And if I die in a combat zone Box me up and ship me home. Pin my medals upon my chest Tell my mama I did my best.
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. If an army invaded this land of mine Bring them home bring them home. If my chute dont open wide Ive gotta another one by my side If that chute dont open too Ill hit the ground before you do If I die on that old drop zone Box me up and ship me home Pin my metals upon my chest Bury me there in the leaning rest And tell my girl I. If i die in a war zone box me up and send me home Put my medals on my chest Tell my mum i did my best Tell my dad not to bow he wont get tension from me Now tell my brother to study perfectlykeys of my bike will be his permanently Tell my sister not to be upsether brother will not rise after the sunset And tell my lover not to crycause Im a.
Bring the boys home bring em back alive Bring the boys home bring em back alive Why dont you Turn the ships around Everybody oughta Lay your weapons down Cant you see em marchin cross the sky. I hold the rifle close to me It lights the way to keep me free If I die in a combat zone Box me up and ship me home If I die and still come home Lay me where the rose is sown Sons of men who stand like gods We give life to feed the cause And run to ground our heathen foe Our name will never die This time will be forever Edit Lyrics. In the sweet light Of the valley When the sun falls Upon the pine I shall lay down All of my troubles And I lift up This heart of mine.
Put me in a barbers chair Put me in a barbers chair Snip snap and I had no hair Snip snap and I had no hair And if I die in a combat zone And if I die in a combat zone Box me up and ship. Box me up and ship me home. Wake me up and bring me home Let me stay here forever I cant see a thing Im lying in my bed I cant stop thinking Its driving me insane Never got to say goodbye Its still dark here And for the first time I feel alive But youre not here Ill live on and carry your name And be what you always thought I could be I hope we meet at the end.
No matter where you are Youre my guiding star. And from the very first moment I saw you There was such emotion Im walking on air Just to know Just to know You are there You are there Chorus. Will you be afraid to look at your own body afraid of.
MaaMaMa dont you cry Marine Corp Motto is do or die. Captain Jack CALL AND ECHO EACH LINE Hey hey Captain Jack Meet me down by the railroad track. You know we belong together You and I forever and ever.
MaaMaMa cant you see. What this corps has done for me. He is young hes afraid Let him rest heaven blessed Bring him home Bring him home Bring him home Hes like the son I might have known If God had granted me a son The summers die one by one How soon they fly on and on And I am old and will be gone Bring him peace bring him joy He is young he is only a boy You can take you can give.
The full stanza that is most commonly used in these cadences goes If i die in a combat zone box me up and ship me home pin my medals upon my chest tell my momma I done my best References Heberle Mark A A Trauma Artist. Im not really a pacifist Bring them home bring them home. Box me up and ship me home - box me up and ship me home Pin my medals upon my chest - pin my medals upon my chest Tell my Mom I done my best - tell my Mom I done my best Bury my body to six foot.
Bring them home bring them home. You look ahead a few paces and wonder what your legs will resemble if there is more to the earth in that spot than silicates and nitrogen. He is haunted by his visions of the future as he struggles to live in the present.
Hold me in your arms Dont let me go I want to. Pin my medals upon my chest Tell my momma I did my best ALTERNATE LYRICS 1 If my chute dont open round Ill be the first one on the ground. Box Me Up and Ship Me Home tells the story of young clerk-turned-soldier Tim Isaac Rosen who is handed a gun and dropped into the Vietcong infested jungle.
Home and Away theme song-Home and Away. Theres one thing I must confess Bring them home bring them home. The sun set in the west over south wales and mine and steelworks and factory spilled out their people to the evening and leisure as the people of the valleys colliers and choristers lovers and lonely alike sang out aloud with life i remember the face of my father as we walked back home from the mine he laughed and hed say thats one more day.
Oer the hillside And oer the sea To the soft grass of the valley Where your grace Shall set me free. If I die on the combat zone. Will the pain be unbearable.
Army Running Cadence C130 rollin down the strip Recon ranger Gonna take a little trip Stand up buckle up Shuffle to the door Jump right out and count to four And if my chute dont open wide I have another one by my side And if that chute dont open round Ill be the first one on the ground. Even if they brought their planes to bomb. Box Me Up and Ship Me Home.
Put me in a barbers chair SNIP SNAP and I had no hair. Will you scream or fall silent. Tryin to get home Theyre tryin to get home.
Box me up and send me home box me up and send me home tell my girl i had done my best tell my girl i had done my best lay my smokey across my chest lay my smokey across my chest lay my body foot down lay my body foot down untill you hear it touch the ground untill you hear it touch the ground if i die in the combat zone if i die in. Box Me Up and Ship Me Home. Take me home Lord Oh take me home.
Also Known As AKA original title Box Me Up and Ship Me Home. When my plane gets up so high A hundred frogmen gonna dance in the sky Stand up hook up shuffle to the door Jump right out and count to four If my main dont open wide I got a reserve by my side Box me up and ship me home C-130 Variation 2 C-130 on the taxi strip Piliot screwed up and the damn thing flipped. Youd find me out on the firing line Bring them home bring them home.
Tims buddy the hardy jokester Harley Jon Schaefer shows him the ropes when it comes to. A soliders poem. All the soldiers that have died Tryin to get home Cant you see them tryin to get home.
Oooh Ive been running all my life Ooo-ooh not knowing where to go oh no Oooh I can make it on my own Ooo-ooh but little did I know That you would come and take my heart And make me feel this soul connection A refugee of love I am You take me in now I can rest now Chorus Oooh Im a wounded soldier this road Im running on Oooh leads me back to no back to nowhere Oooh. Tim OBrien and the Fiction of Vietnam University of Iowa Press Iowa City 2001 Recommended reading.
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If I Die In A Combat Zone Poem
Soldier Poem
Edmund Fitzgerald
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