Posted on 01/18/2006 3:38:23 PM PST by Jeff Head
OK, who can you get to record it and have it played on Armed Forces Radio and Rush? I like it, it has a good beat, I'll give it a 9, Dick. I'll tell all my friends at the soda shop to buy it!
lol!!
Pretty funny, Jeff. See the private freepmail on this, though.
I'll do that.
Saw it, and thanks for the info. It would not surprise me in the least.
I know time is limited, but if you are looking for a good first-person account of the war in Afghanistan, check out "Jawbreaker" by Gary Berntsen.
bttt
One I read was "Not a good Day to Die". Pretty descriptive and graphic accounts of the biggest set battle to date in Afganistan..a little slanted though.
Thanks...and back to the top again!
I think I almost bought that---was it by the Canadian journalist?
Can't remember if he was a Canadian or not (I will look this evening) but it was defintely by a journalist.
Great job!!!!
I remember listening to the original as a kid in 1960 when we drove from Buffalo in our move to Miami.
"we filled his head with cannonballs and powdered his behind, and when we touched the powder off, the gator lost his mind" !!!!
Wellllll, we fired our guns and the British kep a comin, there wasn't quite as many as there was awhile ago,
we fired once more and they began a'runnin,
on down the Missisippi to the Gulf of Mexico......
Haven't heard it in a coons age!
Still love that song...made the long drive more bearable as we cruised the Blueridge Parkway! Along with Doris Day, Nat and Frankie!
If you ever get the chance to read a detailed account of that battle, do so. It was amazing. About 3,500 US troops (mostly state militias) against over 12,000 seasoned British regulars. There were some amazing events and issues that turned what should have been an easy British victory into a route of the British by the American forces. In about 30 minutes of the initial heavy fighting, 19 MAmericans were killed and well over 3,000 British. That's when they broke and ran to get away from the slaughter.
Thanks for that!
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