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Now my monitor smells like borscht.

Best cadence/singing I ever saw was a Bundeswehr Fallschirmjaeger company back in 68. They were at our Kaserne for some training and marched around the quad every morning. The post CO finally told them to not do it. Said it was to early and disturbing people.

I think he was justy jealous. We considered it the highlight of the day. They sounded like a dang choir.

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And if ya wanna sing along... :rolleyes:

 

Hinter den Bergen (Fallschirmjäger)

 

1. Hinter den Bergen strahlet die Sonne,
glühen die Gipfel so rot,
Stehen Maschinen, die woll'n mit uns fliegen,
fliegen in Sieg oder Tod.
Hurra, wir starten, hurra, wir starten,
wenn die erste Morgensonne scheint,
Fallschirmjäger, Fallschirmjäger
gehen ran an den Feind!

Refrain:
Narvik, Rotterdam, Korinth
Und das heiße Kreta sind
Stätten unserer Siege!


|: Ja, wir greifen immer an,
Fallschirmjäger gehen ran,
Sind bereit, zu wagen! :|


2. Hoch in den Lüften fliegt unser Vogel
stolz und frei durch die Luft,
Standhaft und ehrsam sind unsere Herzen,
wenn das Kommando uns ruft.
Hurra, wir fliegen, hurra, wir fliegen,
wenn die erste Morgensonne scheint,
Fallschirmjäger, Fallschirmjäger
gehen ran an den Feind!

3. Hoch aus den Wolken stürzen wir nieder,
tief in die feindlichen Reih'n.
Gegner, wir kommen, habt ihr's vernommen,
bald wird der Sieg unser sein!
Hurra, wir springen, hurra, wir springen,
wenn die erste Morgensonne scheint,
Fallschirmjäger, Fallschirmjäger
gehen ran an den Feind!

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Joe, I watched your video. All I can say is, I kept waiting for Sgt. Buxton to sing out with "Cover down and dress it up. You march like a bunch of sailors on shore leave." The tune was catchy tho. But I didn't understand a word of it.

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I remember all sorts of jodie calls and cadence calls from when I was in the Army, but for the life of me I don't recall a single one from my tim in the Corps.

 

Selective memory?

You probably couldn't understand them. :)
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