The Airborne Song"

To the music of "The Battle Hymn Of The Republic" or "Glory, Glory, Hallelujah"

He was just a cherry trooper and he surely shook with fright
as he checked all his equipment and made sure his pack was tight
He had to sit and listen to the awful engines roar,
And he ain't gonna jump no more

-CHORUS-
Gory, Gory what a helluva way to die
Gory, Gory what a helluva way to die
Gory, Gory what a helluva way to die
AND HE AIN'T GONNA JUMP NO MORE!

"IS everybody happy?", cried the sergeant looking up
our hero feebly answered "yes" and then they stood him up
He leapt right out into the blast his static line unhooked
And he ain't gonna jump no more

-CHORUS-
Gory, Gory what a helluva way to die
Gory, Gory what a helluva way to die
Gory, Gory what a helluva way to die
AND HE AIN'T GONNA JUMP NO MORE!

He counted long, he counted loud, he waited for the shock
He felt the wind, he felt the clouds, he felt the awful drop
He jerked his cord, the silk spilled out and wrapped around his legs
And he ain't gonna jump no more

-CHORUS-
Gory, Gory what a helluva way to die
Gory, Gory what a helluva way to die
Gory, Gory what a helluva way to die
AND HE AIN'T GONNA JUMP NO MORE!

The risers wrapped around his neck, connectors cracked his dome
The lines were snarled and tied in knots around his skinny bones
The canopy became his shroud he hurtled to the ground
And he ain't gonna jump no more

-CHORUS-
Gory, Gory what a helluva way to die
Gory, Gory what a helluva way to die
Gory, Gory what a helluva way to die
AND HE AIN'T GONNA JUMP NO MORE!

The days he'd lived and loved and laughed kept running through his mind
He thought about the girl back home, the one he'd left behind
He thought about the medics and he wondered what they'd find
And he ain't gonna jump no more

-CHORUS-
Gory, Gory what a helluva way to die
Gory, Gory what a helluva way to die
Gory, Gory what a helluva way to die
AND HE AIN'T GONNA JUMP NO MORE!

The ambulance was on the spot the jeeps were running wild
The medics jumped and screamed with glee, they rolled their sleeves and smiled
For it had been a week or more since last a 'chute had failed,
And he ain't gonna jump no more

-CHORUS-
Gory, Gory what a helluva way to die
Gory, Gory what a helluva way to die
Gory, Gory what a helluva way to die
AND HE AIN'T GONNA JUMP NO MORE!

He hit the ground the sound was SPLAT! the blood went spurting high
His comrades all were heard to say "A helluva way to die"
He lay there rolling round in the welter of his gore
And he ain't gonna jump no more

-CHORUS-
Gory, Gory what a helluva way to die
Gory, Gory what a helluva way to die
Gory, Gory what a helluva way to die
AND HE AIN'T GONNA JUMP NO MORE!

There was blood upon the risers there were brains upon his 'chute
Guts and entrails were hanging from his paratrooper boots
For he'd caught himself a streamer and he landed on his snoot
AND HE AIN'T GONNA JUMP NO MORE!

-CHORUS-

Gory, Gory what a helluva way to die
Gory, Gory what a helluva way to die
Gory, Gory what a helluva way to die
AND HE AIN'T GONNA JUMP NO MORE!

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