't know. They might not have been able to read or know left from right but they all knew the difference between hay and straw. |
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24 Aug 04 - 03:59 AM (#1255105) Subject: RE: Counting Cadence... From: Mudlark Interesting about the straw/hay business. After reading over this thread I seem to remember that in my mother's version for the right foot "Hip by jingo" fit in there somewhere. Given the reference to "hay foot, slew foot" maybe this cadence count from Civil War. Interesting also, that only US type Americans count cadence while walking in formation. Seems like a natural to me, but then I was born here, so I guess it would. |
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03 Sep 04 - 03:17 AM (#1263189) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: military cadence From: GUEST,Chris, that's all u need to know A cadence is a cadence, no matter what the pace. it's designed to boost the moral of the troops, and take their mind off the tedios task ahead of them. it varies from unit to unit, the speed at which they are sung, highland regiments(c scot r, cdn irish, seaforth) usually march to a p+d band (pipes and drums) so the pace is much slower. however, any regiment that has or uses a mil band (brass etc.) regularly, the pace is a little faster. the lyrics for certain tunes, Yellow Ribbon for example, vary from regiment to regiment. just small things, for example, in Yellow Ribbon (or Far Away as it is sometimes known) the lines where it places the soldiers specialty varies from platoon to platoon, regiment to regiment. in some it's "paratroop", in some it's "engineer" one of my buddies from the C Scot R told me a version where it's "highlander". recently i heard tell of some canadian cadets who changed it to "young cadet". now that my rambling is over, i hope i made some point, all a cadence is for is to boost moral. attached is Yellow Ribbon. Around her neck, she wore a yellow ribbon She wore a yellow ribbon in the merry month of May And if you ask her why the hell she wore it She wore it for her soldier who was far far away (chorus) Far away Far away She wore it for her soldier who was far far away And in the spring she had a bouncing baby She had a bouncing baby in merry month of May And if you asked her why the hell she bore it She bore it for her soldier who was far, far away (chorus) Around the town she pushed a baby carriage She pushed it in the springtime in the month of May And if you ask her why the hell she pushed it She pushed it for her soldier who is far far away. (chorus) Behind the door her father keeps a shotgun And he checks to see it's loaded every single day And if you ask him why the the hell he keeps it He'll tell its for her soldier who is far far away (chorus) |
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03 Sep 04 - 09:56 AM (#1263419) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: military cadence From: Celtaddict The Cadence Page By the way, I love it that a guest can hit "submit" before they are ready, and post a blank message, and still 'Catters will try to help and launch peripheral discussion. |
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14 Dec 06 - 11:16 PM (#1909953) Subject: RE: Counting Cadence... From: GUEST,nitram578 basic training (USAF) circa 1978 If I die in San Antone. Won't you ship my body home. In my casket I will lie. Flush and grounded to the inspection side. (then the count off) As a CCT member. I want to be an Airborne Ranger. Live my life with thrills and danger. With my chute so full and true. So my body wont be blue. (then the count off) one that used to aggitate the officers. to the tune of Camptown Ladies/Races. Napalm sticks to little kids DOO DAH DOO DAH. Napalm sticks to little kids all the Doo Dah day. Watch 'em burn so bright. Watch burn all night. Napalm sticks to little kids all the Doo Dah night. (insert Lt. Capt. etc instead of kids) Then a long ditty to the Johnny Horton song 'Battle of New Orleans' can't remeber it all but starts. In nineteen hundred and seventy eight you know. We all all to a trip to only a few can know. We flew across that pond we've come to know so well. Right into the very jaws of HELL. (some lines ablout the Intel ((HAW!)) being screwed up and working with the French Foreign Legion. and then courus. We fired our weapons and them F**kers kept a comin, right up to our line in the dark don't you know. We fired our rifles and we fired our claymores right into the faces of 'em all. we fired so much you couldn't hear nuthin but solid thunder don't you know. they turned and ran back the way they had come. down that jungle path to the Kologara hole. sorry best I can remember been a long time and it goes on for about 10 minutes. |
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30 Jul 08 - 01:34 AM (#2400985) Subject: RE: Counting Cadence... From: GUEST what navy song haves these lyrics.. 41, 2, 3 a 4 (chant) 41 your 1, a 1-2 1-2, hey 3 a 4 ho! 41,2 3, a 4. |
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24 Mar 09 - 09:42 PM (#2596627) Subject: RE: Counting Cadence... From: GUEST,Christine and Brendan Did I do right, right? Right for my country by golly I did a good job when I Left, left, Left my wife and 49 kids In a starving condition without any gingerbread. (loop) Brendan's grandpa taught him that. I'm not sure which war though. WWI possibly... |
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24 Mar 09 - 11:13 PM (#2596666) Subject: RE: Counting Cadence... From: frogprince About all the marching us sailors did was in boot camp. "Sailor, sailor, don't feel blue; my recruiter screwed me too; count off... "Sailor, sailor, don't look down; there's no p***y on the ground... |