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Best Military Songs Of All Time
Me, Myself & I | Today, May 6, 2002 | Hellmouth

Posted on 05/06/2002 5:10:15 PM PDT by Hellmouth

What do you think are the best military songs of all time? And do you have a personal favorite?


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; Unclassified; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: militarysongs
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To: Hellmouth
"Barnacle Bill the Sailor"
61 posted on 05/06/2002 7:35:19 PM PDT by StACase
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To: FRMAG
No discussion of martial music is complete without the inclusion of the Pipes. Most anything by the Blackwatch will do.

Scotland the Brave --sure sents chills down the spine
62 posted on 05/06/2002 7:40:37 PM PDT by uncbob
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To: uncbob
"Lili Marlene" is pretty good also
63 posted on 05/06/2002 7:44:29 PM PDT by uncbob
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To: uncbob
"Around Her Neck She Wore A yellow Ribbon" Is another one
64 posted on 05/06/2002 7:46:45 PM PDT by uncbob
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To: Hellmouth
Any of the Russian hymns commemorating Tsar peter's victory over the Swedes at Poltava. Imagine living in a world in which the Swedes were a superpower?? We have Tsar peter to thank for that vision of reality passing away.
65 posted on 05/06/2002 7:50:35 PM PDT by medved
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To: Hellmouth
My vote goes to Dixie - an all American favorite! Some versions of Dixie - everyone should know the words

I was thinking of that David Bowie song...."ground control to Major Tom" (I'm not sure if that really counts as Military though)

66 posted on 05/06/2002 7:59:01 PM PDT by stainlessbanner
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To: uncbob
ANOTHER OLD SOLDIER by C&W singer Mark Collie written for his father


He was haggard and gray and he walked with a limp
He'd have him a smoke and he take him a sip
Born in the summer of 24
Son of the vetreran of the first world war

He entered the service in forty one
And didn't come home till the fighin' was done
Wearing a ilver star on his chest
He was proud to sat he was one of the best

Chorus
Twenty one guns the stars and stripes
An eye full of tears and a heart full of pride
When you hear that distant bugle play
Another old soldier fades away
Another old soldier fades away


He took a bullet in the hip outside Inchon
But he was back in the field by fifty one
Said Douglas MacArthur was a man among men
And Harry Truman was a horse's end

He never questioned his Uncle Sam 
When they sent him into Vietnam
Then they brought him home in seventy three
On 100% disability

He loved his country with all his might
Right up until the day he died
In a crowded ward at the local VA
Another old soldier fades away

Chorus
Twenty one guns the stars and stripes
An eye full of tears asnd a heart full of pride
When you hear that distant bugle play
Another old soldier fades away
Another old soldier fades away

67 posted on 05/06/2002 8:03:18 PM PDT by uncbob
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CDB: The South's Gonna Do it Again, This Ain't no Rag

The Band: The Night They Drove 'Ol Dixie Down

68 posted on 05/06/2002 8:03:40 PM PDT by stainlessbanner
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To: Son Of Rooster
Goodnight Siagon

SOR

69 posted on 05/06/2002 8:06:29 PM PDT by Son of Rooster
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To: Son of Rooster
Down Where The River Bends by Dr. Ralph Stanley:

Hard to keep tears out of my eye

This could be our last goodbye

Your country calls you to defend a great land

So you do your part just like a man.

Chorus:

Down where the river bends

With God's help we'll meet again

Under the same old sycamore tree

Proud of each other In the land of the free.

70 posted on 05/06/2002 8:49:39 PM PDT by SpencerRoane
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To: Hellmouth
50,000 Names Carved in The Wall- George Jones. Not really a military song, more a patriotic song, seems appropriate this close to Memorial Day though.
71 posted on 05/06/2002 8:51:35 PM PDT by roachie
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To: Hellmouth
"Tenting Tonight", a Civil War song.

We'll be tenting tonight on the old campground...
Give us a song to cheer...
Our weary hearts, on the old campground...

72 posted on 05/06/2002 8:58:30 PM PDT by IncPen
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To: Hellmouth
Men of Harlich-made even more famous by the movie "Zulu".
Marching through Georgia
I watched a Army company march by our barracks in a driving rainstorm and they were singing "Anchors Aweigh".
73 posted on 05/06/2002 9:14:50 PM PDT by Shooter 2.5
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To: IncPen
When Johnny Comes Marching Home.
74 posted on 05/06/2002 9:15:49 PM PDT by Shooter 2.5
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To: aomagrat
That Dixie recording reminded me of my days at Ole Miss....I doubt they play it anymore.
75 posted on 05/06/2002 9:50:26 PM PDT by wardaddy
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To: harpseal
Well done Skipper!
76 posted on 05/06/2002 9:50:54 PM PDT by wardaddy
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To: sixtycyclehum;Dark Watch
Ballad of the Green Beret
77 posted on 05/06/2002 9:55:28 PM PDT by mdittmar
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To: Yellow Rose of Texas
Bless you! What a wonderful memory that must be. Tears come to my eyes when I recite the Pledge of Allegiance, so you can imagine what the military songs do to me...I do not believe there is anything glamorous or beautiful about war, so the men who take up that grim task so far from comforts of home and comforts of love in defense of our nation--so our children can sleep in peace--have all my admiration, including those in my own family.
78 posted on 05/06/2002 10:05:51 PM PDT by Judith Anne
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To: muleboy
"Long Riders" bump!
79 posted on 05/06/2002 10:22:39 PM PDT by wardaddy
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To: Hellmouth
Best-- Washington Post March

Worst-- New York Times Twist

80 posted on 05/06/2002 11:06:41 PM PDT by Ken H
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