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There was another famous cadence song ( a Navy one), sometimes referred to as the song of the 7th Fleet called "The Monkey's Have no Tails in Zamboanga". The tune was picked up by sailors when they heard the Phillipino Constabularly band playing it. (It was their march). It was very popular from about 1900 to after WW2.
I am sure Mp3s of this song are available, say on Amazon. The first verse goes,
O, the monkey's have no tails in Zamboanga
O, the monkey's have no tails in Zamboanga
O, the monkey's have no tails, they were chewed off by the whales.
O, the monkey'shave no tails in Zamboanga.
For those interested in old American military marching songs, the Navy School of Music at Little Creek NAB, Norfolk, VA has a rare volume in their library which has an exhaustive selection of cadence, marching and camp songs of soldiers. It was put together by someone after WW 2 and contains a treasure trove of songs sung (but now all but forgotten) from 1900 until WW 2. I don't remember it's name. It was a red bound book, though. You would get in contact with the head librarian there about the particulars of the book.
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