Songs, Poems, and Cadences

Songs, Poems, and Cadences

Original

Do your ears hang low?
         Do they wobble to and fro?
Can you tie them in a knot?
         Can you tie them in a bow?
Can you throw them over your shoulder,
         Like a continental soldier?
Do your ears hang low?

Modified

Does your sling hang low?
         Do you feel your rifle go?
Can it slide into the deck?
         Can it slide into your toe?
Can it crack you in your dick,
         Like a misbegotten stick?
Does your sling hang low?

Original

When cities burn and armies turn,
         and flee in disarray,
Cowards cry, “Tis best to fly,
         and fight another day.”
But heroes know it in their marrow,
         when they die and fall,
It is better to have fought and lost,
         then not have fought at all.

Marine Corps

When tanks are burning and the Army is turning,
         to flee in disarray
Their officers cry, “Tis best to fly,
         and head the other way!”
But Marines know it in their hearts
         as they march right in,
With tactics superb and of calm nerves,
         that they will always win.