They say...

samirine

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Here's one I learned recently and can't remember all the verses. I'm of course putting in Air Force Huah! but you could probably swap it out for any other service...

They say that in the Air Force
The pay is mighty fine
Give you a 100 dollars
And take back 99!

They say that in the Air Force
The coffee's mighty fine
Looks like muddy water
And tastes like turpentine!
 
samirine said:
Here's one I learned recently and can't remember all the verses. I'm of course putting in Air Force Huah! but you could probably swap it out for any other service...

They say that in the Air Force
The pay is mighty fine
Give you a 100 dollars
And take back 99!

They say that in the Air Force
The coffee's mighty fine
Looks like muddy water
And tastes like turpentine!

they say that in the arm(oops) air force
the chow is mighty fine
a chicken jumped off the the table
and killed a friend of mine (or:and started marking time)

oh lord i wanna go,
drill sergeant (or whoever) wont let me goooooooooooooooooo hey!

they say that in the arm(damnit!) air force
the women are mighty fine
they look like an angry cougar
and dance like frankenstein

well, hope that helps you out
 
Some more stuff you can add to that one:


They say that in the Army, the *blank* is mighty *blank*
(Who said that?) <---------- (instead of repeating the line)
 
redlegs44 said:
they say that in the arm(oops) air force
the chow is mighty fine
a chicken jumped off the the table
and killed a friend of mine (or:and started marking time)

oh lord i wanna go,
drill sergeant (or whoever) wont let me goooooooooooooooooo hey!

they say that in the arm(damnit!) air force
the women are mighty fine
they look like an angry cougar
and dance like frankenstein

Hey, now I remember that middle part! We use both the chow verse and the next part but instead of drill sergeant we just say "they." I don't think I'll be using the other verse seeing as how I am a female... ;)
 
yeah, probably not a good idea, unless you want the cadre giving you funny looks and scratching their heads...
 
They say that in the army the pay is mighty fine they paid me a hundred dollars and took back ninety nine. oh lord i want to go home... they say that in the army the men are mighty fine they look like Robert Redford but, they gave us frankenstien. oh lord i want to home but they wont let go home hooome. They say that in the army the women are mighty fine they promised me Boe Derak but, gave me Philis diller oh lord i want to go home but they wont let me go hooome...
 
redlegs44 said:
samirine said:
Here's one I learned recently and can't remember all the verses. I'm of course putting in Air Force Huah! but you could probably swap it out for any other service...

They say that in the Army
The pay is mighty fine
Give you a 100 dollars
And take back 99!

They say that in the army
The coffee's mighty fine
Looks like muddy water
And tastes like turpentine!

they say that in the air(oops) army
the chow is mighty fine
a chicken jumped off the the table
and killed a friend of mine (or:and started marking time)

oh lord i wanna go,
drill sergeant (or whoever) wont let me goooooooooooooooooo hey!

they say that in the air(damnit!) army
the women are mighty fine
they look like an angry cougar
and dance like frankenstein

:rambo: :m16shoot:
 
The versus I alwasy knew were:

They say that in the army the food is mighty fine,
A chicken jumped off the table and started marking time.
They say that in the army the grub is might fine,
Some bread rolled off the table and killed a friend of mine.
They say that in the army the training's might fine,
Went to bed with ten and woke up with just nine.
They say that in the army the training's might fine,
A seargent kicked the bucket and now we're doing time.

I dunno. That's the way I've always known it.
 
this is how i learned in it my JROTC program... mabye u will like it too?


they say that in the army the food is mighty fine
(who said that?!?!?)
my chicken jumped off the table and started marking time.

oh lord i wanna go home, but they wont let me gooooooooooo hey!

they say that in the army the beds are mighty fine.
(who said that?!?!)
how the heck would i know i haven't slept in mine!

oh lord i wanna go home, but they wont let me gooooooooooo hey!

they say that in the army the pay is mighty fine.
(who said that?!?!)
they give u a100 bucks and take back 99.

oh lord i wanna go home, but they wont let me gooooooooooo hey!

they say that in the army the bread is mighty fine.
(who said that?!?!)
my roll rolled off the table and killed a friend of mine.

oh lord i wanna go home, but they wont let me gooooooooooo hey!

they say that in the army the coffees mighty fine.
(who said that?!?!)
looks liek muddy water and taste like turpentine

oh lord i wanna go home, but they wont let me gooooooooooo hey!
 
redlegs44 said:
samirine said:
Here's one I learned recently and can't remember all the verses. I'm of course putting in Air Force Huah! but you could probably swap it out for any other service...

They say that in the Air Force
The pay is mighty fine
Give you a 100 dollars
And take back 99!

They say that in the Air Force
The coffee's mighty fine
Looks like muddy water
And tastes like turpentine!

they say that in the arm(oops) air force
the chow is mighty fine
a chicken jumped off the the table
and killed a friend of mine (or:and started marking time)

oh lord i wanna go,
drill sergeant (or whoever) wont let me goooooooooooooooooo hey!

they say that in the arm(damnit!) air force
the women are mighty fine
they look like an angry cougar
and dance like frankenstein

well, hope that helps you out



Common cadence said at Ft. Benning ITB
 
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