HAIL THE INFANTRY ARMY CADENCE
"From a big bird in the sky all will jump and some will die, off to battle we will go, to live or die hell I don't know!"
Up in the morning out the rack
Greeted at dawn with an early attack
1st sgt. rushes me off the chow
but i dont eat it anyhow
Hail oh Hail Oh infantry (repeat) (CHORUS)
Bring the battle or follow me
An airborne ranger life for me
where nothing in this world is freee
Im a big bird in the sky
all will jump and some will die
off to battle we will go
to live or die hell i dont know
(Chorus)
Early at night its drizzling rain
i am hit and feel no pain
but in my heart I have no fear
because my ranger God is here
(Chorus)
The mortars and artillery
The screaming verse around me
Jaggy shrapnel on the fly
kills my buddy, makes me cry
(Chorus)
ALTERNATIVE LYRICS
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Wake up to a mortar attack
Hit the ground, I'm out of the rack
My sergeant rushes me off to chow
But I don't eat it anyhow
Refrain: Oh hail, Oh hail, Oh infantry
Queen of battle, follow me
Oh, airborne ranger's the life for me
For nothing in this world is free
From a big bird in the sky
All will jump and some will die
Off to battle we will go
To live or die, hell I don't know. Refrain
Hit the ground with American pride
A bullet through a commie's eye
He ought to be damn glad he died
He'd hate for me to take him alive
It's true that some of us will die
Airborne rangers learn to fly
But not today as I hit the ground
Lock and load another round
Over the hill, some men I've seen
Head to toe in Army green
Moving tactically, not a sound
Infantry soldiers on the ground
Assault, support are all in place
The enemy unaware of his fate
Claymores blast and 60's roar
Again, the airborne ranger scores
Its true that someday I'll be dead
Before I go I'll take more heads
Before us enemies all will flee
'Cause we're the airborne infantry
Somewhere there's a woman
She's crying for her man
He's an airborne ranger
He does the best he can
Refrain: Don't cry for me
I don't need your sympathy
'Cause I'm an airborne ranger
And that's all I want to be
Somewhere there's a mother
She's praying for her son
He's an airborne ranger
And his work is never done
Somewhere there's a father
His head is bowed in grief
His son was an airborne ranger
And he died for his beliefs
Somewhere there's a mother
Flag folded in her hands
Her son was an airborne ranger
And he died for his land
I hear the choppers coming
They're flying overhead
They've come to get the wounded
They've come to get the dead
Refrain: Airborne (shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot to kill)
Ranger (shoot, shoot, shoot, shoot to kill) *
My buddy's in a foxhole
A bullet in his head
The Army says he's living
But I know that he's dead
I ran to tell the C-O
About my buddy's head
But when I got there
The C-O was dead
And now the battle's over
The smoke is all around
We wanted to go home
But we're six feet underground
